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• Add a file MOVE/RENAME action
• Allow multiple executions/ clone data instead of distructing
• Reason to talk-summary
• Improve UI forprepend any text + notify uploader
• Improve talk messages left by the script (theand also:-problem)
• Make VisualFileChange more intelligent - memory as key: Look how it is used (e.g. track usage using an abuse filter for a short time)
• Allow to specify custom clean-up rules (ortrigger edit checkbox)
• Extend automated clean-up for custom replace:Commons:File description page regular expressions
• A view option to e.g. allow hiding unselected
• Adjustable thumb sizes (default and dynamically) through a general plugIn name perhapsThumbScale? Reuse code fromMediaWiki:EnhancedPOTY.js Done --User: Perhelion06:03, 2 July 2018 (UTC)Reply

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• bugzilla:40059 — Global usage badges disappeared after Krinkle and Kaldari again "maintained" something Done
• Delete talk pages / show if a talk page exists

Make VFC save it's preferences (profiles) in another js file, not in user's common.js. File history is flooded and maybe people want to not keep profiles forever - if profiles are stored in a page like/VFC.js or/VFCpreferences.js, it can be easily deleted from time to time. --XXN,12:26, 6 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

Make it possible to change uploader name in VFC interface without reloading page - this helps preserving settings (especially patterns for search-replace).

Make it possible to re-run a task in VFC interface without reloading page - this is usefull especially when you have constructed a complex regex pattern and forgot to escape a char or added some extra elemens, etc. --XXN,15:27, 6 April 2016 (UTC)Reply

Hi, It would be very useful that VFS shows the source mentioned (3 categories: own, external, others, with the details shown when the mouse over). Regards,Yann (talk)13:50, 20 May 2019 (UTC)Reply

Please seeCommons:Village pump#Is VisualFileChange.js broken?. VFC seems to be broken both on Firefox and Chromium.pandakekok904:14, 21 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Copy from Village Pump, cf.Special:PermaLink/413729721#Is VisualFileChange.js broken?:

Last edit was byKwj2772 (Special:Diff/390024004/404078565). PerhapsKrinkle has a clue? Are there recent changes that potentially affect the massively used gadget? It’s very pity that the most (and for a very long only) active admins regarding Javascript are not active for months or no admin anymore. — Speravir – 23:28, 21 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Hi. I've performed some generic JavaScript maintenance on this file in the past but have no idea how this gadget internally works, sorry. --Krinkle23:47, 21 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

I don’t have much time to look into this right now, butto reproduce: openthis URL (loads the gadget even if you don’t have it enabled usually), click “perform batch task” in the sidebar, click “proceed” in the “What user or category is this action about?” popup, scroll down in the results list a few times. The error is thrown atMediaWiki:Gadget-VisualFileChange.js/ui.js,mdQueriedFile function; the API appears to return an emptyrevisions array for page ID84973088. --Lucas Werkmeister (talk)09:53, 22 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

And looking at the result of the API request that VFC makes, I see a) that the"continue" part of the response includes"rvcontinue": "84973088|409097305", i. e. the API hasn’t finished returning revisions for this file (that’s the same page ID there); b) that file has a lot of metadata in the imageinfo, with the “pages” metadata containing some 742 entries (one per page). It looks like the gadget assumes that, if a query API response includes a file, then it will also include revisions for that file, but I don’t think that’s true in general: with continuation, the response data for a file can be split across multiple API responses, and it looks like that’s happened here – the large amount of imageinfo metadata has pushed the revisions data for this into the next response, causing VFC to fail when processing the first response (because it expects the revisions to be there already). --Lucas Werkmeister (talk)10:10, 22 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Pandakekok9,Jonteemil,Jmabel, andSperavir: Alright, I have a suggested fix/workaround atUser:Lucas Werkmeister/Gadget-VisualFileChange.js/ui.js. It doesn’t fix the issue properly (that file will be missing its revision data – I’m not sure what effect that will have), but at least you can continue to load more files, so it seems to be some improvement. I’ll probably deploy it tomorrow if nobody objects or has a better idea. (You can try it out by pasting the contents of that page in the browser console after loading VFC (“perform batch task” sidebar link), but before starting the search (“proceed” button).) --Lucas Werkmeister (talk)23:18, 22 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Danke,Lucas, fürs Ansehen!

Actually I think, VFC does not need to know at all old file revisions, only the active one, or is it important for admins,Joe?

Lucas, testing your code I now get another error message:Error: -- NO TASK DESCR. FOR mdFormattNumber PLEASE ADD IT -- ##### TypeError: pg.revisions[0] is undefined.

— Speravir – 00:24, 23 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

I certainly can't think of any reason VFC would care about old file revisions, but I've never looked at its inner workings. -Jmabel !talk05:27, 23 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

What might be the reason for the error?Jonteemil (talk)06:18, 23 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Speravir andJmabel: It’s failing to loadany revisions, including the current/latest one.@Speravir: that looks like the same error to me (pg.revisions[0] is undefined) – maybe the workaround wasn’t loaded correctly. --Lucas Werkmeister (talk)08:07, 23 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Jonteemil, see Lucas’ post from 10:10, 22 April 2020. It’s an issue with reading file revisions. — Speravir

Lucas, first I definitely got a (slightly?) different error message before, I even double checked this yesterday before posting, but cannot reproduce this now. (Emm, now I remember that Jmabel had posted the error himself, see above … so, I’m quite embarrassed.) For the file revisions, thanks for clearing, but VFC also does not need to read thefull active revision, only the active wiki source – it certainly cannot act on the file metadata info. Acting on the structured data would be very useful, I’m sure, but this is quite probably worth an own phab task. — Speravir – 18:38, 23 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Pandakekok9,Jmabel,Jonteemil, andSperavir: I’ve applied that workaround now, please let me know how it works for you (as I don’t use the gadget). --Lucas Werkmeister (talk)12:28, 25 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

It didn't worked at first, but after server purging and bypassing my browser's cache, it works now. Firefox 75.0.pandakekok912:43, 25 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

It works for me. Thanks for the fix :).Jonteemil (talk)15:25, 25 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Yepp, works for this case. Thank you,Lucas. I’d say, section resolved. — Speravir – 18:05, 25 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

Great, thanks! (Well, I’m not sure about the section resolved, I just don’t know how to fix this better… does the gadget have active developers?) --Lucas Werkmeister (talk)18:21, 25 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

does the gadget have active developers? <-- Unfortunately, no. --Steinsplitter (talk)18:33, 25 April 2020 (UTC)Reply

I usually use VFC to tag recent files that have no licence as "no-license". To do that, I first use a custom RegEx to exclude files that already have a copyright-related tag (copyvio, speedy, no license, no permission, no source, OTRS, DR etc.). Thanks toAntiCompositeNumber onFile:"Катюша" на базе "Виллиса".jpg (diff), I realized that there are possible false negatives. I tried reproducing it, and, for the third time, VFC doesn't exclude this file (even though its source code matches the RegEx). I tried testing the RegEx onregex101, and the result shows there is no problem with the RegEx/source code. On the other hand, it's clear that VFC knows the file is tagged (it has a[!]), so I think VFC can read the source code properly. Is this normal for VFC? Thanks.Ahmad^talk09:15, 21 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

What's the regex that you're using? --AntiCompositeNumber (talk)16:14, 21 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

It's([Cc]opyvio|[Nn]o (license|permission|source) since|[Ss]peedy|SD|[Dd]elete|[Cc][Cc][- ]|GFDL|PD\-|OTRS|otrs|[Ff]lickr). To reproduce, selectCategory:Media uploaded without a license as of 2020-05, using VFC, use this regex to select files, and then invert selection.Ahmad^talk09:51, 22 May 2020 (UTC)Reply

Ahmad the file is deleted, so only admins can now look into this. Could you send me the wikitext by mail? How are the files added to this kind of category? Maybe I misunderstand something, but one thing I notice at a first glance is that there are valid licenses you do not search for, e.g.{{ODbL OpenStreetMap}} and{{OpenStreetMap}} (I recently pointed someone to these; the latter contains the former, but only in the template source), another one I know is{{LaTeX}}, and inCategory:License tags there are much more. Not speaking about custom license template boxes created by users. — Speravir – 18:42, 9 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Speravir: Thanks, I just sent it. Addition of files to this category is done by{{Remove this line and insert a license instead}} (maybe there are other templates, too, but this specific template is the case here). To my knowledge, UploadWizard automatically adds the template if the file doesn't have a license.

