[MediaWiki-l] Re: Programmatically get download link for an extension

The ExtensionDistributor API can get you download URLs, e.g. this: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:ApiSandbox#action=query&format=json&list=extdistbranches&formatversion=2&edbexts=WikiEditor

[MediaWiki-l] Removing the edit form's hidden categories' list

Does anyone have an opinion on the hidden categories list that's shown below the editing form? We're wondering if it should be deleted, because its contents is duplicated in the main categories box further down the page (if you have the showhiddencats preference enabled, and if you do not you

[MediaWiki-l] Re: [Cargo] inverse relationships and property domains?

I think the normal way to do this in Cargo would be not to have the inverse property stored in a page's data, but rather to query the inverse wherever required. So, for example, an Idaho page would define part_of as USA, and then on the USA page you could have a template that displays all the c

Re: [MediaWiki-l] A monthly digest mail about latest stuff in MediaWiki extensions

This sounds great! On 12/06/18 00:57, Nischay Nahata wrote: Hi All, I always notice that our open source work around MediaWiki does not reach everyone and similarly its difficult to find what awesome work someone else has done.The only way we find extensions currently is through a web search.

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Category Suppression on page

Works for mine. :) Thanks Brian! (I was going to just hop over to Wikiapiary and rate it there, but that site is down it seems :( https://wikiapiary.com/wiki/Extension:NoCat ) On Mon, 26 Mar 2018, at 8:53 PM, Brian Wolff wrote: > Does https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:NoCat work for your

Re: [MediaWiki-l] File Upload Page - I need to write a custom version of it

I've found the MsUpload extension [1] to be great in these sorts of situations where the metadata of uploaded files isn't of primary importance. It lets you upload files right from the editor, and upload multiple files at once. You can specify file names as you upload them, but not add anything

Re: [MediaWiki-l] No central repository for templates?

On Sat, 13 Jan 2018, at 2:34 PM, Amir E. Aharoni wrote: > I'd further argue that many templates could be converted to real extensions > or even core features. For example, there's the Capiunto extension, which > attempts to do it for infoboxes. It would be an even more robust solution, > but perhap

Re: [MediaWiki-l] No central repository for templates?

On Sat, 13 Jan 2018, at 9:21 AM, John Lewis wrote: > Help:Templates says that there is no central repository for templates. > Is there a technical reason for that? No technical reason against such a thing, I think, so much as that templates are very often quite site-specific and tied in to things

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Announcing new MediaWiki forum

On Thu, 9 Nov 2017, at 07:07 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > From my understanding, the point of Discourse was to be simply a Q&A > site. This forum has this as well, however it aims to also build a > community of MediaWiki users and admins beyond just a Q&A so that there's > a place to go to just talk a

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Announcing new MediaWiki forum

Isn't this rather a replication of the trial Discourse forum at https://discourse.wmflabs.org/ ? (Which, unfortunately, is offline for an upgrade at the moment!) But anyway, sounds like an interesting idea. :-) What software is it using? On Thu, 9 Nov 2017, at 06:10 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > Al