Thread:Sactage-fduser/@comment-5175866-20131005154836/@comment-34029627-20131009122610

So, I don't think you understand the difference between something that is server-side and something that runs on a user's browser.

Server-side scripts/bots are generally run with little to no user interaction - a la Userpage Bot. They're usually written in a language like Python, Ruby, PHP, Perl, etc.

Browser-side scripts are written in JavaScript, placed in a page like MediaWiki:Common.js (or imported from there), and run on most page loads by the user. An example would be Monch's Chat Hacks or my Rollback Mods script.

Both of the things you want do not necessarily have to be server-hosted bots. I can most definitely tell that the second one would need to be done in JS: it has to hook into Wikia's editor to search for text before a user hits publish on a page.

I unfortunately don't know how to even begin approaching the first script - it's probably doable with templates, but I doubt that I could do it without many problems (my template knowledge is limited).

I could probably do the second script, but I'm not entirely familiar on how Wikia's editor works so it'd require a bit of research on my part. I'm willing to help out for this, but you must know that my schoolwork does come before anything else I have to do - so it may not be done in the timeframe you'd like. You'll need to provide me with a list of every name which you want it to highlight and ask the user about, though, and anything else you feel is relevant.