Extension:MetadataEdit

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MetadataEdit Release status: experimental
Implementation	User interface
Description	Put categories, language links and allowed templates in a separate text box while editing pages
Author(s)	Magnus Manske and IAlex
MediaWiki	1.16+
License	GNU GPL version 2 or higher
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Hooks used EditFormInitialText EditPage::importFormData EditPage::attemptSave EditPage::showEditForm:fields EditPageGetPreviewText EditPageGetDiffText
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The MetadataEdit create a separate text box while editing pages that contains categories, language links and allowed template. It replaces MediaWiki core's $wgUseMetadataEdit.

Installation

As is standard with other MediaWiki extensions, you may install this extension by extracting the extension in the extensions folder and adding

require_once("$IP/extensions/MetadataEdit/MetadataEdit.php");

to LocalSettings.php.

Options

$wgMetadataWhitelist

Full name (including namespace) of the page containing templates names that will be allowed as metadata (ie. "MediaWiki:MetadataWhitelist"). This page should contain a list of template names (without the "Template:" prefix) and kept 1 per line starting with a "*" (no space).

Example:

# LocalSettings.php:
$wgMetadataWhitelist = "MediaWiki:MetadataWhitelist";
 
# Wiki-page [[MediaWiki:MetadataWhitelist]]:
*MyMetaTemplate
*Infobox

Any instances of {{MyMetaTemplate}} and {{Infobox}} will be put in the Metadata-part.

$wgMetadataNamespaces (since r72583)

Restrict function to one or more namespaces.

Example:

# LocalSettings.php:
$wgMetadataNamespaces = array( NS_MAIN, NS_USER );