About licenses such as LaTeX and OSM, you're right, but it's not really a problem (or, at least, it hasn't been one so far). I usually do a quick check on selected files, and VFC automatically detects licenses, so I can manually deselect problematic ones. Usually, there are both false negatives and false positives that I (de)select manually. And for straightforward cases (obvious copyvios, obvious belowCOM:TOO cases, etc.) I usually don't add the no license tag, I try to fix/delete them instead. Since LaTeX and OSM maps can be dealt with easily, I don't think we need them in the regex. And, quite frankly, I'd be surprised to see a LaTeX/OSM/custom license case there; the category mostly contains uploads by new users, and such licenses are usually added by users with some experience on the project (so they are likely to remove the template from the page once they add a license).Ahmad^talk16:31, 12 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Ahmad, last first: Now knowing the background I agree with you about the latter. Thank you for the mail. After seeing this I am unfortunately as clueless as you. This looks like a VFC bug to me, or one of the underlying regex implementation. Nethertheless some suggestions:

• I would write this regex string slightly different (I am quite sure, this is wrong:[- ], this means “any sign, but not a space char”No, I have erred here. — Speravir):

\{\{\s*([Cc]opyvio|[Nn]o license (since|own work)|[Nn]o (permission|source) since|[Ss]peedy|[Ss]pd|[Qq]D|[Ss]D|[Dd]elete|[Cc][Cc](-|0|by)|[Gg]FDL|[Pp]D-|[Oo](TRS|trs)|[Pp]ermissionOTRS|[Ff]lickr)

(I did not check that for all, but{{Copyvio}} is a beast, it has 41 redirects! Maybe some unused could be deleted, cf.Special:WhatLinksHere. [Edit: Ehemm, they should all be unused until a file comes around where they are used … I mean a lot of them seem unnecessarily to be created for just one purpose.])

It’s actually a bit longer. If you are bold you could temporarily undelete the file and check again. Or you test inBeta-Commons, but VFC there would first have to be updated. The only active admin in beta I know isRaymond.

• Independently of VFC you could check, whether the gadgetGalleryDetails could be helpful. It works very well on categories, too!

— Speravir – 22:49, 12 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Speravir: What pages exactly do I have to update?Raymond13:41, 13 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Raymond, it depends on what Ahmad wants to do. In case of testing with VFC in Beta-CommonsMediaWiki:Gadget-VisualFileChange.js and all of its subscripts/-pages should be copied and added to gadget definition (in latter case apparentlyMediaWiki:Gadget-VisualFileChange.js/install.js is not needed anymore). Ahmad would also need some harmless test files lacking license tags sorted into a category, but it should be possible doing this for himself. — Speravir – 21:27, 13 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

BTW,Ahmad orRaymond, in some of the scripts you can inside of comments find the old/wrong addressMediaWiki:VisualFileChange.js. Is this worth script updates? — Speravir – 21:27, 13 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Thanks for the follow-up. I think Beta-Commons is a much better idea, because testing it on a different wiki can help solving the problem. However, unfortunately, I think Raymond can't edit/update the script, as that would require interface administrator right there. That being said, I have that right on Test Wikipedia. Although it's not the best solution (obviously because that's a Wikipedia, not a Commons), I'll check and see if it's possible to run the test there.

As for those scripts, I'll look into those in MediaWiki namespace, thanks for mentioning it. There are many cases in user namespace (hundreds, in fact), but I'd rather not edit them. MediaWiki ones are somehow important because those scripts are used widely by users, but user scripts are mainly used by the user (and perhaps a few others), so I think a clean up on them is not really worth it, and, personally, I try to avoid editing them unless there is a problem.Ahmad^talk01:21, 14 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Perform batch task on a user. If VFC can somehow check the user talk page for presence of{{End of copyvios}}, and display a warning or an icon to signify a positive result, that will help a lot with anti-copyvio work.--Roy17 (talk)14:03, 16 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

I am trying to use VFC to disperse some items fromCategory:FEDLINK_-_United_States_Federal_Collection to a new category, by doing what should be a simple search and replace.

However when I set this up in VFC, using the custom replace option, and then click on Execute. Absolutely NOTHING happens despite a number of files being selected?

What am I doing wrong, or is VFC unable to do the tasks it claims to support?ShakespeareFan00 (talk)20:50, 25 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

@ShakespeareFan00: currently, VFC seems to be working.--Estopedist1 (talk)06:31, 26 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

@ShakespeareFan00: If you only want to move items from a category to another you can tryCat-a-lot.Jonteemil (talk)07:37, 26 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

I got it working. I do however a feature request. (see below)ShakespeareFan00 (talk)08:38, 26 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

@Estopedist1:. Well, it may be working for you, Perhaps you can thus explain, why when using "custom replace" with the following strings nothing happens, despite files being selected. I copied the strings directly from a file that be affected, by the intended replacement.

• Search string: "Documents from the FEDLINK-US Government Printing Office collection"
• Replacement: "Documents from the US Bureau of Land Management Library"

VFC fails to indicate, why no files have actually been changed (and I did check my contributions to make sure.)Why is VFC failing to match the search string, and thus not change any pages despite them being selected,? Thanks.ShakespeareFan00 (talk)11:55, 26 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

I have a very specifc search and replace query I run to do a category replace.

Entering the relevant patterns each time and the 'advanced search' filter is time-consuming.

It would be nice to save these options so they can be recalled directly. Saving a 'profile' did not seem to do this.ShakespeareFan00 (talk)08:40, 26 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Hi, thanks for this tool, I've been giving it a lot of use lately putting categorization onto the ANEFO photographer uploads (splitting down >10k file categories into something smaller). I have several bugs and recommendations.

Here's one. I want to work onCategory:1963 in Leiden, look for files within that which are also inCategory:Photographs by Gerard Dukker and then move them toCategory:Photographs by Gerard Dukker in Leiden (1963). It works, I've moved a few hundred files across.

To choose the files involved, I useAdvanced Select Files |In Category "Photographs by Gerard Dukker". Then a couple of regexes for the changes.

But left behind after the run are a handful of images which don't get selected (five windmills). One isFile:Molen "De Herder" - Leiden - 20137620 - RCE.jpg Can anyone see the problem? I can see the category from the list, and if it's selected, I can move it with the same regexes.

I have had problems when searching for categories to change with regexes, if they're the last thing in the file description and there's no whitespace following. But that doesn't seem to be the problem here, and I'd expect this selection to be working from the database, not the wikitext.

ThanksAndy Dingley (talk)13:31, 23 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

• More examples atCategory:1992 in Alkmaar andCategory:1994 in Alkmaar. I auto-selected most of the files here, but half of them (those still in the category) wouldn't auto-select. If I tick them, I can apply the regexes successfully. If I try to auto-select them, nothing happens. Either membership of the category, regexing for the Creator field, regexing for the category in the wikitext, or even trying to select the 1994 in Alkmaar category (which ought to select everything).Andy Dingley (talk)16:32, 23 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

I'm mostly working with categories that have >200 files. To load all of them, so that I can run an auto-select, I have to scroll past the first 100 using the down-arrow button, then keep scrolling. After a few scrolls, the file count often randomly jumps up by a few hundred (but the files seem to load OK). In some cases I can scroll indefinitely, re-loading what's clearly the last page or two of them over and over, but with continually increasing numbers.

