Possible tarballs

This page is meant to be a place to gather ideas about what extensions should possibly go in the MediaWiki tarball (or tarballs).

Ultra lite

• No extensions
• English only?
• Maybe only Vector/Monobook skin?

Main

Vote for extensions that you think should be included in a tarball by signing your name below. This way we can start to measure how much interest or support there is for a particular extension's inclusion.

• Vector ( bundled in 101901)
  1. David Gerard
  2. Max Semenik
  3. Bawolff
  4. Helder
  5. MZMcBride
  6. Reach Out to the Truth
  7. Dan Barrett
• WikiEditor ( bundled in 100366)
  1. Max Semenik
  2. Bawolff
  3. Helder
  4. Reach Out to the Truth
  5. Dan Barrett
  6. SPQRobin
• Cite
  1. David Gerard
  2. Schneelocke
  3. Not needed for a simple wiki from scratch, but people reusing Wikipedia content always need it. Max Semenik
  4. One of the more common one's people ask about on irc (not counting vector and parser funcs). Bawolff
  5. Helder
  6. Reach Out to the Truth
  7. Dan Barrett
• Gadgets ( bundled in 100366)
  1. Max Semenik
  2. Helder
  3. Oppose: This extension does not provide anything by default - one has to modify system texts to install gadgets. Persons who know how to do that, can also install the extension manually --Moejoe000 09:42, 30 October 2011 (UTC)
• TitleKey
  1. Dan Barrett
  2. Moejoe000 09:42, 30 October 2011 (UTC) (or merged)
• ParserFunctions ( bundled in r98515)
  1. David Gerard
  2. Schneelocke
  3. Alas. Max Semenik
  4. Bawolff
  5. MZMcBride
  6. Reach Out to the Truth
  7. IMO ParserFunctions should be merged into core. --Jack Phoenix _(Contact) 18:34, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
  8. Dan Barrett
  9. (or should be merged into core) SPQRobin
• CategoryTree
  1. David Gerard
  2. Dan Barrett
• ExpandTemplates
• Renameuser ( bundled in 100366)
  1. David Gerard
  2. Should be merged into core though. Max Semenik
  3. Bawolff
  4. Helder
  5. leonsp
  6. MZMcBride
  7. Reach Out to the Truth
  8. As per Max. --Jack Phoenix _(Contact) 18:34, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
  9. Dan Barrett
  10. (or should be merged into core) SPQRobin
• DismissableSiteNotice
• AbuseFilter
  1. leonsp
  2. Yair rand
• SpamBlacklist
  1. Max Semenik
  2. Bawolff
  3. leonsp
• TitleBlacklist
  1. leonsp
• AntiBot
• ConfirmEdit ( bundled in 100366)
  1. leonsp
• Poem
  1. Schneelocke (better yet, fold this into core MW)
  2. Helder
  3. MZMcBride
  4. Comment: This extension was merged into core some years ago, but it was reverted in r43520. --Jack Phoenix _(Contact) 18:34, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
• SyntaxHighlight GeSHi
  1. Helder
• CheckUser
  1. Emufarmers (though it's probably a good candidate for merging)
  2. Reach Out to the Truth
  3. IMO this should be merged into core. Many forums (Invision Power Board, probably phpBB etc.) already have such a feature. --Jack Phoenix _(Contact) 18:34, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
• Math
  1. And handle upgrading gracefully to prevent breaking upgrades. -- Bryan (talk|commons) 20:46, 1 July 2011 (UTC)
  2. Helder 13:45, 2 July 2011 (UTC)
• Interwiki
  1. (or should be merged into core) SPQRobin
• Nuke ( bundled in 100366)

Deluxe Pro

• Every extension ever
• Made-up languages (Klingon, etc.)

See also

• Suggestions for extensions to be merged into core
• Bundle ParserFunctions extension with MediaWiki