User:Tizio/Tools and tricks
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[edit] Parameters
Actions in Wiki.php
&action=edit&wpPreview=true&live=true- gives only the preview of the content; for example:
curl ".../w/index.php?title=Whatever&action=edit&wpPreview=true&live=true" -F "wpTextbox1={{CURRENTTIMESTAMP}}"- gives the current timestamp (works also for action=submit)
&title=Special:Export&pages=Whatever(MW:Parameters_to_Special:Export)&offset=timestamp- give revisions from timestamp on; use the last timestamp of the result of an export to get the next page of revisions
&limit=x- gives x revision from timestamp on (max 100)
&action=raw&templates=expand- the raw page with templates already expanded
&oldid=20694244- raw version for an old revision
&direction=next,&direction=prev,&direction=cur- gives the revision preceeding or following the specified one, or the last version
&gen=css,&gen=js- for css and js
&action=render- rendering of the page in html, but without buttons, toolbox, etc.
[edit] BibTeX
User:Paolo Liberatore/Bibtex is a script for converting BibTeX citations into wiki format; actually, it should convert into journal, conference, etc template, but currently does not
[edit] Javscript
My javascript file does the following:
- adds a bookmark selector between the preferences and the watchlis (the list of bookmarks has to included in the program itself)
- adds the text "WP:CSD" at the beginning of the "reason for delete" field
- adds an "edit section 0", similar to the other section edit links
- adds "purge" to the toolbox

