Indie Wiki Buddy Changelog

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3.2.0

December 7, 2023

• Added support for custom BreezeWiki domains!
  • When selecting a BreezeWiki host, a "Custom host..." option is available at the bottom that will reveal an input box.
  • This option is available for users who host their own mirror of BreezeWiki for themselves, or otherwise want to use a mirror that Indie Wiki Buddy doesn't currently include.
  
• When viewing the table of wikis in settings, users can now filter by text.
• Opening the changelog on-update is now off by default, and no longer defaults to being the active tab.
• Added 7 English listings:
  • Commander Keen Fandom Wiki to Commander Keen Wiki
  • Evangelion Fandom Wiki to EvaWiki
  • Gigantic Fandom Wiki to Gigantic Wiki
  • Lethal Company Fandom Wiki to Lethal Company Wiki
  • Rhythm Doctor Fandom Wiki to Rhythm Doctor Wiki
  • UnReal World Fandom Wiki to UnReal World Wiki
  • Wiki of Mana Fandom Wiki to Wiki of Mana
• Added 1 additional English Minecraft Fandom wiki to redirect to Minecraft Wiki
• Added 1 French listing: L'Abri Fallout Fandom Wiki to Les Archives de Vault-Tec
• Added 1 German listing: Pokémon Fandom Wiki to PokéWiki
• Added 1 Russian listing: Minecraft Fandom Wiki to Minecraft Wiki
• Updated Google search filtering to better capture sub-links.
• Improved redirection of pre-rendered sites in Chromium browsers.
• Removing "www" from check for bing.com, to support other subdomains such as cn.bing.com.

3.1.1

November 18, 2023

• Fixed issue on Chromium when attempting to display redirect banners on non-English Fandom wikis that point to independent English wikis
• Improved error handling

3.1.0

November 17, 2023

• Added option to the full-settings page to opt-out of opening this changelog when Indie Wiki Buddy updates
• Added 4 English listings:
  • Kerbal Space Program Fandom Wiki to Kerbal Space Program Wiki
  • Shroud of the Avatar Fandom Wiki to SotAwiki
  • THE FINALS Fandom Wiki to THE FINALS Wiki
  • Toontown Rewritten Fandom Wiki to Toontown Rewritten Wiki
• Added new Runescape Wiki listing in Português
• Added new Minecraft Wiki listings in Deutsch, Español, Français, 한국어 (Korean), Português, Ukrainian, and 中文 (Chinese)

3.0.0

November 6, 2023

• New search engine filtering experience! Indie Wiki Buddy can now replace search engine results instead of just hiding them. When results from non-indie wikis show up, they will be crossed out and disabled, and a button will be injected that points to the same article on the independent wiki. This is the new default functionality, and is especially helpful for finding new wikis that don't rank well in search engine results yet. The old "hide" functionality is still available for users who prefer that; visit IWB's settings to configure.
  
  
• New opt-in feature to redirect non-English Fandom/Fextralife wikis to independent English wikis when no independent same-language wiki exists. This can be helpful for multilingual speakers that want to use the many independent English wikis that are available.
• On the settings page:
  • The settings UI has been reworked to be more clear and accessible.
  • Users can now explicitly set the default settings for wikis added in future updates. Previously, the default was being quietly set to the last "set all" button the user clicked.
  • New "All languages" filter is available, to view all available wikis across all languages at once.
  • A bug has been fixed where the "set all" buttons could conflict with other selections.
• In the popup settings:
  • The popup UI settings have been reworked to be more clear and accessible.
  • Users can now set the default action settings for all wikis via the popup, instead of having to go into the settings page.
• Opera users now receive a notice regarding granting IWB permission to run on search engines.
• The Chromium bug banner has been updated. Chromium bug 1271154 has been resolved, but there is a new bug 1498035 that can also cause the extension to stop working after an update. If a user faces issues this issue, they now just need to go to their browser settings and toggle the extension off and on again, instead of re-installing the extension entirely.
• The Opera and Chromium notices are now dismissible by the user.
• Added 3 English listings:
  • Hollow Knight Fandom+Fextra wikis to Hollow Knight Wiki
  • MCC Island Fandom Wiki to MCC Island Wiki
  • Megami Tensei Fandom Wiki to Megami Tensei Wiki
• Fixed content path for Puella Magi Wiki.
• General improvements to search engine filtering (especially Bing).
• The way Indie Wiki Buddy structures its data storage has been updated. A v3 data migration automatically occurs in the background on-update, or whenever the user opens the extension's settings.