Andy Dingley (talk)16:34, 23 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

I'm using regexes to modify categories. There seem to be problems when that category is at the last line of the wikitext for the file, i.e. the regex runs into an EOF rather than an EOL.Andy Dingley (talk)16:36, 23 October 2020 (UTC)Reply

Moved fromHelp talk:VisualFileChange.js

Hello.Bogomolov.PL told me at my talkpage to stop giving DR notices (on FOP related DR's) on his talk page, because he wasn't the true uploader of the affected file/s (e.g.File:Astana-concerthall.jpg). Rather he just made some modifications like cropping and adjusting of contrast. I explained to him that this may be how this gadget works - it sends notices even to those who are not uploaders (but those who modified those files). Is there a way to fix the gadget's mechanism so thatonly theoriginal uploader will be notified andnot those who made modifications on the DR-ed files?JWilz12345(Talk|Contrib's.)13:23, 1 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

In addition, is there a way to fix the gadget's mechanism so that those who only made modifications on the DR-ed files can opt out of notifications?   —Jeff G. ツ _{pleaseping ortalk to me}15:51, 1 January 2021 (UTC)Reply

for some reason stopped working today, tried different browsers. You can reproduce if you go to my contributions (for example) and "perform batch task" by user's contributions. It stays frozen on a stage "Retrieving file-list from server", other generators seem to be working. Error shown is:

Error:An error occurred while querying the upload-list. ##### API request failed (internal_api_error_DBQueryDisconnectedError): [88e0d6ae-b1ec-4378-99db-8c9c82fa285b] Caught exception of type Wikimedia\Rdbms\DBQueryDisconnectedError

rubin16 (talk)09:36, 6 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

I confirm the same problem on Windows 10 (Google Chrome and Firefox) as well as Android. ~09:45, 6 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

tried again with a different error

Error:An error occurred while querying the upload-list. ##### API request returned code 504 error. Error code is

rubin16 (talk)12:22, 6 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

@Rubin16: same while launching a deletion request of FB-sourced uploads of a certainKaciAbila. But this time the resultant files don't show up (only blank area is present, and the WiFi status bar on top of my phone screen indicates no data transmission).JWilz12345(Talk|Contrib's.)13:34, 6 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

Yes, it is a MediaWiki API problem, affecting only the "user name" function. You can still use VFC on a page, category, or search.AntiCompositeNumber (talk)18:53, 6 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

The train was rolled back to the previous MW version, so VFC should be firing on all cylinders again.AntiCompositeNumber (talk)00:07, 7 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

{{Edit request}}Hi, today the PermissionOTRS template has been moved to{{PermissionTicket}} because of the OTRS to VRTS renaming process; e.g. seePhab:T280392 andPhab:T280397. It is possible to update the gadget to use the new name of the permission template? Thanks --Ruthven(msg)20:17, 11 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

 DoneSpecial:Diff/559689913AntiCompositeNumber (talk)21:09, 11 May 2021 (UTC)Reply

VFS doesn't load for me anymore. Console shows error message "Uncaught SyntaxError: illegal character U+001F". --Discostu (talk)11:01, 2 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

{{Editprotect}}to use vfc on a MediaSearch result page, i think we can simply change line 272 ofMediaWiki:Gadget-VisualFileChange.js/core.js to sth like "... === 'Search' or 'MediaSearch'". i dont know js syntax. you get the idea.--RZuo (talk)12:51, 5 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

if ( mw.config.get( 'wgCanonicalSpecialPageName' ) === ('Search' || 'MediaSearch') ) {

probably this.--RZuo (talk)11:46, 21 June 2021 (UTC)Reply

 DoneAntiCompositeNumber (talk)22:56, 3 May 2022 (UTC)Reply

I'm missing an option to select uncategorized files. That would be really helpful. --Hjart (talk)10:01, 25 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

@Hjart: You can "Advanced Select Files" for which Wikitext matches "{{Unc" without quotes.   —Jeff G. ツ _{pleaseping ortalk to me}20:41, 25 July 2021 (UTC)Reply

Hello, @Janbery was trying to use VFC to do a mass replacement on a lot of files. On certain files, an API errormissingparam was reported, with MW complaining thatAt least one of the parameters \"text\", \"appendtext\", \"prependtext\" and \"undo\" is required. Network tab in devtools confirmed VFC omitted that param for two files for some reason. See[1] for an example API request made by the tool. Can you please look into this, and fix the bug? Thank you!Martin Urbanec (talk)17:38, 8 October 2021 (UTC)Reply

To whom it may concern
When I want to make changes with VisualFileChange, it always says "Note: New jobs cannot be made without restarting VisualFileChange" and no changes are made.
Question: How can I perform a restart of VisualFileChange?
--F. Riedelio • talk17:06, 8 December 2021 (UTC)Reply

{{Edit request}}

Please make it possible to change the default pagename for deletion requests. For example I couldn't overrideCommons:Deletion requests/Files found with intitle:/Ursa/i logo toCommons:Deletion requests/Ursa logos, only the heading.Jonteemil (talk)20:55, 20 January 2022 (UTC)Reply

i support. i wanted to change the target page, too.--RZuo (talk)07:14, 31 March 2022 (UTC)Reply

I also Support this change. Names of DR subpages should be overridable at the outset, rather than with moves and edits of the pages under discussion. See alsoCOM:AN#Interface Administrators attention please.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{pleaseping ortalk to me}🇺🇦11:21, 8 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

i guess codes about "requestPage" inMediaWiki:Gadget-VisualFileChange.js/exec.js need to be edited for this.--RZuo (talk)00:10, 6 July 2023 (UTC)Reply

 Not done – I’m afraid someone who understands the code will need to put together the specific JavaScript changes required before this edit request is actionable. --Lucas Werkmeister (talk)19:45, 6 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

​Maybe that I made something wrong or did not understand it; and I cannot find postings from other users about that problem.
Whatever I am trying, no matter whether I define the 'pattern to match' in plain text or as a Regex, VFCdoes not find tags as e.g.</source> or</syntaxhighlight>.
What can I do when I need to replace such patterna? -- sarang♥사랑09:36, 19 February 2022 (UTC)Reply

Hi sarang, i guess you need to select 'Do not preserve nowikis and comments.' below the 'pattern to match'. --Arnd 🇺🇦 (talk)18:44, 26 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

Special:Contributions/NNU-10-24100108. "Script cannot find any file / initial upload in / by NNU-10-24100108."--RZuo (talk) 07:14, 31 March 2022 (UTC)HiRZuo, for me it works (now). Can you please re-test? --Arnd 🇺🇦 (talk)18:40, 26 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

i just tested it. it didnt load at first, then i opened browser console and was playing with it for a short while, then i loaded the script again, and it worked. i tried a few more times. when i moved slowly and didnt take any action for a while after the tab had loaded, the script worked for the user.

it's probably my adblockplus (on firefox browser) that was interfering with vfc.RZuo (talk)18:49, 26 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

some files have errors that cause them to seemingly transclude template:1879.

use vfc, search query mode, "hastemplate:1879", finds 89 such files.

choose advanced select, put{{PD-1923|1879}} into "Wikitext matches (RegExpr)", it can only select 73 files. i also tried a regex as greedy asPD.*1879, but could only select the same 73 files. example files that could not be selected by this filter:File:Brooklyn Museum - "Mon Dieu M'ame Bombec qué que vous avez donc attrapé..." - Honoré Daumier.jpgFile:Brooklyn Museum - Le Pruth. "Ah ça... à quel drôle de jeu..." - Honoré Daumier.jpg.RZuo (talk)08:14, 14 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

