WikSort Chrome extension for English Wikipedia updated.

WikSort was updated to version 4.0 and is available for automatic or manual updating in the Chrome Web Store. Version 4.0 corrects compatibility problems with more recent versions of Chrome, and has a few improved appearance tweaks.

WikSort is a Chrome extension that sorts unique words in an Engliash Wikipedia article to a new tab. All words over five characters are alphabetically listed in a text box of the new page, with each entry followed by the usage count in the article. WikSort is useful when editing Wikipedia with Chrome because Chrome's spell checker can help quickly locate misspelled words and inconsistent spelling in an article from the word list generated.

The minimum number of characters in the word list can be changed via the extension options, ranging from 3 to 10. The font size of the word list can also be modified in extension options, from 25% to 400% of normal.

WikSort Chrome extension update

Version 3.5 of WikSort, a Chrome browser extension for use with Wikipedia, is available in the Chrome Web Store.  The update adds support for common contractions (e.g. didn't) and supports sorting for articles which were displayed via a redirect (e.g. cattle from cow).

Wikipedia tool WikSort extension for Chrome released

Newly published to the Chrome Web Store is the WikSort extension. The direct link is https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wiksort/pideoflnjbdpblpbgdibonfnjnjljbli?hl=en&gl=US

WikSort is a Chrome extension that sorts unique words in a Wikipedia article to a new tab. All words over six characters are alphabetically listed in a text box of the new page, with each entry followed by the usage count in the article. WikSort is useful when editing Wikipedia with Chrome because Chrome's spell checker can help quickly locate misspelled words and inconsistent spelling in an article from the word list generated.

Once installed, the script will add a dark red "W" icon on the far right of the address bar for any Wikipedia article address. Click the icon to generate a sorted word list. After a short delay while the page information is loaded and processed, the word list should display in a new tab.

The minimum number of characters in the word list can be changed via the extension options, ranging from 3 to 10. The font size of the word list can also be modified in extension options, from 25% to 300% of normal.

WikSort is an enhanced version of the older wikSort Greasemonkey and Wikipedia user scripts that I had previously released. It only works with the English (en.wikipedia.org) version of Wikipedia, but additional language versions of WikSort should be fairly easy to create by user request.

Please comment here if you have any questions about the WikSort extension for Chrome.

Wikipedia sorting Greasemonkey script updated

The Greasemonkey script wiksort,  aka "Wikipedia Sorting", was updated and uploaded to the userscripts site. Version 2.0 adds support for https links and automatically set focus to the article word list, so that you don't have to click in the box to highlight any misspelled words. It has been tested with the English Wikipedia Cologne Blue skin, as well as the default Vector skin.

For those unfamiliar with wiksort, following is a description of what it does and how it is used.

wiksort is a script that sorts unique words in an English Wikipedia article to a separate browser page. All words over six characters are alphabetically listed in a text box of the new page as a single entry, followed by the usage count.

wiksort works quite well with the Firefox browser because Firefox's built-in spell checker can help one quickly locate misspelled words and inconsistent spelling within the word list. I find the alphabetically sorted word list very useful in rooting out typographical errors and inconsistent spelling, although one should always double-check that a possible misspelling is really incorrect in the article's context.

Once installed, the script will add a link titled "Sort words" to either the ''toolbox'' section (default Vector skin) or the ''Edit'' section (Cologne Blue skin). Click on the "Sort words" link to generate a page with the sorted word list. After a short delay while the page is processed, the page will either display in a new tab or a separate browser window, depending on the user-selected browser options.

You must enable popups for the Wikipedia site, because the newly generated page is considered a popup. Since Wikipedia does not use advertising popups, this permission should not be too onerous.

Please post here if you have any questions about using wiksort.