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Auto Create Category Pages
Release status: stable
Implementation Page action
Description Creates stub category pages automatically
Author(s) Dror S. [FFS] (maintainer), created by Merrick Schaefer,Mark Johnston Evan Wheeler & Adam Mckaig at UNICEF
Latest version 1.0.4 (2024-09-05)
Compatibility policy Master maintains backward compatibility.
MediaWiki 1.25+ (see #MediaWiki compatibility)
License GNU General Public License 3.0
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README
Parameters
$wgAutoCreateCategoryStub
Hooks used
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Auto Create Category Pages (what a mouthful!) automatically creates stub pages for non-existent categories as soon as they are linked to, avoiding the confusing default behavior of "There is currently no text in this page..." or redirecting to the edit page.

Download

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For MediaWiki 1.25+, use the master branch - that is always the most recent stable version. You can download it by clicking on "Download snapshot" and then selecting "master".

MediaWiki compatibility

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Version 1.0.0 and beyond are compatible with MediaWiki 1.25-1.41. The previous version should work with MediaWiki 1.21-1.24. Version 1.0.4 is compatible from 1.40+.

Installation

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  • Download and move the extracted AutoCreateCategoryPages folder to your extensions/ directory.
    Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:cd extensions/
    git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/AutoCreateCategoryPages
  • Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file: 
    wfLoadExtension( 'AutoCreateCategoryPages' );
  • Yes Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Configuration

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Auto Create Category Pages has the following 3 messages in the MediaWiki namespace, which can be changed to accommodate your preferences:

Message Use
autocreatecategorypages-stub Used as stub when creating a category page. Parameter $1 is replaced with the category's title.
autocreatecategorypages-createdby Used as an "edit summary" when creating a category page.
autocreatecategorypages-editor Used as username when creating a category page automatically.

If the user does not exist, it will be created automatically.

The text of 'autocreatecategorypages-stub' can also be overridden using $wgAutoCreateCategoryStub, which can contain wikitext as well.

It is recommended to use a template as the stub, so you always change the default text for all created stubs.


Credits

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Auto Create Category Pages was originally created as "Uniwiki Auto Create Category Pages" by Merrick Schaefer, Mark Johnston, Evan Wheeler & Adam Mckaig, as part of the Uniwiki project for UNICEF.

As Uniwiki extensions for MediaWiki are not maintained by the original developers anymore, according to an e-mail by Mark Johnston from Nov 9, 2012, the maintenance of this one extension was taken up by Dror S. [FFS].

Changelog

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  • Version 1.0.4, 2024-09-05: [bugfix] Replaced deprecated method to function with 1.42+, by PixDeVl
  • Version 1.0.3, 2017-05-10: [bugfix] The extension caused page save to fail if no it had no categories
  • Version 1.0.2, 2017-03-25: A much improved query of pre-existing categories, by Brent Laabs (labster)
  • Version 1.0.1, 2016-02-01: Fix bug where only the first new category page was actually created
  • Version 1.0.0, 2015-05-24: Convert to extension registration for MW 1.25
  • Version 0.2.0, 2013-10-28: updated to work with MW 1.21.x & MW 1.22alpha.
  • Version 0.1.0, 2008-08-01: original release.

See also

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