Ability to perform batch tasks on all (or selected) pages in a work
Problem: Sometimes we need to make an identical change to a large number of pages in a a work. At present, the only solution is to ask a bot editor to make the change.
Proposed solution: Something akin to VisualFileChange.js on Wikimedia Commons.
You may also be interested in AutoWikiBrowser. It can find and replace texts in several pages, add code to the beginning or end of several pages, add/remove/substitute categories on several pages, etc. — ElioPrrl (talk) 20:24, 15 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
@Pigsonthewing: Thank you for your proposal. Would you mind being a bit more specific about what kind of changes you are referring to? Thanks DMaza (WMF) (talk) 16:01, 19 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
I'm thinking initially of complex find & replace actions (as I said, like those in Commons 'perform batch task'). For example, I recently had a work with something like {{rh||LOREM IPSUM DOLOR SIT AMET|}} on half the pages and {{rh||{{uc|Lorem Ipsum Dolor Sit Amet}}|}} on the other half, and I wanted to standardise them to the latter. In another example, suppose one transcriber had used {{ls}} in half the pages, and another transcriber had just used "s". We might want to replace all the templates with plain text. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:19, 19 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Just a side note, this can be done easily with WP:JWB and some basic knowledge of RegExp. AFAIK, JWB works on all public Wikimedia wikis as long as the pages are technically edit-able and you have AWB access. NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 22:00, 30 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Support This should be a native feature. Lectrician1 (talk) 02:06, 29 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Support AutoWikiBrowser is nice and powerful but something integrated in Wikisources would be better. VIGNERON * discut. 16:20, 29 January 2022 (UTC)Reply[reply]
Support Mike Peel (talk) 18:52, 28 January 2022 (UTC)