User:Ark25/Scripts

Feature request: Provide a list with the resulting articles

Archive 7 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help_talk:Searching#Feature_request:_Provide_a_list_with_the_resulting_articles

I am searching for the articles that contain the string "Vales" in the title - intitle:/Vales/. The search tool finds 76 items.

My request is to provide a list with the titles of the articles found, like this:

Vanessa Williams (redirect from Valessa Williams)
Middle-earth (redirect from Vales of Anduin)
List of minor planet discoverers (redirect from Jan Vales)
Jerome and Jeremiah Valeska
Vale tudo (redirect from Vales Tudo)
Valescourt
Saint-Raphaël, Var (redirect from Valescure)
Fronteira dos Vales
Valestan

..

I think it would be really useful for the users. It can help them in many ways. For example to introduce the list in a text file and to further refine the search, using a text editor, or for using a robot for changing text in the respective articles (for example there are 237 articles containing the string "Neamţ County" and a robot should change the text into "Neamț County" - from T-cedilla to T-comma). Thank you. — Ark25 (talk) 21:44, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

@Ark25: I would also like this. Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser has the feature and can also make lists in many other ways: Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowser/User manual#Make list. I have a crude version by placing this in Special:MyPage/monobook.css:

.searchresult {display: none;}
.mw-search-result-data {display: none;}

It hides the other lines on search results pages. If you use Vector normally then you can change a search page to display in MonoBook by adding &useskin=monobook to the url. If you have MonoBook then place it in Special:MyPage/vector.css and add &useskin=vector to the url. You can also manually apply the above css to a viewed browser window with a feature in most browsers. You can also add this to your common JavaScript:

$( document ).ready( function() {
if ( mw.config.get( 'wgCanonicalSpecialPageName' ) === 'Search'){
  mw.util.addPortletLink(
    'p-tb',
    location.href.replace( location.hash, '' ) + ( location.search ? '&' : '?' ) + 'useskin=monobook',
    'MonoBook',
    't-monobook',
    'Repeat the search in MonoBook'
  );
}
});

On search pages it makes a "MonoBook" link under "Tools" to repeat the search in MonoBook. PrimeHunter (talk) 23:34, 29 March 2020 (UTC)

@PrimeHunter: These scripts are really great! I forgot to mention that I am not using AutoWikiBrowser; many of the users who would benefit from this feature won't have the time and patience to use AWB.

Do you have any link to some documentation that explains how to manually apply the above css to a viewed browser window ? I'm just curious.

Thank you! — Ark25 (talk) 00:32, 30 March 2020 (UTC)

@Ark25: It depends on the browser. In Firefox I right-click somewhere on the page, click Inspect Element, click Edit CSS, and copy the css code to the top. PrimeHunter (talk) 00:42, 30 March 2020 (UTC)