Gadget - Line numbers in modules
· ☕ 3 min read · ✍️ River
I add line numbers to Lua modules with JS & CSS.
Example wiki scripts
· ☕ 4 min read · ✍️ River
Introducing a new repo containing example Python wiki scripts I write
Gadget - Cargo pagevalues improvement
· ☕ 6 min read · ✍️ River
An improvement to the Cargo pagevalues view using just JS & CSS.
Gadget - Search results new page hotkey
· ☕ 4 min read · ✍️ River
Let's make a gadget so that Alt+Shift+E creates a new page from the Special:Search screen when a page doesn't exist!
Gadget - Disable Display Title
· ☕ 4 min read · ✍️ River
A small JS gadget to disable display title for wiki editors
Multi-Instance Subtemplates in Lua
· ☕ 8 min read · ✍️ River
Multi-instance subtemplates are common in MediaWiki; when we're using Lua, they can be much more powerful than in wikitext.
Top Schedule
· ☕ 8 min read · ✍️ River
How I created a global site banner on Leaguepedia using the extension Header Footer and some JavaScript, but no api calls
Run Pywikibot in Windows Subsystem for Linux
· ☕ 12 min read · ✍️ River
How to configure PWB for third-party wikis, specifically in Windows Subsystem for Linux
Your URL bar is a CLI
· ☕ 9 min read · ✍️ River
When working with wikis, you can use your URL bar as a CLI-like interface for navigation, making your life a lot easier and more efficient!
CompoundRole
· ☕ 18 min read · ✍️ River
A bunch of things I did wrong because learning is fun!
How to rename Cargo tables safely
· ☕ 8 min read · ✍️ River
Cargo actually provides a way to cleanly rename tables without any "downtime," but it's not obvious or documented how to do this.
Bot passwords & you (& your bot (& you))
· ☕ 8 min read · ✍️ River
What's a bot password? What's the difference between bot accounts and bot passwords? Why do I need all this anyway?
Don't use _pageName
· ☕ 10 min read · ✍️ River
Sometimes it can seem convenient to use the built-in _pageName field that Cargo provides; however, _pageName is a metadata field, and you should take care to use it only as such.