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:::::::Where are the instructions for using github? Do I have to create an account? Do I sign in with my Wikipedia login and password? [[User:Robert McClenon|Robert McClenon]] ([[User talk:Robert McClenon|talk]]) 06:13, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

::::::::You have to make a GitHub account to open issues there. (If we had the project on Phabricator, you could use your Wikipedia login.) [[User:APerson|APerson]] ([[User talk:APerson|talk!]]) 13:54, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

== Talk page overwriting when a page is published ==

When a page gets published, the script adds AFC to the talk page (which is fine) but it does it by overwriting the text already there (see [https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Talk:Karavadi&diff=next&oldid=692521938 here]). I'm guessing it's just doing the projects, not the entire page. The problem is a number of drafts do already have WikiProjects assigned to them and there are some draft talk pages where this is actual discussions about the content (maybe even an old MFD notice), none of which should be immediately lost. Is it possible for the script to check on an AFC Wikiproject notice only and then just otherwise just add the project to the top? -- [[User:Ricky81682|Ricky81682]] ([[User talk:Ricky81682|talk]]) 00:32, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

:{{u|Ricky81682}}, looking at the source code, the script is supposed to move the existing draft talk page first (if it exists), then add the AfC template. It isn't immediately clear why this isn't working, but I'll look into it. [[User:APerson|APerson]] ([[User talk:APerson|talk!]]) 13:55, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

:: Thanks. I know I'm a minority in doing the work of adding in WikiProjects for draft pages but I do think it can be useful if projects integrate drafts into their requested articles sections. -- [[User:Ricky81682|Ricky81682]] ([[User talk:Ricky81682|talk]]) 14:32, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

:::{{u|Ricky81682}}, are you using a script to do that? I actually have a [[User:APerson/draft-sorter.js|userscript]] I wrote at the request of the AfC wikiproject that you might be able to use to tag drafts instead of manually editing. [[User:APerson|APerson]] ([[User talk:APerson|talk!]]) 19:13, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

:::: Cool. Yeah, I'm manually doing it. There's no documentation which could be helpful. -- [[User:Ricky81682|Ricky81682]] ([[User talk:Ricky81682|talk]]) 20:00, 4 December 2015 (UTC)

:::::I just added some documentation, if you're interested. [[User:APerson|APerson]] ([[User talk:APerson|talk!]]) 15:43, 7 December 2015 (UTC)