User:Nixeagle/WikiDiscussion Manager/Guide

WikiDiscussion Manager Home • Help • IRC || Current stable: 0.8.18 | Current beta: 0.8.18
Discussion To discuss WDM and ask for assistance in using it.	Report a Bug Report bugs with the software here.	Request a Feature Make suggestions to improve WDM!	Manual A brief manual to get started with the program.

Prerequisites

• Cannot be used by Anon editors.
• User must have 250 mainspace (article) edits. This is checked every time that you use this application.
• User must have {{User WikiDiscussion Manager}} userbox on their user page or if you don't like userboxes for whatever reason just put [[Category:Wikipedians who use WikiDiscussion Manager|{{PAGENAME}}]] on your userpage. The program will not let you use it unless you have one of the two above. (similar to a userlist for AWB or VP, but no moderators. :) )
• You must not be banned from using this tool. (found to be using sockpuppets is the primary reason for banning)

Getting Started

• Double click on the .exe file to start the program and wait until it puts your username up in the title bar.
• Find and press the 'Refresh' button. This will load in the days AfD discussions.
• Find an interesting discussion, (in the upper grid). Do one of the following to go to that item:
  • single-click on it and press ENTER
  • Double-click the item on the list.
  • Press the "View Selected Item button.

To add to the discussion

• Click on the Submit tab (upper panel)
• Type in your argument/opinion/comment in the rectangular box
• Pick your stance (Keep, delete, etc) from the list or type in your own.
  • Don't add a bullet point to your submission, the program does that.
  • Also, don't worry about signing your name as the program takes care of that as well.
  • The program will automatically put the first 100 characters of your submission into the edit summary, so adding to the discussion is a one step process.
• Click the Submit button and wait until the program refreshes the discussion page.
• (find another discussion to contribute to)

To check search engines

Single engine

• Click on the 'search engine statistics' tab. (after you have selected an article, shown above)
• The search terms that automatically selected are shown in the text field. If you want to change them, do so.
• Click on a search engine in the list.
• Hit the search button
• It will display the count and show the search page in the 'non-wikipedia Browser' (in the bottom panel)

All engines

• Click on the 'search engine statistics' tab. (after you have selected an article, shown above)
• The search terms that automatically selected are shown in the text field. If you want to change them, do so.
• Press the search all button.

To copy search engine counts

This will copy the link and the count to your clipboard (allowing you to paste in the submission field).

• Select the search engine from the list (that you already searched) and click 'Copy Url'. This copies the url and the count to your clipboard
• Paste to with the rest of your submission.
  • The format of this is [<URL><SPACE><COUNT> The last bracket is not added, so add it yourself. (minor bug that I can't figure out and am not going to waste my time on right now)

For the new 8.9 release

If you run into problems:

• First open and go to the Statistics tab
• Next, under the user area add in a value in the drop down menu
• Last, click the reload and enjoy