MediaWiki:Common.js

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/* Any JavaScript here will be loaded for all users on every page load. */

mw.loader.using( 'mediawiki.util', function () {
  $( function () {
    // Find all red links (class="new")
    $( 'a.new' ).each( function () {
      try {
        var url = new URL(this.href);

        // Only touch links that go to ?action=edit&redlink=1
        if (url.searchParams.get('action') === 'edit') {
          url.searchParams.delete('action');
          url.searchParams.delete('redlink');
          this.href = url.toString();
        }
      } catch (e) {
        // Ignore malformed URLs just in case
      }
    });
  });
});