Social tools/List of extensions
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The following list contains extensions under the social tools umbrella, ranked by stability.
Stable[edit]
- AJAXPoll β An extension to allow people to create and vote on polls.
- BlogPage β Adds tools for users to create and read blog posts.
- Comments β Allows for a
β<comments />
to allow users to comment on articles. - Contribution Scores - Adds a fun metric for contributors to see how much they are helping out.
- FanBoxes β Adds an easier method to create userboxes.
- Highly Automated Welcome Tool (HAWelcome) β Automatically posts a welcome message to new users' User Boards if configured to do so; can also be used independently of SocialProfile or other social tools.
- ImageRating - Adds a new special page,
Special:ImageRating
, where privileged users can categorize and rate images. - LinkFilter β Allows for users to submit news links, and for privileged users to approve them.
- MediaWikiChat β Adds a special page for users to engage in real-time chat.
- NewSignupPage β Enhances the default signup page to require users to check that they agree to the terms of use and privacy policy.
- PictureGame β Allows users to create and play picture games.
- PollNY β Adds various features to allow for creation and moderation of polls.
- QuizGame β Allows users to create and take quizzes.
- RandomGameUnit β Displays a random picture game, poll, or quiz.
- SiteMetrics β Creates a special page that displays statistics regarding the usage of social tools.
- UserWelcome β Adds user-specific social info where the
β<welomeUser />
tag is present. - VoteNY β Adds a
β<vote />
tag that allows users to vote on or rate pages. - WikiTextLoggedInOut β Adds
β<loggedin>...β</loggedin>
andβ<loggedout>...β</loggedout>
tags that display different content based on a user's login state.
Beta[edit]
- Challenge β Allows users to challenge each others, and have the loser of the challenge do a specified task (i.e. "edit page X and add info about event Y") and gain points while at it
- MiniInvite β Adds two new special pages, Special:InviteEmail and Special:EmailNewArticle, for sending out invitation emails to your friends. This is needed, together with the NewSignupPage extension, if you want to give out points for recruiting users to your wiki.
- SportsTeams β Adds networking features to a user's profile regarding sports teams.
- UserStatus β Allows users to add status updates to their profiles.
- Video β Allows users to import videos from external services such as YouTube and Dailymotion.
- WikiForum β Enables a forum on the wiki for users to post in topics and create different boards.