HiRZuo, I can confirm the problem. What i can see in the Javascript logging is a warning for each of the files that are not properly selected, e. g.Error: Error: Syntax error, unrecognized expression: input[value="File:Brooklyn Museum - \"Cré nom......Si on réfléchissait......" - Honoré Daumier.jpg"] It seems that only the first quotation mark in the filename (beforeCré) is propertly escaped (\") while the second isn't. I guess that this causes the mentioned problem. Somebody who is more familiar with the Gadget should fix that. --Arnd 🇺🇦 (talk)15:23, 15 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

Hi againRZuo, i found one line in the code which perfectly fits the mentioned "escaping behavior" and the error message and maybe solves the problem. It is:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadget-VisualFileChange.js/ui.js#L-1464. I assume that there should be anupload.replaceAll instead of aupload.replace only. Not sure if you or me could fix this directly or if someone else that can try it out before should do so. What do you think? --Arnd 🇺🇦 (talk)19:25, 22 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

@Aschroet: thx a lot! sorry i forgot to reply last time. i'm a noob in js. i really dont know how to fix it. maybe some other user will come along and get it done.

i wanted to ask you, how did you "see in the Javascript logging is a warning for each of the files"? i'd love to learn and hopefully next time i can get closer to debugging by myself. :)RZuo (talk)20:18, 22 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

RZuo, according to the JS console you can easily find information with google, e. .g.[2]. By the way, the script can only be edit by administators. So i open an edit request:

{{Edit request}}Although not 100% if it helps, please change in linehttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadget-VisualFileChange.js/ui.js#L-1464 fromupload.replace toupload.replaceAll. IfreplaceAll is not supported then we needupload.replace(/"/g, '\\"') Details can be found in the description above. Thank you, --Arnd 🇺🇦 (talk)18:36, 23 April 2022 (UTC)Reply

 Done --Lucas Werkmeister (talk)19:44, 6 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

I'm trying to do a bulk replace of "Creator:Workshop of Giovanni Maria Vasaro" with ""Creator:Giovanni Maria Vasaro|workshop of", and I keep getting "please wait". I've tired different batch-replaces, and they work fine. I tried the Vasaro batch yesterday, I tried it again today, I tried after logging out and back in, I tried it in different browsers.

"Please wait" every time.

What's going on?DS (talk)17:19, 27 August 2022 (UTC)Reply

{{Edit request}}After editing a large amount of files, it is tedious to check the list of all of them whether they had been treated well. VFC should show finally the number of affected files, and the number of successfully edited files, so it can be seen swiftly whether all edits are done - without the need to browse through a list of many many files. -- sarang♥사랑07:08, 10 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

 Not done – I’m afraid someone who understands the code will need to put together the specific JavaScript changes required before this edit request is actionable. --Lucas Werkmeister (talk)19:40, 6 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

{{Edit request}}AFAIK that option is not yet offered, I cannot find about it neither inAction: nor inTasks:

1. It would be very helpful when it is possible to find file descriptions with certain properties, e.g. used templates, category combinations or any other pattern;
   such a selection by a specifiedfilter option can be a mighty tool for finding files needing maintenance - just selection, no alteration !
2. BTW, such apreselection would also be helpful to see in advance which files will be affected by a modification.
   

When the button for "Just select" is ticked, all selected files get a special highlighting, enabling the decision how to treat either the selected or the not-selected ones.Sure it will be a slight expansion for VFC, but afar-reaching increase for the usablity of that tool. -- sarang♥사랑07:08, 10 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

Without that expansion, the option is only to make in the selection a small change (when possible, whitespace so the alteration need not to be undone), and then have the two groups to work with; but t seems not to be a good idea to updatehundreds of files for nothing than to find them. I do not know about another possibility to find special patterns in file descriptions, but I need it for urgent maintainance. -- sarang♥사랑06:34, 20 November 2022 (UTC)Reply

 Not done – I’m afraid someone who understands the code will need to put together the specific JavaScript changes required before this edit request is actionable. --Lucas Werkmeister (talk)19:40, 6 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

{{Edit request}}

There's a bug where if you are using a search query which has slashes in its name, and you are mass-nominating files for deletion, VFC cannot create the subpage. This is because VFC tries creating a bunch of subpages due to the slashes. It tries naming the deletion nomination page "Files found with search query foo/bar/baz" but the slashes cause "baz" to be a subpage of "bar", which is a subpage of "Files found with search query foo".

The most obvious solution would be to replace the slashes with another similar character, such as ∕ (U+2215, division slash). --Matr1x-101^{Pinging me doesn't hurt!} {user -talk? -useless contributions}22:00, 4 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

 Not done – I don’t feel confident that this is a good way to resolve this issue. If enough people are affected by this bug and like the proposed solution, feel free to vote{{Support}} and reopen the edit request (preferably with a pointer to the specific code that should be changed – this is a big gadget spread across several pages), but for now I’m disabling the edit request to reduce the backlog. --Lucas Werkmeister (talk)19:48, 6 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

it should allow users to choose marking edits as minor.RZuo (talk)13:02, 23 January 2023 (UTC)Reply

Please add support for{{Wrong license}}/{{Wrong license note}} same asno license/source/permission. This is necessary to tag historical media uploaded under bogus licenses/authorship claims.EugeneZelenko (talk)15:58, 8 February 2023 (UTC)Reply

Nothing is happening when I click "Perform batch task" in the sidebar, and the "Just try it without installing" link on the Help page reloads that page with no effect. Trying it in both Firefox and Edge gives the same result.

Someone else has reported VFC as failing for a few days now over atHelp_talk:VisualFileChange.js#it_is_not_working.Belbury (talk)19:16, 27 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

Same here with Firefox on Windows, --Arnd 🇺🇦 (talk)19:47, 27 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

not working, need fix ASAP ----modern_primatඞඞඞ^TALK13:23, 28 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

Did anyone report this on Phabricator?This JS tool is also broken.Yann (talk)15:33, 28 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

Could this be related tophab:T117720? --Didym (talk)16:08, 28 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

@Belbury@Aschroet@Modern primat@Yann@Didym it's back, thx to Legoktm.

but someone needs to rewrite the code to get rid of tipsy in the long run.RZuo (talk)18:49, 28 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

sorry for the ping. it's actually still broken. now it's stuck at "Determining target." or "Retrieving file-list from server."RZuo (talk)18:53, 28 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

As a feedback also from my side: Loading a category for editing does not work. Only the upper bar appears with the question: «What user or category is this action about?» In the left bar it's visible that VFC stops at this action: «Determining target.» Hope VFC can be fixed. All the best, --Radomianin (talk)19:50, 28 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

changehttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadget-VisualFileChange.js/ui.js#L-2417 likehttps://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Gadget-VisualFileChange.js/core.js&diff=prev&oldid=768055169 .RZuo (talk)19:11, 28 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

all these probably need to be changed similarly if not already done so:

1. MediaWiki:Gadget-dashboard.UndeletionRequester.js
2. MediaWiki:RenameRequest.js
3. MediaWiki:JSONListUploads.js
4. MediaWiki:Gadget-dashboard.AddToFlickrBlacklist.js
5. MediaWiki:Gadget-VisualFileChange.js/core.js
6. MediaWiki:Gadget-GlobalUsage.js
7. MediaWiki:Gadget-VisualFileChange.js/ui.js

RZuo (talk)19:14, 28 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

Should be done now. --Didym (talk)20:20, 28 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thank you very much, now everything works as usual :) Best, --Radomianin (talk)20:34, 28 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

Thank you very much,RZuo,Didym and others! --Aristeas(talk)06:47, 29 May 2023 (UTC)Reply

I am new to VFC and I noticed this note, "Notes: We are working to re-add the possibility to rollback overwritten files to combat vandalism"

How old is this note and what is the status of adding this feature to VFC? Thanks, --Ooligan (talk)18:19, 14 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Ooligan: I see now, that was added toMediaWiki:Gadget-VisualFileChange.js/ui.js in Line 1,561 ofspecial:diff/75969485 byRillke 23:01, 14 August 2012 (UTC).   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{pleaseping ortalk to me}🇺🇦02:54, 15 January 2024 (UTC)Reply

Hi all, after performing a search and then clicking "Perform batch task" VFC does not automatically show the search string in the popup window. This worked a while ago. Regards, --Arnd 🇺🇦 (talk)09:58, 25 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

it works for me forSpecial:Search/London but nothttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MediaSearch?search=London .RZuo (talk)10:59, 25 April 2024 (UTC)Reply

For me both do not work. I guess thathttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadget-VisualFileChange.js/core.js#L-274 does not work anymore. The comment above give a hint that this is no a safe implementation. --Arnd 🇺🇦 (talk)15:08, 20 June 2024 (UTC)Reply

When I call "Perform batch task" in Firefox under "Tools", I get the following error message.

