Template:Short linked pages

Template documentation

This template is a template gadget. It requires the ShortLinkedPages gadget to work, which is loaded automatically when this template is used.

Use this template to produce a list of short pages out of those linked from a given page. This template was originally meant to be useful in wikiprojects to produce a list of pages that need expansion out of a list of pages relevant to the wikiproject.

See the installation instructions to get it working in your wiki.

Usage

Basic

Markup	Renders as
{{Short linked pages\|Global templates}}	Loading...

Advanced

Pages linked from Global templates that have the Template:Update, including an link to edit them.

Markup	Renders as
{{Short linked pages \| page = Global templates \| namespace = * \| limit = 5 \| editlink = true }}	Loading...

Installation

To install this template in your wiki:

Create a template with the following markup. You can choose the template name, parameter names and defaults to suit your wiki.

<includeonly><div class="ShortLinkedPages"
data-page="{{{page|{{{1|}}}}}}"
data-namespace="{{{namespace|*}}}"
data-limit="{{{limit|10}}}"
data-editlink="{{{editlink|}}}"
data-editintro="{{{editintro|}}}"
>Loading...</div>[[Category:Gadget:ShortLinkedPages]]</includeonly>

Create MediaWiki:Gadget-ShortLinkedPages.js with the following code:

/**
 * ShortLinkedPages creates a list of the shortest pages linked from a given page
 * Documentation: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ShortLinkedPages
 * Source code: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadget-Global-ShortLinkedPages.js
 */
mw.loader.load( '//www.mediawiki.org/w/load.php?modules=ext.gadget.Global-ShortLinkedPages' );

Add the following gadget to MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition:

* ShortLinkedPages[ResourceLoader|hidden|default|categories=Gadget:ShortLinkedPages]|ShortLinkedPages.js

Done! Add your template to any page to verify that the installation was successful.

Template data

Use this template to produce a list of short pages out of those linked from a given page

Template parameters[Edit template data]
This template prefers block formatting of parameters.
Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Page	`page`	Page from where to get the list of linked pages Example MediaWiki	Page name	required
Namespace	`namespace`	Namespace number to which to limit the listed pages. Use * for all. Default 0 Example 2	Number	optional
Limit	`limit`	Max number of pages to list Default 10 Example 100	Number	optional
Edit link	`editlink`	Whether to show a link to edit the listed pages Example yes	Boolean	optional
Edit intro	`editintro`	Page with an edit intro to show when the editor loads	Page name	optional