2.5.2

September 25, 2023

• Added 2 English listings:
  • Koei Tecmo Fandom Wiki to Koei Tecmo Wiki
  • ULTRAKILL Fandom Wiki to ULTRAWIKI
• More robust Google filtering when using mobile Firefox

2.5.1

September 24, 2023

• Added 3 English listings:
  • Mahjong Fandom Wiki to Japanese Mahjong Wiki
  • Minecraft Fandom Wiki to Minecraft Wiki
  • Tally Hall Fandom Wiki to Tally Hallmanac
• Minor improvements to code logic when inserting alert banner

2.5.0

September 18, 2023

• In the background, the extension now uses the webRequest API instead of webNavigation to manage redirects to independent wikis and BreezeWiki. This is more reliable, resolves issues with "duplicate" redirects occurring in the background, and should use less browser resources.
• On initial install, the extension's settings page will automatically open with a "quick start" guide at the top
• Brave search filtering has been updated/fixed
• On the settings page, independent wiki names are now linked

2.4.6

September 7, 2023

• Adjust settings popup to better fit on mobile devices
• Fextralife redirect banners now have more reliable links to indie wikis (plus signs in URL article path are replaced with underscores)
• Added 2 English listings:
  • Ashes of Creation Fandom Wikis to Ashes of Creation Wiki
  • Heroes Fandom Wiki to Heroes Wiki
• Added 1 French listing: Heroes Fandom Wiki to Heroes Wiki
• Added Starfield Fextralife Wiki as another origin to redirect to Starfield Wiki

2.4.5

September 3, 2023

• Added 1 English listing: Starfield Fandom Wiki to Starfield Wiki

2.4.4

September 3, 2023

• Bug fixes in search engine filtering:
  • Fixed issue where hidden wikis with non-alphanumeric characters in name couldn't be shown (e.g. Super Smash Bros. Fandom Wiki)
  • Fixed issue where non-English Fandom wikis would be hidden when they shouldn't be
  • Fixed issue where Google image search results would sometimes break
• Added 5 English listings:
  • Akudama Drive Fandom Wiki to Akudama Drive Wiki
  • B'z Fandom Wiki to B'z Wiki
  • Find Everything Fandom Wiki to Find Everything Wiki
  • Pizza Tower Fandom Wiki to Pizza Tower Wiki
  • Weezer Fandom Wiki to Weezerpedia
• Removed redirect from Guilty Gear Fandom Wiki to Dustloop, based on feedback from multiple users (the two wikis cover Guilty Gear differently with little overlap)

2.4.3

August 16, 2023

• Fixed issue in which clicking Google image search results from non-independent wikis could break the page

2.4.2

August 10, 2023

• Updated Yahoo! permissions request to only access *.search.yahoo.com

2.4.1

August 9, 2023

• Added search engine filtering for Yahoo! Search
• Search engine filtering banner now mentions origin wiki's language for non-English wikis
• Fixed search engine filtering bug in which some results from wikis with multiple origins could not be revealed

2.4.0

August 7, 2023

• Search engine filtering has been revamped! Previously, non-indie search results would be replaced with text that said "A search result from X has been removed by Indie Wiki Buddy. Look for results from Y instead!". Users reported that this was distracting, especially when multiple results were replaced. Now, results are completely hidden, and a single banner is added to the top of the page per-wiki to inform the user that results were hidden. To give the user more control, the banner also includes buttons to reveal the hidden results and/or disable search engine filtering for that wiki.
• Fixed issue with filtering on Ecosia that would sometimes cause media to not display.
• Added 3 English listings:
  • Mabinogi Fandom Wiki to Mabinogi World Wiki
  • Rhythm Heaven Fandom Wiki to Rhythm Heaven Wiki
  • RimWorld Fandom Wiki to RimWorld Wiki
• Added 1 additional English Animal Crossing Fandom wiki to redirect to Nookipedia