Notes:
Please wait.


Error:
An error occurred while starting the request and prefilling the contributor. ##### Error: Permission denied to access property "apply"

The same process works correctly in Microsoft Edge.

Browser:

• Mozilla Firefox V129.0.2 (64-Bit)
• Microsoft Edge V128.0.2739.42 (64-Bit)

--F. Riedelio • 💬13:12, 27 August 2024 (UTC)Reply

When looking at the loaded files, hovering over the "c" only shows the normal categories of a file, but not the hidden categories. Is there an option to also see the hidden categories?

And is there a way to custom replace the text in the date parameter in the infobox of a file? For example, the date parameter of a file says{{According to exif data|2024-09-15}} and I want to change it to{{taken on|2024-09-15|location=United States}}. How do I do that?Nakonana (talk)14:00, 15 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

use custom-replace mode.RZuo (talk)10:00, 16 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

if you know regex you can even achieve something like {{According to exif data|yyyy-mm-dd}} replaced by {{taken on|yyyy-mm-dd|location=United States}} for any dates in one go.RZuo (talk)10:03, 16 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

I'm unfortunately not familiar with regex. What would I need to enter to change the date like this?Nakonana (talk)11:07, 16 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

give example queries you are working on.RZuo (talk)11:55, 16 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Basically, I want to switch the used date template on files I uploaded, e.g.this file which has the According to exif data template. To play it save and not mess anything up with custom replace, I've used the "append any text" option, but this just adds another template to the file rather than replacing the exif data template[3].Nakonana (talk)15:04, 16 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

In the most simplest case you do a replacement like: \{\{According to exif data\|(.*)\}\} -> {{taken on|$1|location=United States}}. In this case all characters after "{{According to exif data|" and before "}}" is inserted into the "taken on" template at $1. --Arnd 🇺🇦 (talk)17:09, 16 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

yes what Arnd said.

and you can learn and practice regex by doing on these websiteshttps://regexr.com/https://regex101.com/

() is capture group, so what Arnd wrote captured the characters inside the template at that position. $1 refers to the 1st capture group in the given pattern, so it returns those characters in the taken on template.RZuo (talk)17:36, 16 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Thank you, RZuo and Arnd! :D I'll give it a try once I'm at my computer. Also thanks for the links for practice!

One more question: Is there a website with a (more or less) comprehensive list of regex expressions (?) and (ideally) explanations, so that I could familiarize myself with the possibilities of regex? Unfortunately, I have zero knowledge about it. I'm not from the IT field and only have some superficial knowledge of and experience with HTML and CSS.Nakonana (talk)14:18, 17 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Although I see now that there are some explanation in the provided links above, so that might suffice for a start.Nakonana (talk)14:19, 17 September 2024 (UTC)Reply

Some that pertain to the tool itself remain onHelp talk:VisualFileChange.js.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ pleaseping ortalk to me🇺🇦15:36, 16 November 2024 (UTC)Reply

Tell me, is it possible to translate this gadget into other languages? I could help with translating it into Russian.Mitte27 (talk)00:34, 10 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

