Wikipedia:XFDcloser

XFDcloser
DescriptionCloses XfD discussions
AuthorEvad37
MaintainerNovem Linguae
Version
  • 4.0.13 (main)
  • 4.0.13 (beta)
Updated22 January 2022
BrowsersMost browsers released since 2013, including Chrome, Firefox, IE11, Edge, Safari
Skins
  • ✓ Vector
  • ✓ Monobook
  • ✓ Modern
  • ✓ Cologne Blue
  • ✓ Timeless
  • ✓ Minerva (mobile) – possible but not mobile-friendly
Source
GitHub repositoryxfdcloser

XFDcloser (source) is a gadget to close XfD discussions at multiple venues. Feedback, including bug reports and feature suggestions, can be given on the talk page.

Installation

To install the gadget, visit Special:Preferences § Gadgets, scroll down to "Maintenance and administration", tick XFDcloser, and save the page.

If you previously installed the userscript version (or one of its redirects listed here), you should uninstall it:

Remove the line

importScript('User:Evad37/XFDcloser.js'); // [[User:Evad37/XFDcloser]]

or

importScript('User:Mr.Z-man/closeAFD.js');

from Special:MyPage/common.js (or skin-specific js such as vector.js, monobook.js, etc)

Note that the gadget is not available unless you are extended confirmed.

Features

In addition to closing or relisting discussions, XFDcloser can undertake actions to implement a close:

When there is more than one page nominated, multiple results (i.e. "keep some, delete others") can be specified, with appropriate actions applied to each page.

Usage

XFDcloser adds closing/relisting links after the headings of each discussion, for the following XfD venues: AfD, CfD, FfD, MfD, RfD, TfD

Part of an XfD log page with the script installed

Close

Click on the [close] link to bring up a dialogue box, where you can select various options, and type out a rationale.

Closing discussion dialogue box, which is drag-able and resize-able. The exact options available depend on the XfD venue, the selected result, and whether you are an administrator.

Multiple results

To specify results individually for each page in a multiple-nomination XfD, choose the Multiple results... button.

Multiple results version of the dialogue box.

QuickClose

Clicking on the [quickClose] link brings up two links, qk and qD. These are shortcuts that bypass the form, to quickly close the discussion as keep or delete (respectively), with no further rationale, and with default options.

After clicking on [quickClose], the qk and qD links are revealed, along with an (x) to cancel

Relist

Click on the [relist] link to bring up a dialogue box, where you can optionally type out a rationale.

Relisting discussion dialogue box

For AfD and FfD discussions, there is an option to unlink backlinks (including file usage). For links within list items, it is sometimes more appropriate to remove the list item rather than unlinking it, depending on the list's selection criteria. In such cases, the script will ask whether to keep the unlinked item, keep it and request a citation (add {{citation needed}}), or remove it:

Popup to review an unlinked list item

Hide/Show closed sections

An option to hide or show already closed sections, making it easer to find unclosed sections. Appears in a small yellow box in the bottom-right corner of the screen. When you change states, this will be remembered (if localStorage usage is available/allowed by your browser)

Click the yellow box in the bottom-right corner of the screen to toggle hiding/showing of closed discussions

Discussion age detection

XFDcloser detects how long a discussion has been listed for, and if it has been relisted. Closers will be warned if it has been less than 7 full days since the discussion was listed, or since it was last relisted. This information is also, by default, displayed using background colours for the closing/relisting links:

These styles can be adjusted by editing your common.css (or skin-specific) CSS page, as the script applies the following classes to heading elements:

Here are some example code of alternative styles you can use:

Notes

Licensing and attribution

Like all pages published to English Wikipedia, it is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0) and the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL).

This gadget incorporates code derived from, and is a direct replacement for, these scripts also written by Evad37:

Furthermore, it incorporates code copied/derived from:

See these pages' "History" pages for their authors. All of the these pages are also published on Wikipedia, and thus also available under the terms of the CC BY-SA 4.0 license and GFDL.

See also