Extension talk:Wikilog

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Continued in the 2010 archives. --Juliano 03:21, 11 February 2011 (UTC)

Namespace Restriction
Is there a way to restrict the functionality of this extension so that it is only applied to certain namespaces or pages in MediaWiki? For example, would I be able to have Wikilog only function under the 'talk' namespace for registered users, or have it only apply to pages that belong to certain categories?

Thanks

--Enterprise user 20:14, 5 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Answered in the mailing list. --Juliano 19:23, 7 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Got it; thanks --Enterprise user 22:47, 7 January 2011 (UTC)

How to use Wikilog functions in Main Namespace?
Is there a way to use Wikilog fucnctions in Main Namespace or file Namespace ? --Iwikia 01:22, 14 January 2011 (UTC)


 * It may be possible, but such configuration is not supported. You may try adding NS_MAIN to $wgWikilogNamespaces, but this was never intended or tested. Use at your own risk. The extension was designed to operate on its own namespaces. It definitely won't work in the File/Image namespace, since that namespace has a specific handler that cannot coexist with the Wikilog handler.
 * --Juliano 14:09, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

I want to use Wikilog Comment function in All Namespace?How to use it?
Wikilog Comment is a nice disccussion function,I don't want to use other comment extension in my website,How to use Wikilog Comment in all Namespace?Thank you!

--Iwikia 01:22, 14 January 2011 (UTC)


 * As I said before, it is in the list of features to be considered, but it is considered of low importance, since it is out of the scope of the extension. The extension creates a blog in a wiki, the commenting interface is a bonus to make blog articles more interactive like traditional blogs. Other people showed interest in having the commenting interface in other articles, but this is beyond what Wikilog was intended for. There are other extensions, like LiquidThreads that already fill this niche. I know and I agree that LiquidThreads is bloated, and the simplicity of WikilogComments is attractive, that is why I'm considering the feature. But again, I have other high-priority features to implement and little free time to employ.
 * See: https://code.google.com/p/mediawiki-wikilog/issues/detail?id=10
 * --Juliano 14:15, 17 January 2011 (UTC)

[SOLVED] Dedicated User Blog
I'm attempting to setup my Wiki so that a recently created/logged in user will automatically have a dedicated blog; an alternative to having their own talk page. The only solution I've come up with thus far is to create an automatic link in the sidebar that retrieves the username and uses it in the title of a blog page. In other words, I would place a link similar to this in the sidebar:

http://www.mywiki.com/index.php/Blog:[$USERNAME]

The issue I'm finding is that MediaWiki, by default, doesn't provide a magic word for the retrieval of a username in its Wiki syntax. Does anyone have experience with, or know of a way by which I can retrieve the username of the logged in user for inclusion in a wikilog link?

Thanks --Enterprise user 17:21, 19 January 2011 (UTC)


 * Use  in the user page.
 * --Juliano 17:39, 19 January 2011 (UTC)


 * A possible alternative, but it somewhat defeats the purpose of placing the link in the Sidebar. Most of the users won't be spending time, or even exploring their user pages, and hence will be unaware of the link. A Sidebar link will be something they immediately observe regardless of where they are in the Wiki.


 * As a solution, I've decided to utilize the extension CustomSidebar, since it generates the magic word . I set $wgDefaultSideBarText to  , and placed the link   in my sidebar. --Enterprise user 17:56, 20 January 2011 (UTC)

Extension namespace registration
Hi, perhaps you might want to register a namespace for this extension. Cheers --&#91;&#91;kgh&#93;&#93; 23:22, 25 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Wikilog is designed so that the users are completely free to choose any namespace they want. The extension doesn't require any specific namespace. Even the number of namespaces is free: the extension is completely fine with one, two, three or even more namespaces configured as wikilog namespaces.-- I don't think we would get any benefit from registering namespaces, and may contribute for general user confusion instead.
 * --Juliano 19:52, 27 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi Juliano, actually it is quite good that it does not require a specific number for a namespace. This makes it flexible. However I have seen a couple of extensions here which suggest 100 as the number to use. On top the instructions for wiki specific namespaces suggests 100 too. Inexperienced admins might run into trouble here. A "registration" would at least block your suggestion for this extension and prevent other developers to use it. Still I might overdo it a bit at the moment. :) Cheers and thank you again for this cool extension. Cheers --&#91;&#91;kgh&#93;&#93; 14:44, 28 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi kgh. You are welcome. The number 100 is the first namespace number available for custom namespaces (see Manual:Using custom namespaces). From the little research I've done, it seems that there is little support for the namespace registry in Extension namespace registration from the MediaWiki developers. The whole idea of namespace numbers need to be revised. I'm quite divided about this. I do not want to make it look that Wikilog has a fixed namespace number, or that it only supports a single namespace assigned. I'll think about it. --Juliano 00:16, 31 March 2011 (UTC)


 * Hi Juliano, I agree entirely with you. This issue should have been treated with much more attention from the beginning to avoid the mess. Thankfully it is now picking up more and more attention. Yeah, your extension it special in many ways and thus I fully understand your hesitance. :) Perhaps it should be left as is until there is some kind of real problem and not a hypothetical one . Cheers --&#91;&#91;kgh&#93;&#93; 17:13, 31 March 2011 (UTC)