Hello,
CAS numbers are used to identify chemical compounds [1]. Someone on fr.wp has created a template for CAS numbers; it uses the CAS number as a parameter and outputs some links to several resources/databases [2]. The thing is, although these links might be useful, the articles aren't really the good place for them.
I was wondering if someone from this list would be willing to write a simple tool on the toolserver à la GeoHack. The tool would do exactly what the template is doing right now, i.e. it would check the validity of the input and would output a few links [3]. The template would then be modified to simply link to this tool.
This should be pretty easy (I think) and it would avoid displaying all these links inside the articles. Anyone interested? Many thanks in advance.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAS_registry_number [2] example: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrylamide ; look at "N° CAS" in the infobox and click on the [+] symbol to expand the template. [3] current code of the template : http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mod%C3%A8le:CAS&action=edit
I guess it is a good idea to contact user Beetstra on the English wikipedia. He has been busy in the past with writing a plugin for mediawiki for this task. It seemed a hard job to implement such a thing practically in mediawiki. I do not know the current state of his project, but you may want to ask him (if there is not a direct chance that it will be implemented and included in mediawiki, I guess that the code could be relatively easy converted to a toolserver tool)
Regards Annabel
[[w:nl:Gebruiker:Annabel]]
PS: c'est vraiment un modèle magnifique à la wikipédia française ;)
----- Original Message ---- From: Guillaume Paumier guillom.pom@gmail.com To: Toolserver mailing list toolserver-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Sunday, November 9, 2008 8:19:43 PM Subject: [Toolserver-l] Simple Geohack-like tool for CAS numbers
Hello,
CAS numbers are used to identify chemical compounds [1]. Someone on fr.wp has created a template for CAS numbers; it uses the CAS number as a parameter and outputs some links to several resources/databases [2]. The thing is, although these links might be useful, the articles aren't really the good place for them.
I was wondering if someone from this list would be willing to write a simple tool on the toolserver à la GeoHack. The tool would do exactly what the template is doing right now, i.e. it would check the validity of the input and would output a few links [3]. The template would then be modified to simply link to this tool.
This should be pretty easy (I think) and it would avoid displaying all these links inside the articles. Anyone interested? Many thanks in advance.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAS_registry_number [2] example: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrylamide ; look at "N° CAS" in the infobox and click on the [+] symbol to expand the template. [3] current code of the template : http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mod%C3%A8le:CAS&action=edit
Annabel wrote:
I guess it is a good idea to contact user Beetstra on the English wikipedia. He has been busy in the past with writing a plugin for mediawiki for this task. It seemed a hard job to implement such a thing practically in mediawiki. I do not know the current state of his project, but you may want to ask him (if there is not a direct chance that it will be implemented and included in mediawiki, I guess that the code could be relatively easy converted to a toolserver tool)
In fact, I think it would be easy to generalize this into a system where you can pair any page (template) with any parameter; that could even be used to replace Special:BookSources . I already have something similar.
----- Original Message ---- From: Guillaume Paumier guillom.pom@gmail.com To: Toolserver mailing list toolserver-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Sunday, November 9, 2008 8:19:43 PM Subject: [Toolserver-l] Simple Geohack-like tool for CAS numbers
Hello,
CAS numbers are used to identify chemical compounds [1]. Someone on fr.wp has created a template for CAS numbers; it uses the CAS number as a parameter and outputs some links to several resources/databases [2]. The thing is, although these links might be useful, the articles aren't really the good place for them.
I was wondering if someone from this list would be willing to write a simple tool on the toolserver à la GeoHack. The tool would do exactly what the template is doing right now, i.e. it would check the validity of the input and would output a few links [3]. The template would then be modified to simply link to this tool.
