Extension:MultiBoilerplate

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MultiBoilerplate Release status: stable
Implementation	User interface
Description	Allows a boilerplate to be selected from a drop down box located above the edit form when editing pages.
Author(s)	Dror S. [FFS] , Robert Leverington (RobertLtalk)
Latest version	2.0.0alpha for MW >= 1.24 1.8.0 for MW <= 1.22 (2015-02-06)
MediaWiki	1.11 or higher
Database changes	No
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
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The MultiBoilerplate extension allows a boilerplate to be selected from a drop down box located above the edit form when editing non-existent pages or optionally (based upon configuration variable $wgMultiBoilerplateOverwrite), load the template over the current contents. Any data inside <noinclude></noinclude> tags will not be loaded, and any data inside <includeonly></includeonly> will only be included (and the tags are stripped before include).

Bugs and feature requests should be added to the extension's project page on Phabricator.

Installation

1. Check out all extension files and place them in a MultiBoilerplate subdirectory within your MediaWiki extensions directory.
2. Add require_once( "$IP/extensions/MultiBoilerplate/MultiBoilerplate.php" ); to LocalSettings.php.
3. Enjoy!

Usage

Use LocalSettings.php to configure MultiBoilerplate.

• To list the boilerplate pages:

$wgMultiBoilerplateOptions[ "My Boilerplate" ] = "Template:My Boilerplate";

$wgMultiBoilerplateOptions[ "My Other Boilerplate" ] = "Template:My Other Boilerplate";

$wgMultiBoilerplateOptions[ "Yet Another Boilerplate" ] = "Template:Yet Another Boilerplate";

• Alternative is:

$wgMultiBoilerplateOptions = false;

and use the MediaWiki:Multiboilerplate page to list boilerplate pages with the following format: * Name | Template
Example:

* My Boilerplate | Template:My Boilerplate

* My Other Boilerplate | Template:My Other Boilerplate

* Yet Another Boilerplate | Template:Yet Another Boilerplate

• You can set whether or not the selection box is displayed on pages that already exist (default is false):

$wgMultiBoilerplateOverwrite = true;

• An includable special page Special:boilerplates can be added that displays a list of boilerplates.

$wgMultiBoilerplateDiplaySpecialPage = true;

Releases

Version	Release date	Comments
2.0.0alpha	2015-02-06	Updated for MW >= 1.24 Refactored to modern extension standards Now handles <onlyinclude> Breaking changes: Not compatible with with MW < 1.24 $wgMultiBoilerplateDiplaySpecialPage must now be place before the inclusion (require_once) of the extension to take effect
1.8.0	2009-07-31	Optional special page
1.7	2009-04-08	Get boilerplates from content message when used, instead of user language message.
1.6	2008-02-26	Added README. ltrim() now used instead of preg_replace().
1.5	2008-02-06	Now handles <noinclude> and<includeonly> tags.
1.4	2008-02-06	It is now (optionally) possible to specify boilerplates in a MediaWiki namespace message instead of a LocalSettings.php configuration variable. The extension now uses descriptionmsg (allowing description internationalisation). Part of the code that used direct database interfacing to check for article existence has been replaced with a call to the $wgTitle global. The $wgMultiBoilerplateThings global has been renamed to $wgMultiBoilerplateOptions for a greater level of self-explanation. The boilerplate selection box is no longer displayed if there are no options. Version number incremented from 1.3 to 1.4.
1.3	2008-01-19	Use Xml:: instead of manually created HTML, converted all double-quotes to single-quotes, added an optional message multiboilerplate-label to display a label before the drop-down box, and rename multiboilerplate-select to multiboilerplate-legend and multiboilerplate-load to multiboilerplate-submit to be less ambiguous.
1.2	2008-01-07	Refactor code, fix major bug that made the extension useless and add comments.
1.1	2007-12-18	Original version.

See also

• Extension:PreloadManager