2.3.1

July 26, 2023

• Fixed search engine filtering for HTML version of DuckDuckGo when using query parameters
• Added support for a new BreezeWiki mirror (breeze.whateveritworks.org)

2.3.0

July 26, 2023

• Added search engine filtering for HTML version of DuckDuckGo
• Added search engine filtering for Ecosia
• Added search engine filtering for Startpage
• Additional search engine filtering improvements:
  • Minor styling improvements for search engine filter text
  • Search engine filtering now happens earlier in the page load (may be noticeable on slower connections)
  • For Google Search filtering, fixed issue where filtering could fail, particularly on slower connections
  • For Google Search filtering, fixed issue where some result sublinks would be missed
• Fixed an issue where redirect banner would sometimes fail to load (script now waits for head element to load)
• Fixed an issue where redirect banner text would be too small on some wikis
• Content script has been split into two (one for search engine filtering, another for displaying redirect banners)
  • Same user experience, this just marginally lowers filesize and complexity
• Added support for destination wiki content path prefixes
  • This enables support for Yume Wiki, which separates its articles into separate namespaces by game
• Corrected Pikipedia favicon
• Added 9 English listings:
  • Azur Lane Fandom Wikis to Azur Lane Wiki
  • Dreamlight Valley Fandom Wikis to Dreamlight Valley Wiki
  • Famicom Fandom Wiki to FamiWiki
  • Genfanad Fandom Wiki to Genfanad Wiki
  • Hanna-Barbera Fandom Wiki to Hanna-Barbera Wiki
  • Houkai Gakuen 2 Fandom Wiki to Houkai Gakuen 2 Wiki
  • Japari Library Fandom Wiki to Japari Library Wiki
  • Roller Coaster Fandom Wiki to Coasterpedia
  • Various Yume Nikki Fandom Wikis to Yume Wiki
• Added 1 Spanish listing: amiibopedia Fandom Wiki to amiibopedia
• Added 2 additional English Animal Crossing Fandom wikis to redirect to Nookipedia

2.2.0

July 1, 2023

• For Chromium users, a note has been added to the popup and settings page regarding bug 1271154, which can cause the extension to stop working after an update
• Independent wiki alert banner now has links to change settings for that wiki (either disabling the banner or enabling automatic redirection)
• Alert banner now pushes a wiki's page content down so that it no longer cuts off any content
• When Indie Wiki Buddy is off, extension's icon will persist being grayed out when browser is restarted or extension is reloaded
• Added BreezeWiki redirect count to "Fun Stats" section on Settings page
• Fixed issue where redirect and BreezeWiki stat counts were increasing multiple times per redirect
• BreezeWiki updates:
  • Added support for three more BreezeWiki mirrors (bw.hamstro.dev, nerd.whatever.social, and breeze.nohost.network)
  • Removed defunct BreezeWiki mirror (breeze.777.tf)
  • Remote fetching of BreezeWiki hosts now only happens when BreezeWiki is enabled
  • If remote fetch of BreezeWiki hosts fails, it now defaults to breezewiki.com instead of breaking
• Added 19 English listings:
  • Adventure Zone Fandom Wiki to Adventure Zone Wiki
  • Battlestar Galactica Fandom Wiki to Battlestar Wiki
  • Brian Sanderson Fandom Wikis to Coppermind
  • Creatures Fandom Wiki to Creatures Wiki
  • Crypt of the NecroDancer Fandom Wiki to Crypt of the NecroDancer Wiki
  • Discworld Fandom Wiki to Terry Pratchett Wiki
  • Dwarf Fortress Fandom Wiki to Dwarf Fortress Wiki
  • Fatal Frame Fandom Wiki to Zero Wiki
  • Game of Thrones Fandom Wikis to A Wiki of Ice and Fire
  • Kancolle Fandom Wiki to Kancolle Wiki
  • Obey Me! Fandom Wiki to Obey Me Wiki
  • Project SEKAI Fandom Wiki to Sekaipedia
  • Sanrio Fandom Wiki to Sanrio Wiki
  • Sega Fandom Wiki to Sega Retro
  • Severance Fandom Wiki to Severance Wiki
  • Starbound Fandom Wiki to Starbounder
  • U.B. Funkeys Fandom Wiki to U.B. Funkeys Wiki
  • Warhammer 40,000 Fandom Wiki to Lexicanum
  • Wildfrost Fandom Wiki to Wildfrost Wiki
• Removed listings for Mr. Love and World Flipper wikis (moved to wiki.gg)
• Updated name for Spanish WikiDex Fandom Wiki to Pokémon Fandom Wiki
• List of wikis on settings page now sorted by origin label instead of ID

