Soyjak Wiki:HotCat

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HotCat

Authors	Magnus Manske, Lupo, Dschwen, TheDJ, Superm401, Merlissimo, and others literal whos.
Source	MediaWiki:Gadget-HotCat.js

2019 Coolest Tool Award Winner in the category: Tiny

HotCat is a Mediawiki and Soyjak Wiki gadget that allows users to remove, change and add categories to Articles.

Enable and Disable

It's fairly easy to disable HotCat. Make sure you are logged in, go to your User button, go to your preferences, > Gadgets > turn the HotCat selection off. Save your changes after.

How to use

You do not need to edit your page while using this Gadget, as it works only while you are in read mode.

To use Hotcat, look for the category section at the end of an article, you now may notice + and - symbols;

• "(−)" after a category: when clicked, the category is automatically removed.
• "(±)" after a category: when clicked, an input field to change this category is opened.
• "(+)" at the end of the list of categories: when clicked, an input field to add a category is opened.
• "(+⁺)" at the front: when clicked, enters multi-change mode, allowing modifying more than one category.

If HotCat can detect that a certain category is not in the page text itself but was transcluded onto the page from a template or other transclusion, it will not add these links. Only categories that are present in the wikitext itself can be modified.

Removing a Category

To remove a category, tap the (-) next to the name of the category, if said category indeed exists, HotCat will remove the category.

Behind the page, it will:

1. Open a new window or tab in your browser with the current page opened for editing,
2. Hide the whole edit form, so that you cannot edit,
3. Edit the page to remove the category, and
4. Save the page.

Editing a Category

To edit a category, tap the (±) next to the name of the category. This will open the input box where you can enter a new category name.

Input Box

An Input Box with an indicator icon will pop up when Editing a Category, it tells you if the category you type exists or not. A icon tells you that the "category" you are typing doesnt exist yet. It still lets you continue, but you would have to make the category page for the "category" you typed in because it VVILL come up as a Red link. A icon tells you that the category you typed exists. No brainer.

A suggestion pop-up will also appear once you start typing, you can click in one of the suggestions for HotCat to write the rest of the suggestion for you if that matters

More than one HotCat change

While HotCat normally automatically submits single category changes, it will never do so when operating in multi-change mode. It will always open a screen showing the changes made, which you should review before submitting the edit manually.

When you just click on a (−) link to remove a category, the edit is executed right away, and likewise when you submit a single category addition or change. Still, HotCat fully supports changing more than one category at once. If you click the (+⁺) link at the beginning of the category line, HotCat will enter its multi-change mode. The (+⁺) link is replaced by a "save" button, and all changes you make from now on will be written to the page only when that button is clicked. Initially, this button may appear disabled. It is enabled only when there are indeed category changes that need saving.

This multi-change mode is also entered automatically if you have one category input box open and, while it is still open, add, change, or remove another category.

In multi-change mode, submitting a category change or removal will not perform the edit immediately. Instead, the change will only be reflected on the screen, allowing you to make more category changes. HotCat will add (×) links after each changed category. This is an "undo" link; it'll undo the last action on that category. Category removals are indicated by striking through the category name. HotCat will also highlight unsaved category changes by changing the background of the category link.

Once the "Save" button is clicked, HotCat will make all the changes, and then opens the page in an edit screen, showing the changes made. The changes are at that point, STILL not yet saved. Review the changes to make sure that the script did what you intended it to do, and then submit the edit like any other edit you'd make.

History

HotCat was initially developed for Wikipedia:Wikimedia Commons by Magnus Manske and later adapted and improved by many 'pedia users, including, literal whos like Wikipedia:User:Lupo, Wikipedia:User:Dschwen, Wikipedia:User:TheDJ, Wikipedia:User:Superm401 and Wikipedia:User:Merlissimo.

The version on English Wikipedia and litteratly every other MediaWiki-based splinters is the same as the version on Commons but with a different default user configuration.