For my users, I just added another button on the edit toolbar, which adds a skeleton of an
article to the editbox, so they can then flesh it out.
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ#How_do_I_add_more_buttons_on_the_e…
On the MediaWiki:Common.js page, I added:
================================================================================
mwCustomEditButtons.push(
{
"imageFile": "/skeleton-22x22.png",
"speedTip": "Insert article skeleton",
"tagOpen": "'''KEYWORDS:'''
\n\n'''APPS INVOLVED:'''
\n\n'''MODULES:''' \n\n'''CLIENT REFS:'''
\n\n'''JOB# REFS:''' \n\n'''DESCRIPTION OF
DOCUMENT:''' \n\n----\n\n",
"tagClose": "",
"sampleText": ""
}
);
================================================================================
Maybe not the most elegant solution, but they like it as a time-saver. :)
I have another button that inputs a pipe character "|" as part of its text,
which I had to replace with the character code "\u007c", so beware of that if
you need special characters.
Hope that helps,
James
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of John Meyer
Sent: Monday, 23 August 2010 9:49 AM
To: mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Templating text
I'm not quite sure how to do this. I'd like to write a section of text
and be able to tag it so I can insert it as is in any other area of my
wiki. Does this require an extension?
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