User talk:GhostInTheMachine/TalkHelper2

Why does this need local time. It would work just as well using UTC.--something I absolutely rely on to hkeep my head straight. Or is it pulling a hook from t

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Latest comment: 5 years ago2 comments2 people in discussion

Why does this need local time. It would work just as well using UTC.--something I absolutely rely on to hkeep my head straight. Or is it pulling a hook from the time conversion script? DGG ( talk ) 18:30, 1 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

  • The Wikipedia:Comments in Local Time gadget scans a page for timestamps. It then adjusts their time to the local time zone and then (the bit I need) wraps the altered timestamp in a <span> tag with a localcomments class. It also replaces the date part with the text yesterday or today if appropriate. So that it can build the table of contents for all posts in the last two days, TalkHelper then searches for all uses of the localcomments class with the text yesterday or today. This is saving me all of the hard work associated with finding and parsing dates, but it does need the CommentsInLocalTime gadget to have done all the hard work first. — GhostInTheMachine talk to me 19:27, 1 December 2020 (UTC)Reply

TalkHelper

Latest comment: 4 years ago4 comments2 people in discussion
Moved from User talk:GhostInTheMachine

Thank you for the very useful script! Unfortunately, whenever I'm reading on mobile, it pops up a warning that I don't have commentsInLocalTime enabled every time I load a new page. Is it possible to disable that somehow? Rusalkii (talk) 17:23, 1 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

@Rusalkii: The TalkHelper script needs the commentsInLocalTime gadget to be enabled as well. See TalkHelper #Use and #Prerequisites for how to do that (and why) — GhostInTheMachine talk to me 19:09, 1 February 2022 (UTC)Reply
Right, and I have it enabled on desktop, but either it's impossible to enable on the mobile version of the site or I'm missing something. Rusalkii (talk) 19:12, 1 February 2022 (UTC)Reply
Ah. I never use the mobile version - even on a tablet. I will see if I can replicate that — GhostInTheMachine talk to me 19:23, 1 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

User:GhostInTheMachine/TalkHelper

Latest comment: 7 months ago4 comments2 people in discussion

User:GhostInTheMachine/TalkHelper.js is a "redirect" to User:GhostInTheMachine/TalkHelper2.js. However, both are listed at Wikipedia:User scripts/List, while User:GhostInTheMachine/TalkHelper1.js is not listed. —⁠andrybak (talk) 19:59, 17 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

True. Main script updated to v3 — GhostInTheMachine talk to me 20:26, 17 December 2025 (UTC)Reply
Also updated the doc pages for v2 and v3 — GhostInTheMachine talk to me 20:39, 17 December 2025 (UTC)Reply
The description at WP:US/L#User:GhostInTheMachine/TalkHelper.js makes it seem that it has fewer features than TalkHelper2:

Improves readability of long talk pages, highlighting posts from yesterday and today.

vs

Improves readability of long talk pages, highlighting posts from yesterday and today and also builds a table of contents for the posts.

In actuality, the number-less script is a redirect to User:GhostInTheMachine/TalkHelper3.js since Special:Diff/1328090334. This can be misleading to potential users. It seems that the description in the list is meant for User:GhostInTheMachine/TalkHelper1.js, not for the redirect. —⁠andrybak (talk) 20:44, 17 December 2025 (UTC)Reply

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