User:BrandonXLF/Autoref

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Autoref
DescriptionAdds an prompt to auto create a ref
Autoref Adds a prompt when clicking the "Reference" () button in the 2010 wikitext editor to automatically generate a reference using mw:Citoid. Uses User:BrandonXLF/Citoid to talk to Citoid.
Author(s)User:BrandonXLF
StatusWorking
First releasedMarch 10, 2020
SourceAutoref.js (git)
GitHub repositorywikipedia-user-scripts

Autoref Adds a prompt when clicking the "Reference" () button in the 2010 wikitext editor to automatically generate a reference using mw:Citoid. Uses User:BrandonXLF/Citoid to talk to Citoid.

Installation

  • Add the following to your common.js or your skin.js (this method is deprecated and may be removed):
importScript('User:BrandonXLF/Autoref.js'); // [[User:BrandonXLF/Autoref.js]]
  • Alternatively, use the following instead of the above:
mw.loader.load('/w/index.php?title=User:BrandonXLF/Autoref.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript'); // [[User:BrandonXLF/Autoref.js]]
  • To install on other wikis (for instance, globally in your global.js on the Meta-Wiki), use the following code:
mw.loader.load('https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:BrandonXLF/Autoref.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript');
  • After installing reload the page and clear your cache

Comments/Bugs

Comments are welcome on my talk page, be sure to indicate that you're talking about this script in the title. I would really like any suggestion to make the script run better.