User:Ricordisamoa/DashesInSignature.js

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/* <nowiki>
 *
 * DashesInSignature.js by [[User:Ricordisamoa]]
 * tells whether a user has one or more dashes in his/her signature (nickname)
 *
*/
$.get(
	mw.util.wikiScript("api"),
	{
		action:"parse",
		prop:"text",
		format:"json",
		title:"Wikidata:Requests for deletions",
		text:mw.user.options.values.nickname
	},
	function(data){
		var text=$("<div>").html(data.parse.text["*"]).text().replace(/\n+/g,"");// parse the rendered text from the HTML code
		var preAlert="Your signature/nickname renders as the following text:\n"+text+"\n";
		if(text.substr(0,2)==="--") alert(preAlert+"You have two or more dashes in your signature.");
		else if(text.substr(0,1)==="-") alert(preAlert+"You have one dash in your signature.");
		else alert(preAlert+"You don't have dashes in your signature.");
	}
);
// </nowiki>