We have something similar to create some pages and preload the content of a model, that helps the editors to fill the contents of the article.
On <http://es.pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Newarticletext> we put a link that creates the page with a help page and preloads the content of a model. For example, if a user go into a red link like <http://es.pokemon.wikia.com/index.php?title=Test&action=edit&uselang=es>, one of the links points to <http://es.pokemon.wikia.com/index.php?title=Test&action=edit&preload=WikiDex:Modelo_Pok%C3%A9mon&editintro=WikiDex:Modelo_Pok%C3%A9mon/Instrucciones> and it will help te users to complete the article and make it to follow the same style that the rest of articles. This link is only for one specific type of article. So it's the same as the inputbox but as a http url, not a button. Anyway, I didn't know that you can generate inputbox without the text box but only the button, so I'll take it in mind :) 2007/11/1, Jamie Hari: > Hello everyone, > > > At our projects, we recently (re)discovered some buried functionality of > <inputbox> that can easily be put to great use and I would like to share it > with you all. > You can use 'hidden=true' to remove the textbox portion of the inputbox, > leaving only the button. > > What the Marvel and DC Database Projects have done with this is to make the > creation of some new pages MUCH simpler for new users. > > Typically, new users are beginner or intermediate level skill with wiki > markup, but are very anxious to get started editing. > Take for example the user page for said newly registered Wikian, a natural > place to start practicing. > > In the {{welcome}} template we place on user's talk pages, we include a > conditional statement, such that if their user page does not yet exist, it > shows them the button to create it. > Taking full advantage of the inputbox functionality, we also include a > preloaded template and an editintro message. > > Example, with the button: > > http://en.marveldatabase.com/User_talk:Example > > After clicking the button: > > http://en.marveldatabase.com/index.php?title=User:Example&action=edit§ion=&preload=Template:User%20Page%20Template&editintro=MediaWiki:AddUserPageMessage > > (Please do not make any changes to the above pages) > > > As always, this is a work-in-progress... > Also, I think this is very much the tip of the iceberg and I would love to > hear what _you_ might do with such a feature! > > > > Happy editing, > > > -- > Jamie Hari > Editor-in-Chief > Marvel & DC Database Projects > > > Additional Links: > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Inputbox > http://en.marveldatabase.com/Template:Welcome > http://en.marveldatabase.com/Template:Createbar > _______________________________________________ > Wikia-l mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l > > _______________________________________________ Wikia-l mailing list [email protected] http://lists.wikia.com/mailman/listinfo/wikia-l
