Extension:PlaceNewSection
![]() Release status: stable |
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Implementation | Extended syntax |
Description | Controls placement of new sections |
Author(s) | (Nxtalk) |
MediaWiki | 1.35+ |
License | GNU General Public License 2.0 or later |
Download | GitHub: |
The PlaceNewSection extension introduces two magic words, __ADDNEWSECTIONBELOW__
and __ADDNEWSECTIONABOVE__
, that control placement of new talk page sections.
Usage edit
- Where
__ADDNEWSECTIONBELOW__
is placed within a page, sections created from the "Add topic" tab appear directly below. - This is the opposite of MediaWiki's default behavior, which is to add new sections at the very end of the article. The effect of using this magic word in the article's lead section is to put newly-added sections in reverse-chronological order; that is, newer sections at the top, older sections at the bottom. This can be useful for journal entries or meeting minutes, where you would prefer the latest updates to be at the top of the page.
- Where
__ADDNEWSECTIONABOVE__
is placed within a page, new sections will be added directly above. - This is similar to the MediaWiki default behavior for talk pages, except anything below this magic word will stay at the bottom. This is useful, for example, to keep "See also" or "References" sections below any other comments on a talk page.
Note that existing sections are not reordered at the moment you add (or remove) the magic word. You would need to reorder any existing sections manually.
Installation edit
- Download the code from GitHub: Download extension
- Edit the file "extension.json" and add
"manifest_version": 2,
in line 12. - Place the file(s) in a directory called
PlaceNewSection
in yourextensions/
folder. - Add the following code to
LocalSettings.php
to enable the extension:wfLoadExtension( 'PlaceNewSection' );
Installation for versions prior to 1.35 edit
MediaWiki version(s) | Source | Explanation |
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1.33 and up | follow #Installation | MW 1.35.0 dropped MagicWord::get() (deprecated in 1.32) in favor of MediaWikiServices::getMagicWordFactory()
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1.31.x - 1.33.x | use the REL1_31 branch
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MW 1.31.x, didn't have MediaWikiServices::getMagicWordFactory() yet, so MagicWord::get() is used
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<1.31 | Revision 4809383 of this page | the original source code should work on versions prior to 1.31 |
Caveats edit
The magic words provided by this extension don't seem to work in a transclusion.[1]
If you had this content, for example, in a template named "newsectiontop"
__TOC__ __NEWSECTIONLINK__ __ADDNEWSECTIONBELOW__
and transcluded it into and article's lead section like this
{{newsectiontop}}
…the magic words controlling the table of contents and "Add topic" tab would work as expected when transcluded, but new sections would still show up at the bottom of the page.
The workaround is to subst:
the template into the lead of your article first:
{{subst:newsectiontop}}