Angelina Jordan Wiki:Extensions

The following MediaWiki extensions^↗ have been specifically enabled by the admin on this wiki. See Special:Version for other skins, libraries, and parser extensions ("tags" and "hooks") that are supported here.

Extensions that were downloaded from MediaWiki.org's Special:ExtensionDistributor^↗ or from elsewhere are so noted. The others came bundled with the MediaWiki software.

• Extension:CategoryTree^↗
• Extension:Cite^↗
• Extension:CodeEditor^↗
• Extension:CrawlerProtection^↗ (downloaded per instructions^↗)
• Extension:Echo^↗
• Extension:Gadgets^↗
• Extension:MultiBoilerplate^↗ (downloaded^↗)
• Extension:NamespaceRelations^↗ (downloaded^↗)
• Extension:PageImages^↗
• Extension:ParserFunctions^↗
• Extension:Poem^↗
• Extension:Popups^↗ (downloaded^↗)
• Extension:Scribunto^↗
• Extension:SyntaxHighlight^↗
• Extension:TemplateData^↗
• Extension:TemplateStyles^↗ (downloaded^↗)
• Extension:TextExtracts^↗
• Extension:Thanks^↗
• Extension:WikiEditor^↗

Bundled extensions that are not currently in use include:

AbuseFilter^↗, CiteThisPage^↗, ConfirmEdit^↗, DiscussionTools^↗, DismissableSiteNotice^↗, ImageMap^↗, InputBox^↗, Interwiki^↗, Linter^↗, LoginNotify^↗, Math^↗, MultimediaViewer^↗, Nuke^↗, OATHAuth^↗, PdfHandler^↗, ReplaceText^↗, SecureLinkFixer^↗, SpamBlacklist^↗, TitleBlacklist^↗, VisualEditor^↗

Extensions that seem especially irrelevant here have been crossed out.

Requests to enable extensions can be made on the talk page. Extensions that need to be downloaded separately are less likely to be approved than those that come bundled with the software, especially if they are not available through mw:Special:ExtensionDistributor. Extensions used on Wikimedia wikis, or that otherwise appear to be well maintained and/or widely used, are more likely to be approved.

Bundled extensions being considered

We may be getting these extensions soon:

• Extension:DismissableSiteNotice^↗ – may have issues; looking into this
• Extension:Poem^↗ – provides functionality very difficult to get otherwise; might be helpful for lyrics and quotes from social-media sites ✔ enabled 2025-09-15
• Extension:TemplateData^↗ – for easier (??) documenting of templates ✔ enabled 2025-09-15
• Extension:TemplateStyles^↗ – would largely replace the current awkward approach of cobbling together style information in templates like {{box-top}}; also allows for easy targeting of different skins and form factors (print, mobile, etc.) ✔ enabled 2025-09-15

Non-bundled extensions being considered

The following extensions that are not bundled with MediaWiki are being considered. These would need to be downloaded separately, sometimes directly from a Git^↗ server, making their installation more difficult and perhaps more error-prone.

• To make the site more secure or easy to use in general:
  • Extension:CrawlerProtection^↗ – might help reduce bandwidth and CPU usage now that the site is publicly accessible (see also Handling web crawlers^↗) ✔ enabled 2025-09-15
  • Extension:CodeMirror^↗ – potentially better syntax highlighting than Extension:SyntaxHighlight^↗ currently in use, plus other features when editing (not to be confused with Extension:CodeEditor^↗, which is already enabled on this wiki)
  • Extension:MobileFrontend^↗ – to make the site more usable for mobile users?
• For page headers and/or footers, replacing the MediaWiki:Sitenotice and MediaWiki:Anonnotice hack currently in use:
  • Extension:Header Footer^↗
  • Extension:PageNotice^↗
• To provide preloaded text when creating pages:
  • Extension:MultiBoilerplate^↗ – provide users consistent formatting and other hints for creating new song articles, template documentation, etc. ✔ enabled 2025-09-15
  • Extension:NamespacePreload^↗ – alternative approach to preload text, but only works per namespace (would be automatic, though, as opposed to having the user actively choose it)
  • Extension:Preloader^↗ – another option
• working with namespaces
  • Extension:NamespaceRelations^↗ – possibly for adding "Data" tab to Module pages? and/or "Documentation" tab to Data pages? ✔ enabled 2025-09-15

Finally, the following extension looks interesting, but I'm still not sure what it actually does:

• Extension:FlexiForms^↗

Data handling

We currently have a "manually" implemented "Data:" namespace holding JSON-formatted^↗ content for use in Lua modules. There are extensions that provide rich data management features automatically. We need to consider which of these, if any, suit our needs.

• Extension:Cargo^↗ – supposedly "lightweight" (requires Git download)
• Extension:Semantic MediaWiki^↗ – looks like severe overkill; installation looks difficult
• Extension:VisualData^↗ – easy to download and set up (but only development version in Special:ExtensionDistributor^↗); has an uninstall script; no information about what wikis are using it
• Extension:WikiDB^↗ – less mature option; download only at third-party wiki; no indication of what wikis use it; probably not in the running

For more information/context see Manual:Managing data in MediaWiki^↗. Note that Extension:Wikibase^↗ is not even being considered.

See also

• AJW:Skins
• AJW:Information for editors