User:Spidern/tabletest
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Editing
| Extension | Example | License | Summary
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| FCKeditor<ratings:scale category="Extension Survey/Extension Nomination/{{{6}}}" title="{{{2}}}" /> | GPL v2 / LGPL v2 / MPL | WYSIWYG editor with markup fallbacks and good cross-browser compatiblity. Incompatible with the 1.15alpha.} | Editing
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| MarkitUp MW<ratings:scale category="Extension Survey/Extension Nomination/Editing" title="MarkitUp MW" /> | [1] | GPL v2 / MIT | Markup editor, similar to existing functionality with good cross-browser compatiblity. New and possibly unstable. |
| Wikiwyg<ratings:scale category="Extension Survey/Extension Nomination/Editing" title="Wikiwyg" /> | [2] | No license specified | WYSIWYG editor with limited browser compatibility. Seems to be abandoned in favor of the FCKeditor.
as MediaWiki articles. It is a rich mature environment with many extensions. According to Brion it has his priority for giving it a final assessment. |
| Uniwiki<ratings:scale category="Extension Survey/Extension Nomination/Editing" title="Uniwiki" /> | [3] | GPL v2 | Functionality developed by UNESCO to make MediaWiki usable. These tools are based on genuine usability tests. |
| WikEd<ratings:scale category="Extension Survey/Extension Nomination/Editing" title="WikiEd" /> | Gadget on enwiki | No license specified | Text editor with syntax highlighting, instant diff/preview and Word conversion. |
| MeanEditor<ratings:scale category="Extension Survey/Extension Nomination/Editing" title="MeanEditor" /> | [4] | GPL v2 | WYSIWYM editor |
Discussion
Template:Extabletop | LiquidThreads<ratings:scale category="Extension Survey/Extension Nomination/Disucssion" title="LiquidThreads" /> | [5] | GPL v2 | A new discussion page system. Unclear on how existing discussion pages would be converted. Still pending additional code review to determine its suitability for large-scale deployment. |}
Other
Template:Extabletop | Semantic MediaWiki<ratings:scale category="Extension Survey/Extension Nomination/Other" title="Semantic MediaWiki" /> | [6] | GPL | Tool to make explicit the relations between concepts expressed as MediaWiki articles. It is a rich mature environment with many extensions. According to Brion it has his priority for giving it a final assessment. |-- | Vorlagenmeister (Template Master)<ratings:scale category="Extension Survey/Extension Nomination/Other" title="Template Master" /> | Gadget on dewiki | GFDL? | Not an extension per se, but a gadget. Allows adding/editing of templates through web forms, with help texts and some basic validation, based on an XML description. |-- | Babel<ratings:scale category="Extension Survey/Extension Nomination/Other" title="Babel" /> | [7] | GPL | An extension to have the Babel information ready for use in any wiki. Templates do not scale and are not maintained. |-- | DynamicPageList<ratings:scale category="Extension Survey/Extension Nomination/Other" title="DynamicPageList" /> | [8] | ? | Create dynamic article lists in many ways, most importantly from category intersections. (Would allow a more reasonable, tag-like approach to categories instead of the current bloat.) |-- | BreadCrumbs<ratings:scale category="Extension Survey/Extension Nomination/Other" title="BreadCrumbs" /> | - | GNU (?) | Facilitates the navigation of content, making it very easy to go back and also have an idea of the recent pages you've visited. (It really looks better situated at the top of the page, with white background colour). |-- | OpenID<ratings:scale category="Extension Survey/Extension Nomination/Other" title="OpenID" /> | [9] | GNU (?) | Single Signon for websites on the Internet. Saves us from the current password hell. |-- | Labeled Section Transclusion<ratings:scale category="Extension Survey/Extension Nomination/Other" title="Labeled Section Transclusion" /> | - | No license specified | Allows for the transclusion of labeled sections (anchors). Not intended for use on mainspace. One potential use is to monitor active threads on noticeboards from the user space. |}
Features from Wikia
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| Simpler image upload <ratings:scale category="Extension Survey/Extension Nomination/Other" title="Simpler image upload" />
| -
| GPL
| Includes flickr importer that could easily be turned into a Wikimedia Commons importer. (Help page, screenshot) Code here
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| More obvious edit buttons <ratings:scale category="Extension Survey/Extension Nomination/Other" title="More obvious edit buttons" />
| -
| GPL
| More obvious edit buttons as many people still don't realise they can edit. (screenshot, info)
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| Search suggest <ratings:scale category="Extension Survey/Extension Nomination/Other" title="Search suggest" />
| -
| GPL
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| Link suggest <ratings:scale category="Extension Survey/Extension Nomination/Other" title="Link suggest" />
| -
| GPL
| With link suggest, you start typing [[So and it will display [[Some link]] to complete the link for you, using existing page titles on that wiki. Code here
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| Edit Page Enhancements <ratings:scale category="Extension Survey/Extension Nomination/Other" title="Edit Page Enhancements" />
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| GPL
| Includes widescreen mode (info, screenshot, code here
Includes static edit bar that moves the confusing text out of view and puts the save button always in sight to prevent people typing their text and then not knowing they need to do something to save it. (info, screenshot).
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| Editing tips <ratings:scale category="Extension Survey/Extension Nomination/Other" title="Editing tips" />
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| GPL
| Small help box displayed when editing. The help (tips) is editable and internationalizable. info, screenshot, Editing tips code here
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| Ajax login <ratings:scale category="Extension Survey/Extension Nomination/Other" title="Ajax login" />
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| GPL
| Better usability as you don't need to leave the page you're on. code here
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