Extension:Annotator

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Annotator Release status: unstable
Implementation	User interface
Description	Allows inline commenting on articles
Author(s)	Richa Jain (mentored by Matthew Flaschen and Tyler Romeo) (Rjaintalk)
Latest version	0.1
MediaWiki	1.21+
PHP	5.3+
Database changes	Yes
License	GPLv2+
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The Annotator extension allows inline commenting on articles

In-progress extension that will allow inline comments on MW pages (bugzilla:46440)

For more details, see:

• User:Rjain/Proposal-Prototyping-inline-comments
• User:Rjain/Gsoc2013/Project Updates
• http://annotator.wmflabs.org/wiki/Lorem_ipsum - a test installation on Wikimedia Labs

Installation

• Download and extract the file(s) in a directory called Annotator in your extensions/ folder. If you're a developer and this extension is in a Git repository, then instead you should clone the repository.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:

require_once "$IP/extensions/Annotator/Annotator.php";

• Run the update script which will automatically create the necessary database tables that this extension needs.
• Done! Navigate to "Special:Version" on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.