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//Shamelessly stolen from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ais523/highlightmyname2.js and modified for my use.//This script highlights all instances of the logged-in user's username on pages by//giving them a gold background. It only checks bodyContent, not titles or sidebars,//and doesn't change edit windows or Special:Preferences./* You can highlight a string other than your username by writing * hmn2username="stringtohighlight"; * just after the line and/or lines that you used to install this script. */varhmn2exception;try{if(hmn2username===undefined||hmn2username===null)hmn2username="";}catch(hmn2exception){hmn2username="";}functionhighlightmyname(n,p)//node, parent node{while(n!==null){if(n.nodeType==3)//text node{if(n.data.toLowerCase().indexOf(hmn2username.toLowerCase())!=-1){varix=n.data.toLowerCase().indexOf(hmn2username.toLowerCase());vart1=ix?document.createTextNode(n.data.substr(0,ix)):null;vart2=document.createTextNode(n.data.substr(ix,hmn2username.length));vart3=ix+hmn2username.length==n.data.length?null:document.createTextNode(n.data.substr(ix+hmn2username.length));vars1=document.createElement("span");s1.style.backgroundColor="#FCCD33";s1.className="ais523hmn";s1.appendChild(t2);vars2=document.createElement("span");if(t1!==null)s2.appendChild(t1);s2.appendChild(s1);if(t3!==null)s2.appendChild(t3);p.replaceChild(s2,n);if(t3!==null)highlightmyname(t3,s2);//find remaining occurences in the new nodesn=s2.nextSibling;}elsen=n.nextSibling;}else{if(n.firstChild!==null)highlightmyname(n.firstChild,n);n=n.nextSibling;}}}$(function(){if(hmn2username==="")hmn2username=mw.config.get('wgUserName');// The two occurrences of 'ais523' in the following line are to prevent conflicts with// other scripts I've written; don't change them to your own username (the script will// change to your username automatically).if(location.href.indexOf("?ais523")==-1&&location.href.indexOf("&ais523")==-1&&location.href.indexOf("?action=edit")==-1&&location.href.indexOf("?action=submit")==-1&&location.href.indexOf("&action=edit")==-1&&location.href.indexOf("&action=submit")==-1&&location.href.indexOf("&action=raw")==-1&&mw.config.get('wgPageName')!="Special:Preferences")highlightmyname(document.getElementById('bodyContent').firstChild,document.getElementById('bodyContent'));});