User:Osiris/sidebar.js

function ModifySidebar(action, section, name, link) {
    try {
        switch (section) {
          case "languages":
            var target = "p-lang";
            break;
          case "toolbox":
            var target = "p-tb";
            break;
          case "navigation":
            var target = "p-navigation";
            break;
          default:
            var target = "p-" + section;
            break;
        }
 
        if (action == "add") {
            var node = document.getElementById(target)
                               .getElementsByTagName('div')[0]
                               .getElementsByTagName('ul')[0];
 
            var aNode = document.createElement('a');
            var liNode = document.createElement('li');
 
            aNode.appendChild(document.createTextNode(name));
            aNode.setAttribute('href', link);
            liNode.appendChild(aNode);
            liNode.className='plainlinks';
            node.appendChild(liNode);
        }
 
        if (action == "remove") {
            var list = document.getElementById(target)
                               .getElementsByTagName('div')[0]
                               .getElementsByTagName('ul')[0];
 
            var listelements = list.getElementsByTagName('li');
 
            for (var i = 0; i < listelements.length; i++) {
                if (listelements[i].getElementsByTagName('a')[0].innerHTML == name ||
                    listelements[i].getElementsByTagName('a')[0].href == link) {
 
                    list.removeChild(listelements[i]);
                }
            }
        }
 
    } catch(e) {
      return;
    }
}
 
function CustomizeModificationsOfSidebar() {
    //removes [[Wikipedia:Simple start]] from navigation links
    ModifySidebar("remove", "navigation", "Simple start", "//simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Simple_start");
    //removes [[Help:Contents]] from navigation links
    ModifySidebar("remove", "navigation", "Help", "//simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents");
    //removes [[Special:FundraiserRedirector]] from navigation links
    ModifySidebar("remove", "navigation", "Give to Wikipedia", "//donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_simple.wikipedia.org&uselang=en");
    //removes [[Special:Upload]] from toolbox
    ModifySidebar("remove", "toolbox", "Upload file", "//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:UploadWizard");
    //adds [[Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard]] to navigation links
    ModifySidebar("add", "navigation", "Admin board", "//simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators'_noticeboard");
    //adds [[Special:NewPages]] to navigation links
    ModifySidebar("add", "navigation", "New pages", "//simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:NewPages");
    //adds a link to Wiktionary to navigation links
    ModifySidebar("add", "navigation", "Wiktionary", "//simple.wiktionary.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges");
    //adds [[:Category:Wikipedia backlog]] to toolbox
    ModifySidebar("add", "toolbox", "Backlog", "//simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_backlog");
}
 
jQuery(CustomizeModificationsOfSidebar);