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# Click button {{mw button|{{int:publishchanges}}|progressive}} at the bottom. # Click button {{mw button|{{int:publishchanges}}|progressive}} at the bottom.


==Known issues== ===Known issues===
* If someone other than the original author has edited the unsigned comment, that someone will be (incorrectly) used in the {{tl|unsigned}} template. * If someone other than the original author has edited the unsigned comment, that someone will be (incorrectly) used in the {{tl|unsigned}} template.
* Doesn't work in ], ], ], or when ] is enabled. * Doesn't work in ], ], ], or when ] is enabled.

==See also==
* ] – a more manual script, useful when this script cannot find the correct diff.

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Unsigned helper
DescriptionSimplifies adding {{Unsigned}} and {{Unsigned IP}}
Author(s)Anomie, andrybak
First released2024-07-20
UpdatedAugust 5, 2024
    (4 months ago)
SourceUser:Andrybak/Scripts/Unsigned helper.js

Unsigned helper is a user script for semi-automatically adding templates {{Unsigned}} and {{Unsigned IP}}.

This script is a fork of User:Anomie/unsignedhelper. Differences: faster search, automatic edit summary.

How to install

It's recommend to install this script using the script-installer gadget, which can be turned on at

Preferences → Gadgets → Advanced → Tick Install scripts without having to manually edit JavaScript files (documentation)

Then you can go back to this page and click the big blue "Install" button in the infobox.

How to use

  1. Open the wikitext editor for the discussion, where you want to mark an unsigned message.
  2. In the dropdown below the editor, select button set "Insert" or "Wiki markup" (see MediaWiki talk:Edittools for details).
  3. At the end of the button set, click on {{unsigned}}
  4. Wait for the script to find the revision, which introduced this change.
  5. Click button Show changes at the bottom.
  6. Check that the generated signature corresponds to the diff in the edit summary.
  7. Click button Publish changes at the bottom.

Known issues

See also

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