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AutoReviewComments

Pro-forma comments for Stack Exchange

No more re-typing the same comments over and over!

This script adds a little 'auto' link next to all comments boxes. When you click the link, you see a popup with 6 configurable auto-comments (canned responses), which you can easily click to insert.

This script was inspired by answers to this question on meta.

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##Features

  1. Read your comment before you post it!

    Note that the dialog only inserts the text, it doesn't send the comment, nor does it flag anything; this is so that you can check the text before posting!

  2. Customize the texts

    Simply double click on a comment text or description in order to customize it. Hit the 'reset' button if you screw up. This customization is currently per-site. Note that the "Welcome to $SITENAME$" text is automagically inserted if the user is 'new' (member for less than a week), so you don't need to add that to your custom text (but you can if you want to, see '9' below).

    If you need more/less than the default 6 comments, just carry on reading...

  3. Quick user info

    The dialog also includes a mini-summary of the user's activity (because if they haven't been back in months, there's no point writing them a comment).

  4. Automatic notification of new versions

    The script will also notify you if a newer version is created.

  5. Import/export of custom comments

    This helps with transferring custom comments between sites. The export/import 'format' is also conveniently presented as markdown, so you can post it in an answer below, and let others benefit from your words of wisdom.

    Note that you can also use the Import to create an arbitrary number of comments (the default is 6). If there are too many, you can use the show/hide desc link to gain a bit of space.

  6. Remote source for comments

    If you get bored with copy/pasting your comments between sites and/or computers, you can use the 'remote' button to define a remote source for your comment texts. See here for more details.

  7. Differentiated comments for questions/answers

    If you prefix your comment title with [Q], it will be only displayed for questions ([A] for answers). Non-prefixed comments are displayed for both.

  8. [type here], [username] & [OP] (& $MYUSERID$)

    If the text [type here] is included in a comment, it will be automatically selected for completion when inserted. [username] will be replaced with the user's name (or just 'user' if nothing was found), and [OP] with the original poster's name (if found, else 'OP'). Also, $MYUSERID$ will be replaced with your user id for the current site.

  9. Customise welcome message

    The default message is "Welcome to $SITENAME$" - which is shown for any 1-week-old users. By clicking on the 'welcome' link at the bottom of the popup, you can opt to change this message, or leave it empty to show no messages at all. You can also 'force' the message for older users on a one-off basis. This is per-site.

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Installation

Click HERE to install the user script. (warning Google is making things difficult for non-store user scripts. A workaround is explained here. Or use a script manager, like tampermonkey. NEW Derek has kindly uploaded the script into the Chrome store.

For other browser-specific instructions, read the instructions here)

Click HERE to preview the code.

For more information about user scripts, check out the [tag:script] tag wiki here.

Credits

All the people who noted bugs and made suggestions in the comments and answers on the Stack Apps page!