[Mediawiki-l] Custom Namespace Categories

Tue Sep 9 12:22:38 UTC 2008

> The ideabehind having one wiki and multiple namespaces is that a user
> can search multiple languages and have a common resource in the main
> namespace.

Hi John,
I understand for a particular namespace for each language, because of the 
variant between thus
But the use of the Category Namespace is different : not to automatically 
show all the pages existing but to build **ONE/YOUR** category tree (with 
childs and parents for each level = you can put several 
[[Category:Category(n)]] on each page) for your whole site (and undistincly 
his whole namespaces) with the pages YOU decide to "tag", each page with one 
or several[[Category:TheCategoryThisPageBelongs]].

So the visitor can 1°)crawl though the pages themselves, or 2°) through the 
great and unique Category tree, with branches and subbranches for each 
purpose.
So this tree will contain an alternative way of dysplaying the info = what 
you decide and how you decide ... a first branch for the administration 
tools, with a child branch for the template of the site, another great 
branch for langages, and somes child for each bunch of specific langage 
pages.

See for example
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Wikipedia_administration
You'll see inthere : the subcategories (child), the page of the category, 
the parent (click on the bottom link of that page <Contents>) and you can 
have
Replace the tree for administration tools with what you need for making your 
language pages easier to navigate by the visitor
and keep in mind you must "tag" every page that should take place in the 
Category tree

@+ de jfb "0.02$"

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Spikowski" <support at allbasic.info>
To: "'MediaWiki announcements and site admin list'" 
<mediawiki-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Custom Namespace Categories

I'm trying to keep each Basic language's categories separate. The STRING()
function for ScriptBasic is different for FreeBASIC for example. The idea
behind having one wiki and multiple namespaces is that a user can search
multiple languages and have a common resource in the main namespace.

John

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of
> Dr JFBurté
> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 12:38 AM
> To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Custom Namespace Categories
>
> > If I have a page named "SB:STRING()" and want to assign it
> to the "SB
> > Category:String Functions" category, everything is grouped
> under "S"
> > due to
>
>
> Hello,
> ... perharpsIi don't understand very well what you need, but ..
> I think you should better follow the normal use of the
> Category spacename This spacename is natural in MW, like
> Template or Help, and no need to redeclare it. It comes with
> some naturally specific behaviors. And you can so use some
> extensions like <categorytree>. Sure it seems more "dirty"
> because you have in a second time to "chain" those category
> (a new little bit of work !) pages to construct the good tree
>
> = put "[[Category:String functions|xx]]" in each yours
> "SB:String()" pages
> + and forget to use $wgExtraNamespaces[126] = "SB_Category";
> The "|xx" in [[Category:String functions|xx]] should display
> more ordered list when consulting the Category page, with
> alphabetics range (A .. B .. C,
> etc)
>
> @+ de jfb "0.02$", hope that helps
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Spikowski" <support at allbasic.info>
> To: <mediawiki-l at lists.wikimedia.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 6:02 AM
> Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Custom Namespace Categories
>
>
> >
> > List,
> >
> > I have setup Mediawiki for the www.AllBasic.Info site and I
> created custom
> > name spaces for each Basic language. I'm having a problem
> defining or
> > understanding how to create categories specific to each
> language name
> > space.
> >
> > This is what I have defined so far.
> >
> > ## ProvideX
> > $wgExtraNamespaces[100] = "PX";
> > $wgExtraNamespaces[101] = "PX_talk";
> > $wgContentNamespaces[] = 100;
> >
> > ## FreeBasic
> > $wgExtraNamespaces[102] = "FB";
> > $wgExtraNamespaces[103] = "FB_talk";
> > $wgContentNamespaces[] = 102;
> >
> > ## Gambas
> > $wgExtraNamespaces[104] = "GB";
> > $wgExtraNamespaces[105] = "GB_talk";
> > $wgContentNamespaces[] = 104;
> >
> > ## Visual Basic
> > $wgExtraNamespaces[106] = "VB";
> > $wgExtraNamespaces[107] = "VB_talk";
> > $wgContentNamespaces[] = 106;
> >
> > ## PureBasic
> > $wgExtraNamespaces[108] = "PB";
> > $wgExtraNamespaces[109] = "PB_talk";
> > $wgContentNamespaces[] = 108;
> >
> > ## REALbasic
> > $wgExtraNamespaces[110] = "RB";
> > $wgExtraNamespaces[111] = "RB_talk";
> > $wgContentNamespaces[] = 110;
> >
> > ## ScriptBasic
> > $wgExtraNamespaces[112] = "SB";
> > $wgExtraNamespaces[113] = "SB_talk";
> > $wgContentNamespaces[] = 112;
> >
> > ## thinBASIC
> > $wgExtraNamespaces[114] = "TB";
> > $wgExtraNamespaces[115] = "TB_talk";
> > $wgContentNamespaces[] = 114;
> >
> > ## HotBasic
> > $wgExtraNamespaces[116] = "HB";
> > $wgExtraNamespaces[117] = "HB_talk";
> > $wgContentNamespaces[] = 116;
> >
> > ## EBasic
> > $wgExtraNamespaces[118] = "EB";
> > $wgExtraNamespaces[119] = "EB_talk";
> > $wgContentNamespaces[] = 118;
> >
> > ## Category Namespaces
> > $wgExtraNamespaces[120] = "PX_Category";
> > $wgExtraNamespaces[121] = "FB_Category";
> > $wgExtraNamespaces[122] = "GB_Category";
> > $wgExtraNamespaces[123] = "VB_Category";
> > $wgExtraNamespaces[124] = "PB_Category";
> > $wgExtraNamespaces[125] = "RB_Category";
> > $wgExtraNamespaces[126] = "SB_Category";
> > $wgExtraNamespaces[127] = "TB_Category";
> > $wgExtraNamespaces[128] = "HB_Category";
> > $wgExtraNamespaces[129] = "EB_Category";
> >
> > If I have a page named "SB:STRING()" and want to assign it
> to the "SB
> > Category:String Functions" category, everything is grouped
> under "S" due
> > to
> > the language name space.
> >
> > I searched till for hours trying to find the solution to
> this and nothing.
> >
> > If anyone could shed some light on using categories that
> are unique to
> > name
> > spaces, I would be very grateful. My wiki project is on
> hold till this
> > gets
> > resolved.
> >
> >
> > Thanks !
> >
> > John
> >
> >
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