Thanks Tom, that helps quite a bit, but how would I make a more generalized template that I could use on any page?
I'm trying to make it so I can use it to autocategorize entire lists of bullet pointed items at a time, mostly for convenience, and I'd like to be adaptable to any page. > From: [email protected] > Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 09:39:52 -0400 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] Is there an autocategorization ability for bullet > point items in MediaWiki? > > DPL needs a parameter or heading to transclude page info. > > Just use a template > > {{bullet|snow|hail|sleet}} > > Have the template bullet list > *[[{{{1|}}}]] > *[[{{{2|}}}]] > etc > > But I would integrate into an if call > > {{#if:{{{1|}}}|*[[{{{1|}}}]]|}} > > To automate categorization you based on page name you need to pass the page > name you use the template on. > > {{bullet|snow|hail|sleet|page={{PAGENAME}}}} > > Now you can add categorization splicing together {{{page|}}} and the listing > of parameter numbers in the if call. > > Limitations, you'd have to allow for 10 or whatever # would be you max if > parameters and have a statement for each checking value. > > Probably better to use the Arrays extension and use a comma to separate the > values. Then call with a #arrays print call. > > {{bullet|snow,sleet,hail|page={{PAGENAME}}}} > > > Tom > > > On Oct 30, 2012, at 9:01 AM, Arcane 21 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Tried Dynamic Page List 2.01 (Third Party) > > > > It doesn't seem to work with text in bulletpoints, as I wanted to use it > > autocategorize all items between the DPL parser tags in a Category with > > same name as the article the bullet pointed items are on. > > > > I.E. - All items in a bulletpointed list (that link to other article pages) > > would be autocategorized in a category with the same name as the article > > the bullet pointed items are in. > > > > If someone could spell put how I might be able to use DPL parser code for > > this purpose (an example of how this would look when typed out would be > > quite helpful), it would be appreciated. > > > > If this is the wrong extension or DPL cannot do this, I'm open to > > alternatives. > > > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > > Subject: RE: [MediaWiki-l] Is there an autocategorization ability for > > bullet point items in MediaWiki? > > Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 12:27:51 +0000 > > > > > > > > > > > > You should have a look at Semantic MediaWiki, Dynamic Pagelist, or similar > > extensions! > > /Leo > > > > _______________Leonard [email protected]@leo_wallentin+46 > > (0) 735 - 933 543 > > > >> From: [email protected] > >> To: [email protected] > >> Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 07:17:48 -0500 > >> Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] Is there an autocategorization ability for > >> bullet point items in MediaWiki? > >> > >> > >> Sorry. My last post got slightly garbled...still new to using this mailing > >> list, so here's my message again: > >> > >> I was curious if there is a way to take a bullet pointed list of internal > >> wiki links to other articles (whether they contain content or not) on a > >> single page and have them automatically categorized to the category to > >> same name as the article page. > >> > >> For example, I have the article page "Snow", and I want to add a list of > >> subtopics on the article page "Snow" to the category "Snow", with > >> subtopics being: > >> > >> (bulletpoint one)Flurries (bulletpoint two) Hail (bulletpoint three) Sleet > >> > >> My question is if there is a template, extension, or wiki parser > >> expressions I should use to make all items on a bullet pointed list be > >> autocategorized in the category with the same name as the article page. > >> > >> If anyone has any ideas or knows what I need, any assistance would be > >> greatly appreciated. > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> MediaWiki-l mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
