Extension:ArticleCreationHelp

MediaWiki extensions manual

Article Creation Help Release status: experimental
Implementation	User interface
Description	Helps users learn to create new articles effectively; provides popups over red links and an article creation landing page.
Author(s)	Andrew Green (AndrewRussellGreentalk)
Latest version	0.1
MediaWiki	1.21+
PHP	5.3+
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	GitHub: project page git repository URL [help] commit history Note: No localisation updates are provided by translatewiki.net.
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The ArticleCreationHelp extension helps users learn to create new articles effectively. It provides popups over red links and an article creation landing page.

Installation

• Download and extract the file(s) in a directory called ArticleCreationHelp 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/ArticleCreationHelp/ArticleCreationHelp.php";

• Done! Navigate to "Special:Version" on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Dependencies

• Guided Tour extension
• Event Logging extension

Appropriateness for Various Mediawiki Configurations

The behaviour of this extension is appropriate for wikis where users must log in to create articles (like on Wikipedia). It hasn't yet been adapted for other possible MediaWiki configurations.

Documentation

See this document for graphs of this workflow and a summary of related issues.

Git Repository

Some rough bits of code are here:

https://github.com/AndrewGreen/mediawiki-extensions-ArticleCreationHelp

Changes

2013-09-10

• Improved separation of concerns and use of Javascript objects in ext.articlecreationhelp.js.
• HTML generation via Javascript templates, so the code's easier to read.
• Uses a new proposed API for modifying guided tours, described here.
• A link to more information in the second guider for anonymous users.
• Error handling on the Special Page.
• Improved interaction for guiders that appear when the user hovers over a red link without clicking.
• Client-side logging with the EventLogging extension.