User talk:Mvolz

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Need some help
Hurrah! You've already got a script I can try out!

I added it to my common.js on en.wp and refreshed, but I can't find any new buttons. Have you tried this in Firefox yet? Or maybe I'm overlooking something obvious? Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 00:39, 11 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Whatamidoing (WMF): How odd; it in fact doesn't show up in Firefox! I've only tested it in Chrome (will be in the "insert" menu there). I'll have a look, thanks for letting me know! Mvolz (talk) 10:15, 11 July 2014 (UTC)


 * Whatamidoing (WMF): Nevermind, it does work in FF for me, I was just logged out :P. I moved the dialog from the "insert" menu into the "Cite" menu since that seems like a logical place for it ("Cite by URL"); but be forewarned that unlike the other cite dialogs, it doesn't put the citation inside . So if you want to actually make use of it, you'll have to switch to wikitext editing mode and put the ref tags in manually. Hopefully I'll fix that soon!
 * It's there! However, it says that the citoid server is down at the moment.
 * Have you settled on a database for ISBNs? I understand that OCLC/WorldCat is a good choice.  Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 17:31, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
 * User:Whatamidoing (WMF) Ok. Server is back up. It inserts the citations into the ref tags now, but there's sometimes a bug where the reference list doesn't get updated in real time; should still work when you save the page, but I haven't pinned it down yet since it's occasional. Yeah, we've basically settled on OCLC; mwalker is working on the contract with them now I think! If the server crashes again and you want to submit a manual bug support again here, feel free :) I need better logging... Mvolz (talk) 18:40, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Is it not enabled for subpage/sandbox testing? I can see it when I edit w:en:User:WhatamIdoing but not when I edit w:en:User:WhatamIdoing/Sandbox.
 * Also, the server's down again. (It's okay; I'm not in any rush.  I just thought you'd need to know.  :-)  Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 21:22, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Whatamidoing (WMF) Hmm. Works fine in my sandbox? Is is possible your JS is cached? It's pretty buggy obviously but Ctrl shift R clears it. Also the server is actually up this time so it might be something else that's causing failure :(. Mvolz (talk) 21:53, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
 * P.S. Thanks for testing this is really helpful :) Mvolz (talk) 21:53, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
 * It could be a caching problem (I'm willing to believe anything inconvenient about Firefox!). I've got the menu item displaying now (yay!) and can get the window open (yay!), but the server claims to still be down when I click the "Search" button.  I'll try again later.  (You haven't blacklisted http://google.com/ for testing, right?)
 * BTW, I'm over here at mw.org a couple of times a week, but if you ever need me and don't want to wait, then feel free to send me e-mail or stop by the English Wikipedia to find me. I'm totally excited about your project.   Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 22:04, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Yup, definitely a firefox thing, should have actually tested it in FF again after I confirmed the button was there! I'll have a look tomorrow. We'll get there! Mvolz (talk) 22:16, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks, Whatamidoing (WMF)! FYI, I fixed the firefox bug (it was blocking it because en wiki is https but I was using http to make calls to the citoid server). Now when you see that message it *actually* means the server is down. Which it probably will be a lot. I'm working on making it more stable. Mvolz (talk) 16:47, 12 July 2014 (UTC)

News
I don't know if you've thought this far ahead, but I think you might like looking at w:en:User:Ark25/RefScript for some ideas about how people have tried to autofill the "cite news" templates. Whatamidoing (WMF) (talk) 21:30, 11 July 2014 (UTC)
 * Thanks, I'll check it out! Mvolz (talk) 21:54, 11 July 2014 (UTC)