I use a number of helpful user scripts on enwiki, such as Wikipedia:User:Frietjes/findargdups and the date formatting scripts by Ohconfucius. However, these do not appear in the 2017 wikitext editor, nor is it possible to force them to edit the text. What facility can be provided to allow these useful scripts used by power users to work? I'm slowly converting from wikEd as its functionality is degrading over time, but aside from what wikEd brings to the table, even the basic old wikitext editor has some important linkages to features I use often, so I was wondering if it's possible for them to be adapted to work in a 2017 editor environment.
Topic on 2017 wikitext editor/Feedback
As I understand it, existing user scripts will not work in 2017 editor without significant modification. You would either have to ask the original author to make a new version, or find some other volunteer willing to do it. However I wouldn't expect much luck with that....
The 2017 editor has been a Zombie project for the last 5 years. It was rejected by EnWiki. The Foundation seriously should have either (a) engaged the community seeking a constructive mutual-path forward, or (b) formally terminate the project and removed it from the beta-test options.
Would helpful if the needed changes were documented somewhere? Simply breaking all existing scripts without a migration path is going to be jarring for many users. phatom87 (talk) 14:13, 13 May 2022 (UTC)
See VisualEditor/Gadgets and related pages.