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Wikipedia uses a special link for Phabricator issues.

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Txantimedia (talkcontribs)

How do they do that? For example:

[[phab:T134423]]

On my wiki, those links don't work. I have to change them to external links.

Reception123 (talkcontribs)
Txantimedia (talkcontribs)

According to the docs, Interwiki is supposed to be builtin since 1.21. It's not. This makes no sense to me. If it's builtin, it should work out of the box. Yet it doesn't. And the documentation is confusing. For example:

This extension comes with MediaWiki 1.21 and above. Thus you do not have to download it again. However, you still need to follow the other instructions provided.
MediaWiki versionĀ  Extension version
1.21+ bundled with core
1.19+ 2.1+

So, if it's bundled with core, why doesn't it work? I'm running 1.29.

To set up a central interwiki table, simply provide the name of the database of the wiki you want to use:

// To enable pulling global interwikis from a central database
$wgInterwikiCentralDB = 'mw_central';
Replace 'mw_central' with the name of the database.

The name of what database? How is a guy supposed to figure this stuff out?

AhmadF.Cheema (talkcontribs)

Unless you're installing from Git, Extension:Interwiki is "bundled with core". However, this only means that there is no need to download the extension again, it still has to be enabled in LocalSettings.php.

After enabling the extension, insert[[wikipedia:Main_Page]] in one of your pages and if this redirects to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page, then it means the Interwiki link is working.

The "phab" "Interwiki" link is not included by default. For adding additional Interwiki links, you will need to edit your Wiki's Special:Interwiki page.

Txantimedia (talkcontribs)

Thanks again, @AhmadF.Cheema. You have, as always, been very helpful.