When you copy the script to your installation of MediaWiki be sure to erase lines <syntaxhighlight lang="javascript"> and </syntaxhighlight>.

( function ( mw, $ ) {
'use strict';
function initializeRefTools() {
	if( window.refToolbarInstalled || $( '#wpTextbox1[readonly]' ).length ){
		return;
	}
	if ( mw.user.options.get( 'usebetatoolbar' ) ) {
		// Enhanced editing toolbar is on. Going to load RefToolbar 2.0.
			$.getScript( '//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Gadget-refToolbarBase.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript', function() {
				mw.loader.using( [ 'ext.wikiEditor' ], function () {
					mw.loader.load( '//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:RefToolbar.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript' );
				} );
			} );
/*
	// RefToolbar 1.0 is used with [[WP:Legacy toolbar|2006 wikitext editor]],
	// which was removed from MediaWiki core in 2018. Since then it is available
	// in enwiki as [[Special:Gadgets#gadget-legacyToolbar]].
	// Uncomment this clause if your wiki provides the legacy toolbar as a gadget.
	} else if ( mw.user.options.get( 'gadget-legacyToolbar' ) ) {
		// Enhanced editing toolbar is off. Loading RefToolbar 1.0. (legacy)
		mw.loader.load( '//en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:RefToolbarLegacy.js&action=raw&ctype=text/javascript' );
*/
	} else {
		return;
	}
	window.refToolbarInstalled = true;
}
 
if ( $.inArray( mw.config.get( 'wgAction' ), [ 'edit', 'submit' ] ) !== -1 ) {
	// Double check if user.options is loaded, to prevent errors when copy pasted accross installations
	$.when( mw.loader.using( ['user.options'] ), $.ready ).done( initializeRefTools );
}
 
}( mediaWiki, jQuery ) );