WME Extensions & Scripts:
Do you use any Chrome Extensions or Scripts for WME yet?
Extensions and Scripts are designed to work with WME, and are incredibly powerful tools, that will make your editing time far more productive. Rather than spend countless hours scrolling around looking for something to 'fix', these tools will direct your attention to various parts of WME that MAY need attention.
Remember that these tools will identify items that POSSIBLY need attention. Not every issue identified is actually incorrect. It may actually be a configuration approved by Sr Editors as an exception to wiki guidance based on specific local conditions.
Extensions
All extensions are available at the Chrome Store. Simply view these in the Chrome Store, click to install them, and then press F5 when viewing WME to load the newly installed extensions.
NOTE: Remember that WME is designed for use with Chrome, so this page is about installing tools in Chrome, for use with WME. No information is available here for other browser options or tools used by them.
It is highly recommend that new editors start out with the following extensions:
TamperMonkey is a "script manager". It will allow you to install other useful scripts into WME for additional tools that you will use as you learn more about editing in WME.
An additional thought about extension vs script. For those that use the Google profile login on Chrome, any extensions that you have installed at your home device, will also load into a session on any other device [re: work, school, internet cafe]. Scripts on the other hand require you to install the scripts into TamperMonkey on each separate device.
Toolbox for example is offered as an extension and a script. It may be easier to use the extension as you will likely have the three listed above running 90% of your time in WME.
Scripts
Once you have TamperMonkey installed:
Look for the TamperMonkey icon in the upper right corner of Chrome, left click the icon, then select "Get new scripts..."
A new tab should open for TamperMonkey, and on there is a listing of User Script sources. The most current versions of WME scripts are usually found on the "GreasyFork" site. Click on the link to open another tab for GreasyFork.
Once you get to the GreasyFork page, enter 'WME' in the search box and you should see a list of Scripts for WME
NOTE: Do not feel the need to install any/ all of them, until you are working on an issue where a specific script might be useful!
One script specifically useful for editors in NY, that works with the extension Validator, is WME Validator Localization for New York
Another useful script for new editors who want to process Update Requests [UR's], is WME UR-MP tracking