[Mediawiki-l] Re: How to create a new Special page

Tue Jun 21 16:45:36 UTC 2005

I distinctly remember there was a way to add a title to a special page
simply by entering in a URL, then adding the title to the wiki edit
field, and then saving. The new "writing a new special page" how-to is
very confusing - and it wants me to write PHP to get the title to show
up. There was an easier way...

I can't find this how-to anywhere- though I'm sure it used to exist. FX
can you walk me through how you've added a wiki page title to a special
page?

Thanks!

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Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Re: How to create a new Special page

On 5/13/05, FxParlant <f-x.p at laposte.net> wrote:
> Hello;
> There is a paragraph on how to create a special page in the FAQ
> 
> 
>
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:FAQ#How_do_I_add_my_own_dynamic_cont
ent_to_MediaWiki.3F
> 
> It's not so difficult. At the end,it says you have to create a simple
> page and write the name of your special page in it. If you forget this
> the title of your special page will have &lt; and &gt; around. I
haven't
> got a clue why creating a page with the name in it solves this, but it
works

That page seems to have changed, it now just has a pointer to an
article about writing an extension which really doesn't seem to build
a special page.

I just figured out how to build a new special page which is like the
Uncategorized pages page, but looks at the Image namespace. I wrote it
up at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Writing_a_new_special_page
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