Extension:CategoryHistory

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MediaWiki extensions manual
CCAgreement
Release status: beta
Implementation MyWiki
Description Shows changes of all articles belonging to a category
Author(s) Josef Martiňák (Jossmarttalk)
Latest version 1.1.0 (2019-02-22)
MediaWiki 1.29+
Database changes No
License MIT License
Download

  • $wgcathist_page_limit
  • $wgcathist_name_style
Quarterly downloads Lua error in Module:Extension at line 172: bad argument #1 to 'inNamespace' (unrecognized namespace name 'skin').
Public wikis using Lua error in Module:Extension at line 172: bad argument #1 to 'inNamespace' (unrecognized namespace name 'skin').

The CategoryHistory extension provides a special page called "CategoryHistory" that shows changes of all articles belonging to a category, which name is displayed at the end of the special page's URL. The link to the history is available at every category page below the title.

It is developed for www.wikiskripta.eu and www.wikilectures.eu.

Installation

  • <translate> <tvar name=1>Download, extract</tvar> and place the file(s) in a directory called <tvar name=name>CategoryHistory</tvar> in your <tvar name=ext>extensions/</tvar> folder.</translate>
  • <translate> Add the following code at the bottom of your <tvar name=1>LocalSettings.php </tvar> file:</translate>
    wfLoadExtension( 'CategoryHistory' );
    
  • Configure as required.
  • File:OOjs UI icon check-constructive.svg <translate> Done</translate> – <translate> Navigate to <tvar name=special>Special:Version</tvar> on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.</translate>

Configuration

The following configuration parameters are available to this extension:

$wgcathist_page_limit
Shows the number of items in the table. Defaults to 500.
$wgcathist_name_style
Style of the name in the table. Defaults to REALNAME. Other settings are: USERNAME or BOTH