Throwing out some ideas:

• Could alphabetize.
• Could do some grouping. For example Global ( global contributions | global block log | global account ) CheckUser ( check user IP addresses | user checks | checks done by this user ). I think these are the two most obvious groups.

Do the Global ones all come from CentralAuth?

edit: global contributions comes from CheckUser, global block log comes from GlobalBlocking, global account comes from CentralAuth. that makes a "global" group harder to code since they're from different extensions

Yeah, more difficult.

Another thing I notice is a potential separation between "act" type links locally (block, talk, mass delete, manage user rights) and log type links (deleted, filter hits, uploads). User rights actually might be a link that could be removed since it's accessible from the user's page.

(tagging for visibility, as links coming from these extensions have been mentioned here)

In T422984#11810554, @Novem_Linguae wrote:

• Could alphabetize.

Seems inconvenient to have them in a different order depending on the selected language (especially for users who work on wikis in different languages, this makes it much harder to build muscle memory, and in the case of cross-wiki patrolling in languages you have no knowledge of it would make navigation very confusing).

In T422984#11810846, @Izno wrote:

User rights actually might be a link that could be removed since it's accessible from the user's page.

Not sure I understand this; if you mean the portlet link, that also contains logs, block, and (local and) global contribs. That does not make it less convenient to have it in the user links? (I agree some cleanup would be in order though.)

In T422984#11827442, @1234qwer1234qwer4 wrote:

In T422984#11810846, @Izno wrote:

User rights actually might be a link that could be removed since it's accessible from the user's page.

Not sure I understand this; if you mean the portlet link, that also contains logs, block, and (local and) global contribs. That does not make it less convenient to have it in the user links? (I agree some cleanup would be in order though.)

Yes, that same portlet also has the other links I mentioned.

If it's going to help anyone: I have once made a script to help in navigating Toolbox menu (by adding icons, making it floating and filter some actions); description (in Polish), pictured below.

I've had an idea to develop a toolbar for Contributions et al., which works in a similar manner, but I have only a very early version and I didn't have time to continue that.

In T422984#11810554, @Novem_Linguae wrote:

Throwing out some ideas:

• Could alphabetize.
• Could do some grouping. For example Global ( global contributions | global block log | global account ) CheckUser ( check user IP addresses | user checks | checks done by this user ). I think these are the two most obvious groups.

Do the Global ones all come from CentralAuth?

edit: global contributions comes from CheckUser, global block log comes from GlobalBlocking, global account comes from CentralAuth. that makes a "global" group harder to code since they're from different extensions

Grouping is the logical way forward, I suggest.