2.1.0

May 4, 2023

• Added support for filtering search results in Brave Search
• Minor styling improvements for mobile

2.0.0

April 30, 2023

• Interface overhaul, with new color and theming throughout
• Settings popup has been simplified to just display global settings, useful links, and a link to the full settings page
• A new settings page has been created, which includes all individual wiki controls that have been moved from the popup
• A new guide page has been created, to provide in-app instructions and help
• Settings page will periodically display a request for Chrome/Firefox reviews; user can permanently disable by clicking a link
• Added global toggle for search engine filtering
• Added support for redirecting from Fextralife wikis
• Data schema now supports grouping, so multiple wikis on a topic can be listed and controlled as one item
• Search engine filtering will no longer affect Google Images, as it was hiding potentially useful images from users
• The user's power settings are now stored locally instead of synced between browsers
• Removed unnecessary cloud storage calls when loading the extension's popup or settings page
• "Submit a wiki" link now points to the Indie Wiki Buddy website instead of directly to the Google Form
• In collaboration with BreezeWiki, Indie Wiki Buddy now appends a custom header to inform BreezeWiki that the user has the extension installed
  • BreezeWiki will know whether the extension is on and whether BreezeWiki is enabled
  • This will allow BreezeWiki to customize the interface (e.g. hide extension promotion and redirect banners that are repetitive to Indie Wiki Buddy)
• Added version checking when fetching BreezeWiki mirrors, to ensure the user can't select mirrors the extension doesn't have permissions for
• Fixed an issue where article title wasn't retained when redirecting to some MediaWiki wikis
• Added 6 English listings:
  • Baldur's Gate 3 Fextralife Wiki to Baldur's Gate 3 Wiki
  • Barotrauma Fandom Wiki to Barotrauma Wiki
  • Commodore 64 Fandom Wiki to C64-Wiki
  • Pokémon Mystery Dungeon Fandom Wiki to Mystery Dungeon Wiki
  • Star Trek Online Fandom Wiki to Star Trek Online Wiki
  • VVVVVV Fandom Wikis to Viki
• Added additional origins to existing listings:
  • The various Friends at the Table Fandom wikis (New Archives, COUNTER/Weight, Twilight Mirage, PARTIZAN, Sangfielle, and Bluff City) to FatTWiki
  • The archived Zeldapedia on Fandom to Zeldapedia
• Restored Yugipedia, which was previously removed due to downtime and data loss

1.3.2

March 28, 2023

• Added 1 English listing: The Cycle: Frontier Fandom Wiki to The Cycle: Frontier Wiki

1.3.1

March 27, 2023

• Fix typo in German autonym in popup
• Removed tabs permission (not actually needed for the extension's functionality)

1.3.0

March 9, 2023

• Added 23 English listings:
  • Bakugan Fandom Wiki to Bakugan Wiki
  • Celeste Fandom Wiki to Celeste Wiki
  • Chip's Challenge Fandom Wiki to Chip's Challenge Wiki
  • Daria Fandom Wiki to Daria Wiki
  • Destiny Fandom Wiki to Destinypedia
  • Futurama Fandom Wiki to The Infosphere
  • Granblue Fantasy Fandom Wiki to Granblue Wiki
  • Guilty Gear Fandom Wiki to Dustloop Wiki
  • Hololive Fandom Wiki to Hololive Fan Wiki
  • IDOLiSH7 Fandom Wiki to IDOLiSH7 Wiki
  • IDOLM@STER Fandom Wiki to IDOLM@STER Wiki
  • Kentucky Route Zero Fandom Wiki to Highway 0
  • Madoka Magica Fandom Wiki to Puella Magi Wiki
  • My Little Pony Fandom Wiki to Equestripedia
  • NetHack Fandom Wiki to NetHackWiki
  • Eastern Mind Fandom Wiki to Osamu Sato Wiki
  • Pathfinder Fandom Wiki to PathfinderWiki
  • Puyo Puyo Fandom Wiki to Puyo Nexus Wiki
  • Rain World Fandom Wiki to Rain World Wiki
  • Sailor Moon Fandom Wiki to WikiMoon
  • Starfy Fandom Wiki to Starfy Wiki
  • Suikoden Fandom Wiki to Gensopedia
  • World Trigger Fandom Wiki to World Trigger Wiki
• Added support for French with two wikis:
  • Dragon Quest Fandom Wiki to Wiki Dragon Quest
  • Pokémon Fandom Wiki to Poképédia
• Added support for Toki Pona with one listing: Toki Pona Fandom Wiki to Wikipesija
• Added 1 Spanish listing: Animal Crossing Fandom Wiki to Animal Crossing Enciclopedia
• Temporarily removing Yugipedia due to long-term downtime; will be re-added once the site is restored
• Images have been optimized for smaller filesizes

