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In conclusion, importScript() is not deprecated, and editors should feel free to use it. It does not need to be systematically replaced by mw.loader.load(), and {{T|iusc}} does not need to be replaced with {{T|lusc}}.

== importScript() vs mw.loader.load() ==

{{T|Install user script}} uses importScript(), and {{T|Load user script}} uses mw.loader.load().

importScript():

* Is less verbose, only needing the string of the the page you're loading.

* Is more restrictive, only allowing the loading of Wikipedia pages in the user or MediaWiki namespaces.

* Can load from other Wikimedia wikis, using a prefix such as "c" for "commons". For example, <code>importScript('c:User:YourName/test.js');</code>

mw.loader.load():

* Is more verbose, needing a long URL string. Note that the URL string has to be correctly escaped.

* Is less restrictive. Will load any URL from anywhere. So for example is good for loading from a local dev environment such as localhost.

* Can load from other Wikimedia wikis by adjusting the URL.

== See also ==