Extension:Auto Create Category Pages
This extension is incompatible with MediaWiki 1.42 or any later release! You are advised against using this extension on a live site. MediaWiki developers are invited to pledge their efforts to updating this extension to make it compatible with MediaWiki 1.42 by replacing the {{Incompatible }} template with {{Incompatible |version=1.42|pledge=~~~~}} . |
![]() Release status: stable |
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Implementation | Page action |
Description | Creates stub category pages automatically |
Author(s) | Dror S. [FFS] (maintainer), created by Merrick Schaefer,Mark Johnston Evan Wheeler & Adam Mckaig at UNICEF |
Latest version | 1.0.3 (2017-05-10) |
Compatibility policy | Master maintains backward compatibility. |
MediaWiki | 1.25+ (see #MediaWiki compatibility) |
License | GNU General Public License 3.0 |
Download | README |
$wgAutoCreateCategoryStub |
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Issues | Open tasks · Report a bug |
Auto Create Category Pages (what a mouthful!) automatically creates stub pages for non-existent categories as soon as they are linked to, avoiding the confusing default behavior of "There is currently no text in this page..." or redirecting to the edit page.
Download
editFor MediaWiki 1.25+, use the master branch - that is always the most recent stable version. You can download it by clicking on "Download snapshot" and then selecting "master".
MediaWiki compatibility
editVersion 1.0.0 and above only works with MediaWiki 1.25.0+. Version 1.0.3 was successfully tested with MW 1.29, 1.34 & 1.35.
Installation
edit- Download and move the extracted
AutoCreateCategoryPages
folder to yourextensions/
directory.
Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/AutoCreateCategoryPages - Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
wfLoadExtension( 'AutoCreateCategoryPages' );
- Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
Configuration
editAuto Create Category Pages has the following 3 messages in the MediaWiki namespace, which can be changed to accommodate your preferences:
Message | Use |
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autocreatecategorypages-stub | Used as stub when creating a category page. Parameter $1 is replaced with the category's title. |
autocreatecategorypages-createdby | Used as an "edit summary" when creating a category page. |
autocreatecategorypages-editor | Used as username when creating a category page automatically.
If the user does not exist, it will be created automatically. |
The text of 'autocreatecategorypages-stub' can also be overridden using $wgAutoCreateCategoryStub
, which can contain wikitext as well.
It is recommended to use a template as the stub, so you always change the default text for all created stubs.
Credits
editAuto Create Category Pages was originally created as "Uniwiki Auto Create Category Pages" by Merrick Schaefer, Mark Johnston, Evan Wheeler & Adam Mckaig, as part of the Uniwiki project for UNICEF.
As Uniwiki extensions for MediaWiki are not maintained by the original developers anymore, according to an e-mail by Mark Johnston from Nov 9, 2012, the maintenance of this one extension was taken up by Dror S. [FFS].
Changelog
edit- Version 1.0.3, 2017-05-10: [bugfix] The extension caused page save to fail if no it had no categories
- Version 1.0.2, 2017-03-25: A much improved query of pre-existing categories, by Brent Laabs (labster)
- Version 1.0.1, 2016-02-01: Fix bug where only the first new category page was actually created
- Version 1.0.0, 2015-05-24: Convert to extension registration for MW 1.25
- Version 0.2.0, 2013-10-28: updated to work with MW 1.21.x & MW 1.22alpha.
- Version 0.1.0, 2008-08-01: original release.
See also
edit- Extension:CategoryBlueLinks by Wikia is an alternative, which instead of creating the actual category pages, tells MediaWiki to treat the links as "known" (existing pages).
- Extension:AutoCreatePage
This extension is included in the following wiki farms/hosts and/or packages: This is not an authoritative list. Some wiki farms/hosts and/or packages may contain this extension even if they are not listed here. Always check with your wiki farms/hosts or bundle to confirm. |