2009/10/1 Lars Aronsson <l...@aronsson.se> > > In the edit box, when I type [[John Doe]], I want some chance to > verify that I'm linking to the right article, whether it is a > disambiguation page, or by seeing the first sentence from that > article. I know I can "preview" my edit and click that link to > see the page (or ctrl-click to make it appear in a new tab), but > that method just seems sooo 2002. > > Is there some tool, button or gadget that does this trick? Perhaps > some greasemonkey script? > > What it would do: From where the cursor stands in the edit box, > search backwards for a "[[" and then forwards to the following "|" > or "]]" which ever comes first (this covers the case that the > cursor is inside the link brackets). Look up that article, show > the first paragraph or 150 characters in a pop-up. If I click a > link in the pop-up (a top link, or a disambig page), replace the > link in the edit box so it points to that article. >
The Navigation popups[1] has partially a functionality that does these: if you select a link in the edit box it will display the first part of the article in a popup; after saving if you hover over a disambig or redirect link, you can choose to fix it with one click. I don't think it is possible with it to do this fixing right from the edit box. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation_popups Best regards, Bence Damokos _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