This should be pretty easy (I think) and it would avoid displaying all these links inside the articles. Anyone interested? Many thanks in advance.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAS_registry_number [2] example: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrylamide ; look at "N° CAS" in the infobox and click on the [+] symbol to expand the template. [3] current code of the template : http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mod%C3%A8le:CAS&action=edit
That would actually be a great idea. If mediawiki supported urls something like [[Special:Template/Cool|Alphabet|Grandplan|NamedParam=Amazing]] which would produce the same output as {{Cool|Alphabet|Grandplan|NamedParam=Amazing}} but on a standalone page then I feel that could have a lot of uses.
Another related idea would be to allow the &preload= parameter to have variable substitution - that way creating page content remotely could also be made easier.
Yours, hoping someone else has the time to do this. Conrad
2008/11/10 Nikola Smolenski smolensk@eunet.yu:
Annabel wrote:
I guess it is a good idea to contact user Beetstra on the English wikipedia. He has been busy in the past with writing a plugin for mediawiki for this task. It seemed a hard job to implement such a thing practically in mediawiki. I do not know the current state of his project, but you may want to ask him (if there is not a direct chance that it will be implemented and included in mediawiki, I guess that the code could be relatively easy converted to a toolserver tool)
In fact, I think it would be easy to generalize this into a system where you can pair any page (template) with any parameter; that could even be used to replace Special:BookSources . I already have something similar.
----- Original Message ---- From: Guillaume Paumier guillom.pom@gmail.com To: Toolserver mailing list toolserver-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Sunday, November 9, 2008 8:19:43 PM Subject: [Toolserver-l] Simple Geohack-like tool for CAS numbers
Hello,
CAS numbers are used to identify chemical compounds [1]. Someone on fr.wp has created a template for CAS numbers; it uses the CAS number as a parameter and outputs some links to several resources/databases [2]. The thing is, although these links might be useful, the articles aren't really the good place for them.
I was wondering if someone from this list would be willing to write a simple tool on the toolserver à la GeoHack. The tool would do exactly what the template is doing right now, i.e. it would check the validity of the input and would output a few links [3]. The template would then be modified to simply link to this tool.
This should be pretty easy (I think) and it would avoid displaying all these links inside the articles. Anyone interested? Many thanks in advance.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAS_registry_number [2] example: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrylamide ; look at "N° CAS" in the infobox and click on the [+] symbol to expand the template. [3] current code of the template : http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mod%C3%A8le:CAS&action=edit
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Wrote that a year ago: http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/trunk/extensions/TemplateLink/
But, as with all my extensions, I don't have the time and will to push 24/7, and noone else cares, so...
Magnus
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 10:15 AM, Conrad Irwin conrad.irwin@googlemail.com wrote:
That would actually be a great idea. If mediawiki supported urls something like [[Special:Template/Cool|Alphabet|Grandplan|NamedParam=Amazing]] which would produce the same output as {{Cool|Alphabet|Grandplan|NamedParam=Amazing}} but on a standalone page then I feel that could have a lot of uses.
Another related idea would be to allow the &preload= parameter to have variable substitution - that way creating page content remotely could also be made easier.
Yours, hoping someone else has the time to do this. Conrad
2008/11/10 Nikola Smolenski smolensk@eunet.yu:
Annabel wrote:
I guess it is a good idea to contact user Beetstra on the English wikipedia. He has been busy in the past with writing a plugin for mediawiki for this task. It seemed a hard job to implement such a thing practically in mediawiki. I do not know the current state of his project, but you may want to ask him (if there is not a direct chance that it will be implemented and included in mediawiki, I guess that the code could be relatively easy converted to a toolserver tool)
In fact, I think it would be easy to generalize this into a system where you can pair any page (template) with any parameter; that could even be used to replace Special:BookSources . I already have something similar.
----- Original Message ---- From: Guillaume Paumier guillom.pom@gmail.com To: Toolserver mailing list toolserver-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Sunday, November 9, 2008 8:19:43 PM Subject: [Toolserver-l] Simple Geohack-like tool for CAS numbers
Hello,
CAS numbers are used to identify chemical compounds [1]. Someone on fr.wp has created a template for CAS numbers; it uses the CAS number as a parameter and outputs some links to several resources/databases [2]. The thing is, although these links might be useful, the articles aren't really the good place for them.
