Template:Short linked pages

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Use this template to produce a list of short pages out of those linked from a given page. This template was originally meant to be useful in wikiprojects to produce a list of pages that need expansion out of a list of pages relevant to the wikiproject.

See the installation instructions to get it working in your wiki.

Usage

Basic

Markup	Renders as
{{Short linked pages|Global templates}}	Loading...

Advanced

Pages linked from Global templates that have the Template:Update, including an link to edit them.

Markup	Renders as
{{Short linked pages | page = Global templates | namespace = * | limit = 5 | editlink = true }}	Loading...

Installation

To install this template in your wiki:

1. Create a template with the following markup. You can choose the template name, parameter names and defaults to suit your wiki.

   <includeonly><div class="ShortLinkedPages"
   data-page="{{{page|{{{1|}}}}}}"
   data-namespace="{{{namespace|*}}}"
   data-limit="{{{limit|10}}}"
   data-editlink="{{{editlink|}}}"
   data-editintro="{{{editintro|}}}"
   >Loading...</div>[[Category:Gadget:ShortLinkedPages]]</includeonly>
   

2. Create MediaWiki:Gadget-ShortLinkedPages.js with the following code:

   /**
    * ShortLinkedPages creates a list of the shortest pages linked from a given page
    * Documentation: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/ShortLinkedPages
    * Source code: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Gadget-Global-ShortLinkedPages.js
    */
   mw.loader.load( '//www.mediawiki.org/w/load.php?modules=ext.gadget.Global-ShortLinkedPages' );
   

3. Add the following gadget to MediaWiki:Gadgets-definition:

   * ShortLinkedPages[ResourceLoader|hidden|default|categories=Gadget:ShortLinkedPages]|ShortLinkedPages.js
   

Done! Add your template to any page to verify that the installation was successful.

Template data

Use this template to produce a list of short pages out of those linked from a given page

Template parameters[Edit template data]

This template prefers block formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Page	page	Page from where to get the list of linked pages Example MediaWiki	Page name	required
Namespace	namespace	Namespace number to which to limit the listed pages. Use * for all. Default 0 Example 2	Number	optional
Limit	limit	Max number of pages to list Default 10 Example 100	Number	optional
Edit link	editlink	Whether to show a link to edit the listed pages Example yes	Boolean	optional
Edit intro	editintro	Page with an edit intro to show when the editor loads	Page name	optional

See also

• es:Plantilla:Páginas enlazadas cortas - Spanish localization of this template
• User:Sophivorus - Main author of this template

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