This script appends ?useskin=vector to any Wikipedia Wiki page you visit. This returns the site to its old default desktop layout before the 2023 redesign.
// ==UserScript==
// @name Vector Layout For Wikipedia
// @namespace http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version 0.32
// @description This script appends ?useskin=vector to any Wikipedia Wiki page you visit. This returns the site to its old default desktop layout before the 2023 redesign.
// @author Ata Sancaktar
// @match *://*.wikipedia.org/*/*
// @icon https://www.google.com/s2/favicons?sz=64&domain=wikipedia.org
// @run-at document-start
// @grant none
// @license MIT
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
'use strict';
if(window.location.href.includes("useskin=vector")===false){
if(window.location.href.includes("?")){
if(window.location.href.includes("#")){
window.location.replace (window.location.href.substring(0, window.location.href.indexOf('#')) + "&useskin=vector" + window.location.href.substring(window.location.href.indexOf('#'),window.location.href.length));
}
else{
window.location.replace (window.location.href + "&useskin=vector");
}
}
else if(window.location.href.includes("#")){
window.location.replace (window.location.href.substring(0, window.location.href.indexOf('#')) + "?useskin=vector" + window.location.href.substring(window.location.href.indexOf('#'),window.location.href.length));
}
else{
window.location.replace (window.location.pathname + "?useskin=vector");
}
}
//var wikipediaLinks = Array.from(document.links).filter(link => link.href.includes("wikipedia"));
//for (var i = 0; i < wikipediaLinks.length; i++) {
// if(wikipediaLinks[i].href.includes("?" && ! "?u")){
// wikipediaLinks[i].href = wikipediaLinks[i].origin + wikipediaLinks[i].pathname + "&useskin=vector" + wikipediaLinks[i].hash
// }
// else{
// wikipediaLinks[i].href = wikipediaLinks[i].origin + wikipediaLinks[i].pathname + "?useskin=vector" + wikipediaLinks[i].hash
// }
//}
// uncomment the lines above (erase the "//"s) to automatically convert Wikipedia links on the page for smoother browsing.
})();