Extension:ArticleInfo

**MediaWiki extensions manual**
ArticleInfo; Release status: stable
Description	Shows metadata information on a page
Author(s)	Hallo Welt!
Maintainer(s)	Hallo Welt! GmbH
Latest version	-
Compatibility policy	For every MediaWiki release that is a Long Term Support release there is a corresponding branch in the extension.
MediaWiki	1.43 (LTS)
	Hooks used BeforePageDisplay; PageSaveComplete;
	Hooks provided BSArticleInfoSkip;
Licence	GNU General Public License 3.0 only
Download	Download extension ; Git [?]: Browse repository (GitHub); Gerrit code review; Git commit log; Download source tarball;
Example	Demo
	Translate the ArticleInfo extension if it is available at translatewiki.net

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This extension is mainly supported in an external venue: BlueSpice Community Forum.
If you need help, you should post there, and not on the talk page.

ArticleInfo shows additional useful page information, mostly provided by other bundled extensions. This extension was created to enhance the quality assurance of internal wikis. It supports readers and maintainers by collectively displaying the most important meta information of the page.

Usage / features

In internal wikis, it is often necessary to get a quick overview of the quality status of a page. ArticleInfo provides the following information:

General info such as Title, Page ID, Langauge, Content model, number of watchers and redirects
Properties like Templates, Categories, Internal links, Images and External links on the page
Last edit info

Additional information is provided by other extensions:

Authors of this page (Extension:Authors )
Page assignments (Extension:BlueSpicePageAssignments )
Readers of this page (Extension:Readers )
Expiry of this page (Extension:BlueSpiceExpiry )
Reminders (Extension:BlueSpiceReminder )
Process usage (Extension:CognitiveProcessDesigner )

Requirements

ArticleInfo requires BlueSpiceFoundation.

Installation

Add the repo url (https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-BlueSpiceArticleInfo

.git) as a "vcs repository" and the package name (mediawiki/BlueSpiceArticleInfo) and version to the require section of your composer.local.json. Example:

{
	"repositories": [
		{
			"type": "vcs",
			"url": "https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-BlueSpiceArticleInfo
.git"
		}
	],
	"require": {
		"mediawiki/BlueSpiceArticleInfo": "BlueSpiceArticleInfo"
	}
}

Run the following command in your MediaWiki installation path

composer update --no-dev

Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

wfLoadExtension( 'BlueSpiceArticleInfo' );

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

External Links

This extension was originally made for BlueSpice . BlueSpice is a MediaWiki distribution for enterprises and organizations. It enhances MediaWiki, in particular in the areas of quality management, process support, administration, editing and security. This extension is bundled with BlueSpice free.

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