[Commons-l] Javascript-Extension Configuration-Framework

[Dschwen]

With the increasing amount of Javascript code included in the default 
configuration of Commons I feel the need for a convenient configuration 
mechanism to enable and disable specific extensions and to set customizable 
parameters.

I created such a framework here:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:JSconfig.js

It allows the creation of parameters (with descriptions and default values). 
These parameters are used to dynamically generate a new Tab in on the 
MediaWiki Preferences page. The preferences on this page are saved as cookies 
(and automatically restored from the cookies).

Extensions can conveniently define a parameter set and query it without having 
to worry about a user interface to change them and a logic to store them.

It needs some further polishing to make the preferences page more structured, 
but I allready have some ideas. If this gets adopted I'll certainly put some 
more work into it.

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