{{Edit request}}

/* jshint valid *//*global jQuery:false*/// if (window.VisualFileChange) {    jQuery.extend(true, window.VisualFileChange.i18n, {      mdTranslator: "Mohammed_Qays",       mdButtonLabel: "التغيير البصري للملفات",      mdPerformOnWhichTarget: "أي مستخدم أو فئة أو صفحة يجب أن تكون الهدف لهذه المهمة؟",      mdTargetInput: "الصفحة أو المستخدم أو الفئة:",      mdLoadThumbs: "تحميل الصور المصغرة",      mdLoadWikitext: "تحميل نص الويكي",      action: "الإجراء",      mdDisselectAll: "إلغاء تحديد جميع الملفات المحمّلة:",      mdInvertSelection: "عكس الاختيار",      mdInsertDeleteReasen: "اختر الملفات التي ترغب في حذفها وقدم سببًا من فضلك",      mdInsertDeleteHeading: "عنوان لطلب الحذف الجماعي",      mdInsertOther: "النص الذي يجب إضافته إلى قسم الأذونات",      mdInsertEditSummary: "يتم إنشاء ملخص تلقائي للتعديلات في صفحات وصف الملفات. أضف هذا أيضًا",      mdInsertDeleteSummary: "أدخل سبب الحذف",      mdReplacePermissionText: "هل يجب تنظيف قسم الأذونات؟",      mdCustomReplaceText: "أدخل النص الذي يجب إدراجه بدلًا من ذلك",      mdInsertGeneric: "أدخل النص الذي يجب إضافته إلى كل ملف مختار",      mdInsertAll: "النص الذي يجب إضافته إلى صفحات وصف الملفات المختارة.",      mdInsertTalkNote: "النص لإعلام المستخدم/المستخدمين",      mdInsertReplaceMatch: "ما هو النص الذي يجب استبداله في الملفات المختارة؟",      mdDelteConfirmation: "لقد قدمت سبب الحذف التالي",      mdInsertConfirmation: "النص الذي قدمته لإدخاله في قسم الأذونات هو",      mdProfileCantSave: "لم تتمكن من حفظ المدخلات الحالية في المتصفح",      mdEditCountThrottle: "بسبب قيود معدل التحرير، لا يمكن إجراء المزيد من التعديلات خلال دقيقة واحدة. اضغط على متابعة بعد دقيقة. في هذه الأثناء، يمكنك قراءة شيء ممتع أو مشاهدة شيء ما :-)",      mdEditCountBatch: "تم معالجة دفعة – كما هو محدد في الإعدادات المتقدمة. هل تود المتابعة؟",      hasTalk: "هذه الملف يحتوي على صفحة نقاش",      mdMore: "المزيد",      mdNoResult: "VisualFileChange لا يمكنه العثور على ملف لـ %TARGET%",      mdExecutingTaskEnumerateFiles: "يتم سرد الملفات لهذه المهمة",      mdExecutingTask: "المهمة المطلوبة قيد التنفيذ",      mdCuteSelectLabel: "اختيار الملفات الذكي",      mdDelContribsButtonLabel: "الملفات المحذوفة المكتشفة",      mdRevertButtonLabel: "إعادة تعيين الملفات",      proceedButtonLabel: "تابع",      submitButtonLabel: "تنفيذ",      cancelButtonLabel: "إلغاء",      abortButtonLabel: "إلغاء",      mdPleaseWait: "يرجى الانتظار.",       filesIn: "الملفات في",      filesBy: "الملفات التي أنشأها",      filesOn: "الملفات على",       browsertitle: "VisualFileChange: مرحبًا %USER%!",       startAt: "ابدأ من",      optStartAt: "ابدأ من تاريخ معين",      optStartAtFile: "ابدأ من اسم ملف معين (المفتاح الترتيبي بالضبط)",      optStartAtHowTo: 'الصيغة:  YYYY-MM-DD<br/> أو، اختياريًا<br/>YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss<br/>أو ببساطة استخدم التقويم',      optStartFileHowTo: "مفتاح الترتيب للبدء (للعثور على مفتاح الترتيب: [[Category:اسم|>>>مفتاح الترتيب<<<]], هو اسم الملف إذا لم يتم تحديد واحد). تأكد من الحروف الكبيرة والصغيرة. عادةً ما تكون الحرف الأول دائمًا كبيرًا!",      optMore: "خيارات أخرى",      offerContinue: "الهدف الحالي للطلب يتطابق مع الهدف للطلب الأخير. VisualFileChange قد حفظ مكان الملفات المحملة الأخيرة ويمكن تحميل الملفات التالية الآن.",      continueNow: "الاستمرار الآن مع الملفات التالية!",      sorting: "الترتيب",      optNewToOld: "من الجديد إلى القديم (الفئة: تم الإضافة في)",      optOldToNew: "من القديم إلى الجديد (الفئة: تم الإضافة في)",      optDefault: "افتراضي",      optAsc: "ترتيب أبجدي تصاعدي من A إلى Z",      optDesc: "ترتيب أبجدي تنازلي من Z إلى A",       mdConfirm: {        deleteConfirmTitle: 'تأكيد الحذف النهائي',        deleteConfirm: 'هل ترغب في حذف الملفات المختارة باستخدام حقوق المدير الخاصة بك؟',        deleteConfirmIgnore: 'نعم، احذف!',        deleteConfirmCancel: 'لا، عُد!'      },       cuteSelect: {        'heading': "اختيار الملفات الذكي: اختر خيارات الفلترة",        'and': "و",        'intro': "سيتم تغيير حالة اختيار الملفات المحملة التي تطابق المعايير. لتطبيق التغييرات، اضغط على زر \"تطبيق\". يمكنك إغلاق الحوار من خلال علامة X. حدد المعايير الآن، وسيتم التعامل مع الحقول الفارغة كما لو كانت تفي بالشرط:",        'select': "اختيار (/إلغاء اختيار)",        'inCat': "في الفئة",        'title': "العنوان يتطابق مع",        'wikitext': "نص الويكي يتطابق مع",        'matches': "يتطابق مع",        'size': "الحجم",        'uploader': "الرافع هو",        'date': "<abbr title=\"يمكن أيضًا إدخال تاريخ واحد فقط. ولكن يجب أن يكون التاريخ الأول (تاريخ البدء) قبل التاريخ الثاني (تاريخ الانتهاء).\">التاريخ</abbr> (الوقت اختياري)",        'between': "بين",        'before': "إذا تم إدخال تاريخ واحد فقط، يتم عرض كل شيء قبله.",        'after': "إذا تم إدخال تاريخ واحد فقط، يتم عرض كل شيء بعده.",        'titleplaceholder': "(Reg)(?:ular )?(Exp)(?:ression)?",        'wikitextplaceholder': "نص الويكي يتطابق مع RegExp",        'dateplaceholder': "YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss",        'button': "تطبيق"      },       endDlg: {        heading: "ماذا الآن؟",        intro: "ملاحظة: لا يمكن تنفيذ طلبات جديدة بدون إعادة تشغيل VisualFileChange.",        saveInProfile: "لكن المدخلات يمكن حفظها في ملف تعريف.",        aboutLastExec: "سيتم حفظ المدخلات للطلب الذي تم تنفيذه آخر مرة تلقائيًا.",        errorDuringTask: "نأسف للإزعاج: للأسف، أعاد الخادم أخطاء أثناء تنفيذ المهمة. " + "يرجى التحقق من مساهماتك بحثًا عن أي أخطاء.",        checkContribs: "تحقق من مساهماتك",        goToRequestPage: "اذهب إلى صفحة الطلب",        goUserTalk: "اذهب إلى صفحة نقاش المستخدم",        goUserContribs: "…أو عرض مساهمات المستخدم",        reload: "إعادة تحميل هذه الصفحة",        title: "VisualFileChange: تم الانتهاء!"      },       mdPotentialProblems: {        'titleNf': 'لم يتم اختيار أي ملفات',        'textNf': 'يبدو أنك لم تختار أي ملفات. هل هذا مقصود؟',        'titleRE': 'التعبير المنتظم (RegExp، نمط البحث)؟',        'textRE': 'يبدو أن النمط هو تعبير منتظم. لكنه لم يُعَلم كـ (/R/).',        'titleInvalidRE': 'تعبير منتظم غير صالح (RegExp)',        'textInvalidRE': 'التعبير المنتظم غير صالح. ربما تفتقر إلى الحدود "//". الصيغة المطلوبة: /RegExp/الخصائص (الخصائص يمكن أن تكون مزيجًا من i، g، m).',        'back': 'أوبس، نسيت هذا.',        'proceed': 'استمر على الرغم من ذلك.'      },       mdOptions: {        'cv': "انتهاك حقوق المؤلف",        'cv-dw': "انتهاك حقوق المؤلف (عمل مشتق)",        'cv-fu': "انتهاك حقوق المؤلف للاستخدام العادل",        'cv-logo': "انتهاك حقوق المؤلف لشعار معقد",        'cv-ndw': "انتهاك حقوق المؤلف: الأعمال المشتقة محظورة",        'del': "اقتراح الحذف",        'np': "لا يوجد تصريح",        'ns': "لا مصدر",        'ns-dw': "لا مصدر - عمل مشتق",        'other': "إضافة VRTS",        'otrs': "إزالة إشعارات VRTS",        'c_replace': "استبدال حر",        'prepend': "إضافة نص في البداية",        'append': "إضافة نص في النهاية",        'prepNf': "إضافة نص في البداية، إعلام الرافع",        'aDelete': "حذف! (فقط للإداريين)"      },             reasonAutoSuggest: {        'aDelete': 'MediaWiki:Deletereason-dropdown'      },       cfg: {        startProfileManager: "إدارة الملف الشخصي",        startConfigManager: "الإعدادات المتقدمة",        tmpStored: "تم التغيير مؤقتًا",        tmpStoredText: "سيتم الاحتفاظ بالإعدادات حتى مغادرة هذه الصفحة",        youCanCloseDialog: "يمكنك الآن إغلاق الحوار.",        jsSaved: "تم الحفظ",        jsSavedText: "تم حفظ الإعدادات في JavaScript الخاصة بك",        profileManager: "إدارة الملفات الشخصية",        aboutProfiles: "حفظ الإعدادات الحالية في ملف شخصي أو تحميل ملف شخصي. يتم إدارة ملف شخصي (auto) تلقائيًا من قبل VisualFileChange ويتم تحديثه بعد كل تنفيذ للمهمة.",        jsProfileSaved: "تم الحفظ",        jsProfileSavedText: "تم حفظ الملف الشخصي المحدد في مساحة اسم المستخدم الخاصة بك",        jsProfileRm: "تم الحذف",        jsProfileRmText: "تم حذف الملف الشخصي المحدد من مساحة اسم المستخدم الخاصة بك",        jsProfileErrText: "خطأ. لم يتم حفظ الملف الشخصي: ",        jsProfileWarn: "مشكلة",        jsProfileWarnText: "حدث خطأ أثناء تحديث الملفات الشخصية: ",        profileSelectLocation: "حفظ الإعدادات الحالية في",        profileName: "لاستبدال ملف شخصي، اختر نفس الاسم.",        locationBrowser: "المتصفح (قد لا يكون دائمًا)",        locationAccount: "مساحة اسم المستخدم في Commons (مرئية علنًا)",        loadProfile: "تحميل",        loadProfileText: "تحميل ملف شخصي. تحذير: سيتم استبدال الإعدادات الحالية. انقر نقرًا مزدوجًا على ملف شخصي لتحميله وإغلاق مدير الملفات الشخصية.",        removeProfile: "حذف",        removeProfileText: "حذف الملف الشخصي."      },             namespace: {        'page': "اسم الصفحة الكامل",        '2': "المستخدم:",        '14': "الفئة:"      },           specials: {        'search': "استعلام البحث"      },           tasks: "المهام:",           task: {        start: 'بدء جمع المعلومات',        target: 'اختيار الهدف',        list: 'استعلام قائمة الملفات',        datails: 'استعلام التفاصيل',        inputcheck: 'التحقق من المدخلات',        mdPrependTemplate: 'إضافة نص إلى صفحة الوصف قبل الملف',        mdAppendTemplate: 'إضافة نص إلى صفحة الوصف بعد الملف',        mdPrependText: 'إضافة نص إلى صفحة الوصف قبل الملف',        mdAppendText: 'إضافة نص إلى صفحة الوصف بعد الملف',        mdRefreshCache: 'تحديث النصوص المخزنة مؤقتًا',        mdInsertPermission: 'إدراج الإذن أو الاستبدال الحر',        mdNotifyUploaders: 'إشعار الرفعات',        mdCreateRequestSubpage: 'إنشاء صفحة نقاش الحذف',        mdListRequestSubpage: 'إضافة صفحة نقاش الحذف إلى القائمة اليومية',        mdRvGenOGallery: 'إعادة تعيين الملفات التي تم الكتابة فوقها؟',        mdDelete: 'حذف الملفات'      },            taskFailure: {        mdStartMd: "حدث خطأ أثناء بدء VisualFileChange. لم يتم إجراء أي تغييرات.",        findOriginalUploader: "حدث خطأ أثناء محاولة تحديد مُحمل الملف.",        findOriginalUploaderCB: "حدث خطأ بعد محاولة تحديد مُحمل الملف.",        mdContinue: "حدث خطأ أثناء إنشاء مربع الحوار للبدء.",        mdCreateList: "حدث خطأ أثناء التحضير لاستعلام قائمة الملفات.",        mdFindUploads: "حدث خطأ أثناء استعلام قائمة الملفات المحملة.",        mdFindUploadsCB: "حدث خطأ بعد استعلام قائمة الملفات المحملة.",        mdFindCatMembers: "حدث خطأ أثناء تحديد أعضاء الفئة.",        mdFindCatMembersCB: "هناك مشكلة في قائمة الملفات لهذه الفئة.",        mdGenIGallery: "حدث خطأ أثناء إنشاء مربع حوار اختيار الملف.",        mdSendNextQueries: "حدث خطأ أثناء استعلام تفاصيل الملفات.",        mdCreateGalleryBox: "حدث خطأ أثناء إنشاء HTML لصندوق المعرض.",        mdCreateDelUploadItem: "فشل في إنشاء إدخال في قائمة الملفات المحذوفة.",        mdExtractTags: "حدث خطأ أثناء استخراج العلامات من محتوى الصفحة.",        mdQueriedFile: "حدث خطأ بعد استعلام تفاصيل الملف وإضافتها إلى المربع الحوار.",        mdExtractLicense: "حدث خطأ أثناء استخراج الترخيص من الفئات.",        mdQueryFileDone: "حدث خطأ بعد استعلام كافة التفاصيل.",        mdQueryMore: "تم اكتشاف خطأ من قبل VisualFileChange أثناء محاولة استعلام المزيد من الملفات.",        mdExecute: "حدث خطأ أثناء تحديد وتقييم المدخلات الخاصة بك.",        mdExecuteContinue: "حدث خطأ أثناء التحضير للمهمة.",        mdRefreshCache: "حدث خطأ أثناء تحديث نصوص الويكي.",        mdInsertPermission: "حدث خطأ أثناء التحضير لإدراج كتلة الإذن.",        mdInsertOTRS: "حدث خطأ أثناء التحضير لمحتوى الصفحة مع الإذن.",        mdCreateRequestSubpage: "حدث خطأ أثناء إنشاء صفحة مناقشة الحذف.",        mdListRequestSubpage: "حدث خطأ أثناء إضافة صفحة مناقشة الحذف إلى القائمة اليومية.",        mdPrependText: "حدث خطأ أثناء إضافة نص حر إلى وصف الملف.",        mdAppendText: "حدث خطأ أثناء إضافة نص حر إلى نهاية وصف الملف.",        mdTemplateAdded: "حدث خطأ بعد إرسال طلب التغيير إلى الخادم وتلقي الرد.",        mdNotifyUploaders: "حدث خطأ أثناء إشعار الرافعين.",        mdDelete: "حدث خطأ أثناء حذف الملفات.",        mdRvGenOGallery: "حدث خطأ أثناء إعداد مربع حوار التراجع عن الاختيار.",        mdRvQueriedFile: "حدث خطأ بعد جمع معلومات التراجع عن الملفات وإضافتها إلى المربع الحوار.",        mdRvCreateImgRevisionMatrix: "حدث خطأ أثناء محاولة الحصول على مراجعات الصورة.",        mdRvEvalSelction: "حدث خطأ أثناء معالجة الملفات المحددة.",        mdRevertImage: "حدث خطأ قبل أو أثناء تقديم طلب التراجع.",        mdReverted: "حدث خطأ بعد تقديم طلب التراجع.",        mdExecuteReady: "حدث خطأ بعد أن تم تنفيذ جميع المهام."      }    });  }   mw.messages.set({      'vfc-query-progress': "استعلام تفاصيل الملفات: $1 دفعة{{PLURAL:$1|استعلام|استعلامات}} جارية. العدد الإجمالي: $2 {{PLURAL:$2|ملف|ملفات}}. الملف الحالي: $3",     'vfc-selected-count': "$1 {{PLURAL:$1|تم اختيار ملف|تم اختيار ملفات}}.",     'vfc-enter-reason': "يرجى إدخال سبب يتكون من {{PLURAL:$1|حرف واحد|$1 أحرف}} على الأقل.",     'vfc-edit-count-one-time': "هل يجب إجراء التعديل رقم $1؟"      });  //

