Re: [Wikitech-l] VisualEditor template editing interface

2014-04-28 Thread S Page
On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Trevor Parscal tpars...@wikimedia.orgwrote: I don't quite understand your question [linking templatedata easily to Wikidata], sorry. I'm talking about adding fields to TemplateData which VisualEditor uses to build a user interface around templates.

Re: [Wikitech-l] VisualEditor template editing interface

2014-04-28 Thread James Forrester
On 28 April 2014 01:55, S Page sp...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 11:28 AM, Trevor Parscal tpars...@wikimedia.org wrote: I don't quite understand your question [linking templatedata easily to Wikidata], sorry. I'm talking about adding fields to TemplateData which

Re: [Wikitech-l] VisualEditor template editing interface

2014-04-23 Thread Yury Katkov
Thanks Trevor! When will such 'recommended fields' be available to use? - Yury Katkov On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 7:51 PM, Trevor Parscal tpars...@wikimedia.org wrote: We are introducing recommended fields which will be automatically added when the template is added. We already support

[Wikitech-l] VisualEditor template editing interface

2014-04-22 Thread Yury Katkov
Hi everyone! I'm using VisualEditor and TemplateData to insert template calls in the wiki page. My users find it prerrty hard to understand the Add a template Dialog: you should first find a template, then add all its fields to the call and only after that place some value in each of the fields.

Re: [Wikitech-l] VisualEditor template editing interface

2014-04-22 Thread Trevor Parscal
We are introducing recommended fields which will be automatically added when the template is added. We already support required fields which are automatically added, but we are adding recommended fields so that required can be reserved for actually required fields. In time, we expect required will

Re: [Wikitech-l] VisualEditor template editing interface

2014-04-22 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, Is there a way to link such templates easily to Wikidata? Thanks, GerardM Op 22 apr. 2014 17:51 schreef Trevor Parscal tpars...@wikimedia.org: We are introducing recommended fields which will be automatically added when the template is added. We already support required fields which

Re: [Wikitech-l] VisualEditor template editing interface

2014-04-22 Thread Trevor Parscal
I don't quite understand your question, sorry. I'm talking about adding fields to TemplateData which VisualEditor uses to build a user interface around templates. TemplateData is defined on-wiki as a JSON blob. - Trevor On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Gerard Meijssen gerard.meijs...@gmail.com