Manual talk:MediaWiki feature list/Archive

To enable or disable smart caching (?)
It is mentioned in the feature list that there is an optional smart caching. How do I enable or disable that caching? Is it enabled by default? Thank you.

I wouldn't know how one might disable this feature.


 * We don't have anything called "smart caching". --brion 07:55, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Other wikimedia project
Will there come a link system in wikimedia so we can link the other wikimediaprojects so we can see under or above the interwiki links in wikipedia for linking to wiktionary and commons and other projects pages (to promote them a bit) and share these info?

Or schould it be done wit external links under the article.q

On-page credits?
I wasn't able to figure out how to enable this feature. I can always sign my edits... but could there be more information provided about this? --ShutterBC 22:06, 24 Oct 2004 (UTC)

Article validation feature
This was supposedly on the test wiki, which is now closed. What happened to it? Brianjd 04:31, 2005 Feb 27 (UTC)


 * It was experimental, and not very robust. The code is in there if you really really want to try toying with it. --brion 07:57, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)


 * Why is it not in the feature list? Brianjd 03:29, 2005 Mar 6 (UTC)


 * Because, it is not actually working out-of-the-box, and will be completely broken in the upcoming MediaWiki 1.5 (which is currently CVS HEAD). --Magnus Manske 11:00, 6 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * See Talk:Article validation feature. Brianjd | Why restrict HTML? | 06:06, 2005 Mar 13 (UTC)

HTML
How does MediaWiki handle HTML? One of the reasons the Foundation wiki works differently (only approved users can edit) is that it allows full use of HTML. Brianjd 04:33, 2005 Feb 27 (UTC)


 * MediaWiki allows only a limited subset of HTML elements and attributes. See Sanitizer.php in the current development code for the horrors of what it actually does.


 * There is an option $wgRawHtml to enable raw-HTML sections, which you would surround with ... . --brion 08:05, 27 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Mapping Features to Implementation
I'm new to MediaWiki and am having trouble learning how to use it well. Is there a guide which shows how to take advantage of these features in a MediaWiki ?

For example, it is nice to know MediaWiki supports transclusion, but a link to the WikiPedia article on it is not as helpful as a link to a description on how to use that feature in articles. Help:Index does not use the term 'transclusion', so it is harder to figure out how to do something listed in this Features page.

Another example: provide a link that describe what basic HTML is supported by default. Links on each feature (such as for EasyTimeline, or links into content under in the Help: namespace (such as Help:Template) would be really helpful.

--DavidBiesack 18:30, 8 Mar 2005 (UTC)