1.2.1

February 14, 2023

• Minor styling improvements for better consistency across devices and browsers

1.2.0

February 12, 2023

• Now supporting Firefox for Android!
• Updating popup styling for mobile
• Adjusting search engine filtering to be more robust and mobile-compatible
• Manifest fix for Polish site file

1.1.3

February 10, 2023

• Added 13 English listings:
  • Banjo-Kazooie Fandom Wiki to Jiggywikki
  • Bionicle Fandom Wiki to BIONICLEsector01
  • Blue Archive Fandom Wiki to Blue Archive Wiki
  • Critical Role Fandom Wiki to Critical Role Wiki
  • Doom Fandom Wiki to The Doom Wiki
  • EarthBound Fandom Wiki to WikiBound
  • Fallout Fandom Wiki (Archived) to Independent Fallout Wiki
  • Friends at the Table Fandom Wiki to FatTWiki
  • Godzilla Fandom Wiki to Wikizilla
  • MicroNations Fandom Wiki to MicroWiki
  • Old School RuneScape Fandom Wiki to OSRS Wiki
  • Rayman Fandom Wiki to RayWiki
  • RuneScape Classic Fandom Wiki to RuneScape Classic Wiki
• Added 1 Spanish listing: Touhou Fandom Wiki to Touhou Wiki
• Added support for Polish with 1 listing: Rayman Fandom Wiki to RayWiki
• Adjusted link, alt, and title for favicon links in popup
• Wiki settings menu in popup can no longer scroll horizontally
• Fixed ID for Half Life

1.1.2

February 8, 2023

• Spaces in article titles are now replaced with underscores when redirecting to BreezeWiki

1.1.1

February 7, 2023

• Default settings are now saved per-language
• Several bugfixes related to updating preferences

1.1.0

February 7, 2023

• Selecting a "select all" button in the extension popup will make that the default setting for future wiki additions.
• Fixed a bug where alert banners would not show up when browser notifications were enabled.

1.0.4

February 6, 2023

• Added 1 English listing: Touhou Fandom Wiki to Touhou Wiki

1.0.3

February 6, 2023

• BreezeWiki mirror selection will now default to breezewiki.com when available
• Fixed BreezeWiki URL path (now sends user directly to article instead of the search page)

1.0.2

February 6, 2023

• Extension icon will now appear grayscale when extension is toggled off

1.0.1

February 5, 2023

• Submitted to AMO (Firefox's add-ons site) and Microsoft Edge Add-ons
• Fixing search filtering for Bing in Firefox
• Updating Zelda Wiki name and URL
• Added support for four more BreezeWiki mirrors (anitfandom.com, bw.projectsegfau.lt, breeze.hostux.net, and breeze.777.tf)
• Resolved minor sanitation/security warnings from AMO

1.0.0

February 5, 2023

• Initial release! Submitted to the Chrome Web Store, pending review.
• Supporting over 45 independent wikis across 4 languages
• Features automatic redirection, alerting, and search engine filtering
• Search filtering in Bing, Google, and DuckDuckGo
• Supporting BreezeWiki redirection with four mirrors (breezewiki.pussthecat.org, bw.vern.cc, breezewiki.esmailelbob.xyz, and bw.artemislena.eu)