 Mohammed Qays 🗣17:52, 19 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

@Lucas Werkmeister Mohammed Qays 🗣13:33, 17 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Mohammed Qays: I don’t know what to do with this. Please use the{{Edit request}} template (so that other interface admins can also see it) and describe which page should be edited.Lucas Werkmeister (talk)18:07, 17 January 2025 (UTC)Reply

 Done. --CptViraj (talk)13:57, 28 June 2025 (UTC)Reply

Hi, I'm going into the VisualFileChanger with the search term "The Catholic Layman" (an old journal). The VFC finds me 1025 files (or at least claims this number...), among them ca. 20-25 that I found to be false positives. So far so expected, I went through all the listed files yesterday and appended the new category "The Catholic Layman" to the true positives. This resulted in 901(!) files assigned to the new category. 10% of the files were not appended correctly. Today I went through the VFC again, now with theAdvanced Selection In Category:"The Catholic Layman": That one found me ~800(!!) filesin the category, and ~200 filesnot in the category (when inverting the Advanced Selection). The highlighting/selecting of the files was apparently randomly, some files were not selected despite having the category, and others were selected despite not having the category. In the end, I went through the entire list of 1025 files manually and assigned the category to all files where VFC showed me that they were not inCategory:The Catholic Layman. Afterwards, I checked the Advanced Selection again, and now it shows me that of the 1025 files that VFC finds me for the search term "The Catholic Layman", 867 are in the Category "The Catholic Layman", 137 are not (and basic math means: 21 files are neitherin nornot in the category). Meanwhile in truth, the searched category of "The Catholic Layman" has by now actually 979 files (all of them found and assigned via the VFC, 901 via the append function and 78 manually) and there are also still 20-25 REAL false positives.

