Extension:PostEdit

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PostEdit Release status: beta
Implementation	Notify, Skin
Description	An extension to deliver a confirmation message post-edit
Author(s)	Munaf Assaf, Ori Livneh
Latest version	0.4 (2013-03-22)
Database changes	no
License	GPLv2 or later
Download	Download snapshot (Git master) Git [?]: repo summary tree code changes README
Hooks used BeforePageDisplay MakeGlobalVariablesScript ArticleUpdateBeforeRedirect BeforePageRedirect ArticleInsertComplete
Translate the PostEdit extension if possible
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Bugs: list open list all report

The PostEdit extension delivers feedback after saving of an edit, such as a confirmation message. The E3 team developed it on the basis of A/B testing results of post-edit feedback (data analysis), which showed that a confirmation message and other kinds of feedback can help new editors contribute more.

Download

You can download the extension directly from the MediaWiki source code repository (browse code). You can get:

One of the extensions tags

Not all extensions have tags. Some extensions have tags for each release, in which case those tags have the same stability as the release. To download a tag

• Go to the tags list
• Click the name of the tag you want to download
• Click "snapshot"

The latest version of one of the extensions branches

Each extension has a master branch containing the latest code (might be unstable). Extensions can have further branches as well.

• Go to the branches list
• Click the branch name
• Click "snapshot"

A snapshot made during the release of a MediaWiki version.

This might be unstable and is not guaranteed to work with the associated MediaWiki version.

• Download snapshot

After you've got the code, save it into the extensions/PostEdit directory of your wiki.

If you are familiar with git and have shell access to your server, you can obtain the extension, with all its tags and branches, as follows:

cd extensions
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/extensions/PostEdit.git

Installation

• Download and extract the files in a directory called PostEdit in your extensions/ folder. If you're a developer and this extension is in a Git repository, then instead you should clone the repository.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:

require_once( "$IP/extensions/PostEdit/PostEdit.php" );

• Done! Navigate to "Special:Version" on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Disabling

If you are an editor of a wiki that uses this extension, and you find the edit confirmation that it generates obtrusive or otherwise unwelcome, you can prevent it from appearing by adding the following line to your Common.css user stylesheet:

.postedit { display: none !important; }

See also

• Editor Engagement Experiments