Wikidata:Tools/CiteTool

Screenshot of the user interface

Add sources more easily by using mw:Citoid (citoid (Q21679984)).

If you provide a URL one click on 'autofill' will add all the information about this source (Title, access date, language, etc) automatically.

Version history

• Originally written by Aude as User:Aude/CiteTool.js (2016-12-05) (no longer working) (last edit: 2017-05-08) (Github source)
  • Forked by Mvolz as User:Mvolz (WMF)/CiteTool.js ans User:Mvolz (WMF)/CiteProperties.json (2018-11-11) (now disabled) (Github source)
  • Forked by MichaelSchoenitzer as User:MichaelSchoenitzer/CiteTool.js (2017-12-29) (no longer working) (last edit: 2019-11-18)

    Fix for loading the script at phab:T238479#6384675 (2020-08-14) by Nikki, later turned into a fixed version of the script at User:Nikki/CiteTool.js (2022-03-18) (last edit: 2022-07-11)

    • itself forked by Samwilson as User:Samwilson/CiteTool.js (2021-10-20) (last edit: 2022-10-25)
      • itself forked by Premeditated as User:Premeditated/CiteTool.js (2022-06-12) (last edit: 2022-06-12)
• Now made into the gadget (based on Nikki’s version with some addition from Samwilson’s as MediaWiki:Gadget-CiteTool.js (2022-12-22)

Issues

Open Phabricator tickets relating to the original script:

• T153683: Autofill link for Wikidata's citoid gadget should be closer to autofilled area
• T153684: Autofill link for Wikidata's citoid gadget: data retrieval should be signified
• T153685: Autofill link for Wikidata's citoid gadget: wording
• T238479: Error on CiteTool gadget when it calls PropertyValueSnak