Board Thread:Support Requests - Getting Technical/@comment-1194893-20150620045801/@comment-24409505-20150623203736

452 wrote: The entire chat system is based upon user-run scripts. When you load Special:Chat, your browser loads and runs the chat script. Looks like we both have a completely different idea in mind of what we meant with user-run scripts. With "user-run", I was actually referring to the scripts run using the .js script pages exclusively in the "User:" namespace (Special:MyPage/blablabla.js), in other words, personal scripts run by users when they are logged in. I guess I might have misunderstood your solutions, as I thought they were all about scripts being run in the "User:" namespace.

My reply below is what I want to say based on what I meant with "user-run" scripts:

452 wrote:


 * solution 1 is impossible

No. Solution 1 is perfectly possible, I use it myself. You misquoted my original words. I was saying: impossible to achieve what Balmz wants, which is to display every single time Hunter Perry entered, and the user who runs the script (in his "User:" namespace) can't be present every single time Hunter Perry is, making the solution not possible for solving the problem at hand. Unless it's Hunter Perry himself who runs the script (in his "User:" namespace). But if I understand Balmz correctly "this user is well liked" and they do this as a friendly gesture to him, so having Hunter Perry run the script himself would ruin the surprise. Just like when you tell the birthday boy to buy your gift that you intended to give him.

452 wrote: Solution 2 ensures it, as it does not rely on any particular user being there.

452 wrote: There is nothing in Balmz response that indicates anything other than him wanting Solution 2, so I'm at a loss as to what your point is. I'm not making a point. I was just saying, ever from the beginning when I read Balmz' opening post, that since the best way to achieve this is to put the script in the MediaWiki pages of the wiki, it would require admin rights and since he's not an admin himself and he said he wanted "others to do this for him", I've repeatedly said that he should try to consult an admin of the wiki about his intentions first.