I was wondering if someone from this list would be willing to write a simple tool on the toolserver à la GeoHack. The tool would do exactly what the template is doing right now, i.e. it would check the validity of the input and would output a few links [3]. The template would then be modified to simply link to this tool.
This should be pretty easy (I think) and it would avoid displaying all these links inside the articles. Anyone interested? Many thanks in advance.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAS_registry_number [2] example: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrylamide ; look at "N° CAS" in the infobox and click on the [+] symbol to expand the template. [3] current code of the template : http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mod%C3%A8le:CAS&action=edit
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Form the makers of GeoHack, in a web browser near you: http://toolserver.org/~magnus/cas.php?cas=79-06-1&language=en&title=...
Cheers, Magnus
On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 7:19 PM, Guillaume Paumier guillom.pom@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
CAS numbers are used to identify chemical compounds [1]. Someone on fr.wp has created a template for CAS numbers; it uses the CAS number as a parameter and outputs some links to several resources/databases [2]. The thing is, although these links might be useful, the articles aren't really the good place for them.
I was wondering if someone from this list would be willing to write a simple tool on the toolserver à la GeoHack. The tool would do exactly what the template is doing right now, i.e. it would check the validity of the input and would output a few links [3]. The template would then be modified to simply link to this tool.
This should be pretty easy (I think) and it would avoid displaying all these links inside the articles. Anyone interested? Many thanks in advance.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAS_registry_number [2] example: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrylamide ; look at "N° CAS" in the infobox and click on the [+] symbol to expand the template. [3] current code of the template : http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mod%C3%A8le:CAS&action=edit
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Hello,
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Magnus Manske magnusmanske@googlemail.com wrote:
Form the makers of GeoHack, in a web browser near you: http://toolserver.org/~magnus/cas.php?cas=79-06-1&language=en&title=...
Wonderful! Many thanks. That will work great.
Hi Magnus,
would it possible to put that tool under a free license (or I just oversaw that)? I want to use that tool with changes it would be much helpfull if the tool is under such license instead of inventing the wheel new.
Greets, W (aka Wuzur)
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Magnus Manske magnusmanske@googlemail.com wrote:
Form the makers of GeoHack, in a web browser near you: http://toolserver.org/~magnus/cas.php?cas=79-06-1&language=en&title=...
Cheers, Magnus
On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 7:19 PM, Guillaume Paumier guillom.pom@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
CAS numbers are used to identify chemical compounds [1]. Someone on fr.wp has created a template for CAS numbers; it uses the CAS number as a parameter and outputs some links to several resources/databases [2]. The thing is, although these links might be useful, the articles aren't really the good place for them.
I was wondering if someone from this list would be willing to write a simple tool on the toolserver à la GeoHack. The tool would do exactly what the template is doing right now, i.e. it would check the validity of the input and would output a few links [3]. The template would then be modified to simply link to this tool.
This should be pretty easy (I think) and it would avoid displaying all these links inside the articles. Anyone interested? Many thanks in advance.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAS_registry_number [2] example: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrylamide ; look at "N° CAS" in the infobox and click on the [+] symbol to expand the template. [3] current code of the template : http://fr.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mod%C3%A8le:CAS&action=edit
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Hi,
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 6:13 PM, Michael Rosenthal rosenthal3000@googlemail.com wrote:
Hi Magnus,
would it possible to put that tool under a free license (or I just oversaw that)? I want to use that tool with changes it would be much helpfull if the tool is under such license instead of inventing the wheel new.
http://toolserver.org/~magnus/sources.php?script=cas.php
Thanks :-)
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 6:47 PM, Guillaume Paumier guillom.pom@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 6:13 PM, Michael Rosenthal rosenthal3000@googlemail.com wrote:
Hi Magnus,
would it possible to put that tool under a free license (or I just oversaw that)? I want to use that tool with changes it would be much helpfull if the tool is under such license instead of inventing the wheel new.
http://toolserver.org/~magnus/sources.php?script=cas.php
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