In summary, what is wrong either with this tool, or with my usage of the logic functions provided in the Advanced Selection? --Enyavar (talk)17:12, 23 December 2024 (UTC)Reply

Weird behavior started recently (most likely because of default skin update): main frame moves down when I started to type reason for an action (from first letter). As result buttons are not visible and it's necessary to move frame in original place to complete action. I use Firefox 134 on Windows 11.EugeneZelenko (talk)15:24, 11 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

need to editMediaWiki:Gadget-VisualFileChange.js/ui.js to change background etc. to work with dark mode.RoyZuo (talk)19:39, 17 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

we should be able to filter out already nominated deletions as it would help quite a bitCyberwolf (talk)16:14, 24 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

advanced select.RoyZuo (talk)21:41, 24 February 2025 (UTC)Reply

Is there any standard way for users to add their own actions? I see that the actions seem to be defined in a section of the script labeled "SETTINGS / CONFIGURATION", but I don't see any obvious way for users to inject their own values into those keys.

Alternatively: it'd be great if there were standard actions to batch tag files as CSD F10 (personal images) or G10 (promotional content). These types of speedy nominations frequently come in sets, and it'd save a lot of time to be able to tag a whole set of uploads at once, and generate a single user talk notification for the set.Omphalographer (talk)18:18, 28 March 2025 (UTC)Reply

@Omphalographer: In case you're still thinking about this thing: I had the same problem and I'm currently using "Prepend any text" with{{SD|F10}} or whatever else from theCOM:CSD shorts is appropriate.Grand-Duc (talk)02:38, 24 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

I've been doing that as well, but it'd be nice if there were a way to have it also add an appropriate message to the uploaders' talk pages like it does for other speedy deletions.Omphalographer (talk)02:39, 24 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

What does the option "Prepend text, notify uploaders" do?Omphalographer, mind testing that with 2 files inCategory:Pictures by User:Grand-Duc? I suggest using CSD G6 or G10 (at least the latter should allow a custom text too, so you can use "agreed test" or the like), so that we can see what happens to my talk page. Regards,Grand-Duc (talk)07:09, 24 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

Apparently it adds an empty section to the uploader's talk page - seeSpecial:Diff/1077115657. That doesn't seem right at all.Omphalographer (talk)07:18, 24 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

Yep, that's a useless result. But I tried it myself with one upload of yours (File:Aortenklappe 3D.webm), and I noted in the VFC window the request "Initially uploaded files by -Omphalographer-. Insert the text to be added to each selected file. Do not forget to add the text for the user.:" - see that last part? There's an input field that has to be used, to the right of "Please enter a note to add to the user's talk-page" and prefilled with "Yours sincerely,". Filling out that field givesSpecial:Diff/1076376780/1077118963. Still not exactly what we need, but apparently working as intended. Guess I will have to remember the template used byCommons:Adiutor as warning for speedies, to insert it there. Regards,Grand-Duc (talk)07:42, 24 August 2025 (UTC)Reply

Hi, VFC seems broken. Nothing loads today. Tested on several categories. The look is also different. Please see screenshot. Thanks,Yann (talk)18:12, 24 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

Same. I tested it just now, it is not working for me either. Pinging @Matrix, maybe the problem is related to their edits[4][5] from today?Tvpuppy (talk)18:24, 24 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

Dear Colleagues, I wanted to report that the VisualFileChange.js tool appears to be malfunctioning as of today. Earlier this afternoon, everything was still working as expected, but now the interface is failing to load category content. Instead of the expected list, a redX appears on the left. At the bottom of the dropdown, there is an error message that reads:Error: An error occurred setting up the selection dialog. #####; ReferenceError: summary is not defined. This issue prevents me from using the tool properly. It appears to be related to a recent change in the user interface. Could someone please look into this? Thanks in advance for your help and support! Best regards, --Radomianin(talk)16:00, 24 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

It’s exactly the same for me. Regardless whether I try to use the tool on a category or with the results of a search, I get the “Error … ReferenceError: summary not defined” visible in Yann’s screenshot and mentioned by Radomianin. In the left pane of the window, under the label “Tasks:”, I can read: “✔ Starting and gathering information. ✔ Determining target. ✘ Retrieving file-list from server. Retrieving details from server.” So it seems the error happens when retrieving the list of files from the server. AFAIK Yann and Radomianin use a different OS and a different browser than me, so the error seems not related to a specific environment on the side of the user. Thank you very much for looking into this! All the best, –Aristeas(talk)19:13, 24 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

Thank you very much,Aristeas, for kindly transferring myinitial report fromHelp talk:VisualFileChange.js to the appropriate discussion page here. I truly appreciate your support and the helpful addition of your own observations, which further clarify the issue. Best regards, --Radomianin(talk)19:55, 24 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

I checked the console command and it has this message: "Error: ReferenceError: summary is not defined". And I checked in the edit[6] ( in the line 1334 section), the linevar summary = vfc.$ctrs.editSummary.val(); was removed. So I think the problem might be related to the variablesummary being undefined.Tvpuppy (talk)20:21, 24 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

I would revert these edits, but I don't have the right for that. So I let a message on Matrix's talk page.Yann (talk)06:31, 25 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

Thank you very much for your research,Tvpuppy – it seems very probable that the removal of that line has broken the tool. Thank you,Yann, for noticingMatrix. Best, –Aristeas(talk)07:12, 25 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

Hmmm, it works well on my user account version so I didn't notice it. I'm pretty sure this line was erroneously removed, so I've added it back. I'll wait for the cache to update and retry. —Matrix(!)_{ping one}^{when replying} {user -talk? -_uselesscontributions}09:18, 25 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

Yup, appears to work. —Matrix(!)_{ping one}^{when replying} {user -talk? -_uselesscontributions}09:21, 25 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

DearMatrix, thank you very much for your quick fix of the VFC tool! Your sharp eye and swift action are greatly appreciated, especially on such a vital tool many of us rely on. Best regards, --Radomianin(talk)09:44, 25 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

Works again. Many thanks (again) toTvpuppy for the research and toMatrix for the fast fix! –Aristeas(talk)13:06, 25 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

if you try vfc on a username, and a file being queried has been renamed, then vfc will get stuck at "Retrieving details from server". but if you do that on a category, the same renamed file will not cause problems.

i guess this probably has to do with how vfc fetches files? in a category it gets from the category listing? but for a username it gets from Special:ListFiles or something?RoyZuo (talk)19:47, 28 May 2025 (UTC)Reply

VFC seems to have issues in general with files that have been renamed or redirected. I've seen situations where a user uploaded a file which was later deleted and converted to a redirect (e.g. because it was a duplicate), causing VFC to incorrectly listthe target of the redirect as one of the user's uploads.Omphalographer (talk)21:46, 4 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

I use VFC all the time for both nominating files for deletion and for deleting long lists of files when the Mass Delete function in DelReqHandler isn't good because some of the files need to be saved. I now need to delete 180 galleries, all in one category. VFC, as its name suggests, is for files, and it turns its nose up at my request to delete a whole category of galleries. It would be helpful occasionally to be able to do that. .     Jim . . .(Jameslwoodward) (talk to me)20:25, 4 July 2025 (UTC)Reply

BasicallyVisualCategoryChange. Would it be possible to add functionality to make changes to category contents? For example, I'd like to edit all but two categories ofCategory:Vaccinations by country to replace their text content with a new template. And I also need to functionality to adjust the template of another set of categories which I moved. See alsoCommons:Village pump/Technical#How to move (rename) many categories?. If these features can't/won't be added to VSF what about a new gadget for that (maybe based on/forked from this gadget)?Prototyperspective (talk)23:49, 3 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

Prototyperspective, good point. Often requested but never implemented. Best regards, --Arnd 🇺🇦 (talk)17:25, 4 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

suppose the text input to prepend or append is STRING

vfc should prepend

STRING\n(original wiki code)

or append

(original wiki code)\nSTRING

now this new line that separates the new text input from the original is not inserted, which makes the result usually not so perfect and can lead to problems such as other tools not expecting two lines being in one.

however, it makes sense that sometimes users are inserting something that dont need a new line, so perhaps this could be a tick option that's default ticked (selected)? so if users really dont need a new line they can then unselect it?RoyZuo (talk)15:41, 12 November 2025 (UTC)Reply

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