https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34150
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Bug #: 34150
Summary: [SF] Special:RunQuery enhancement to be able to
populate red-links automatically
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Version: any
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: SemanticForms
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
Mentioned first here:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33495#c4
The ephemeral nature of the templatized pages produced by Special:RunQuery
forms has turned out to have many emergent uses that were not originally
intended. Special:RunQuery makes conditionally branching forms possible:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30536
And, if auto-populating of red links on Special:RunQuery pages is enabled, as
described here:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Semantic_Forms/Linking_to_forms#Populating_red-linked_pages_automatically
it will allow Semantic Forms to create or edit more than one page with a single
form:
(For files)
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32824
(In general)
http://wikimedia.7.n6.nabble.com/One-form-populating-two-pages-td3884299.html
It might enable this enhancement too:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23805
One compelling use-case for creating more than 1 page would be when many pages
contain identical information, but differ in only one property, such as a
serial number. Here's an example of an actual set-up for doing this kind of
thing (login with Demo/test):
http://www.coincompendium.com/w/index.php/Special:RunQuery/Specimen_find?Specimen_find%5BCertification%20number%5D=2312213-001,%202312213-002,%202312213-003,%202312213-012,%202312213-013,%202323866-001,%202323866-002,%202323866-003,%202323866-005,%202323866-006,%202323866-007,%202323866-008,%202323866-009,%202756414-001,%202756414-020,%202756414-028,%202756414-030,%202756414-031,%202761896-001,%202762313-001,%202762313-002,%202762313-003,%202762313-005,%202762313-006,%202762313-007,%202762313-008,%202762313-009,%202762313-010,%202762313-011,%202762313-012,%202762313-013,%202762313-014,%202762313-015,%202762313-016,%202762313-017,%202762313-018,%202762313-019,%202762313-020,%202762387-008,%202762387-009,%202762387-019,%202762387-029,%202762387-039,%202762387-045,%202762387-049,%202762997-003,%202762997-007,%202762997-009,%202762997-011,%202762997-012,%202762997-013,%202762997-014,%202762997-015,%202762997-016,%202762997-017,%202762997-018,%202762997-019,%202762997-020,%202762997-021,%202762997-022,%202762997-023,%202762997-024,%202762997-025,%202764117-004,%202764117-007,%202764117-009,%202764117-011,%202764117-014,%202764117-017,%202764117-021,%202764117-024,%202764117-027,%202764117-031,%202764117-035,%202764117-038,%202764117-041,%202764117-043,%202764117-044,%202764117-045,%202764117-047,%202764117-049,%202764117-050,%202764117-051,%202764117-052,%202764117-053,%202764488-001,%202764488-002,%202764488-003,%202764488-004,%202764488-005,%202764488-006,%202764488-007,%202764488-008,%202764488-009,%202764488-010,%202764488-011,%202764488-012,%202764488-013,%202764488-014,%202764488-015,%202764488-016,%202764488-017,%202764488-018,%202764488-019,%202764488-020,%202764488-021,%202764488-022,%202764488-023,%202764488-024,%202764488-025,%202764488-026,%202764488-027,%202764488-028,%202764488-029,%202764488-030,%202764488-031,%202764488-032,%202764488-033,%202764488-034,%202764704-001,%202764704-002,%202764704-003,%202764704-004,%202764704-005,%202764704-006,%202764704-007,%202764704-008,%202764704-009,%202764704-010,%202764704-011,%202764704-012,%202765142-001,%202765142-002,%202765142-003,%202765142-004,%202765142-005,%202765142-006,%202765253-001,%202765440-001,%202765440-002,%202765440-003,%202765440-004,%202765440-005,%202765440-006,%202765440-007,%202765440-008,%202765440-009,%202765440-011,%202765440-012,%202765440-013,%202765440-014,%202765440-015,%202765440-016,%202765440-017,%202765440-018,%202765633-001,%202765633-003,%202765633-009,%202765633-010,%202765633-011,%202765633-012,%202765670-001,%202765670-011,%202765670-021,%202765670-031,%202765670-041,%202765670-045,%202765670-046,%202765670-051,%202765670-056,%202765670-057,%202765670-058,%202765670-059,%202765670-060,%202765670-061,%202765670-062,%202765670-063,%202765896-001,%202765896-002,%202765896-006,%202765896-009,%202765897-007,%202765980-001,%202765980-002,%202765980-003,%202765980-004,%202765980-005,%202765980-006,%202765980-007,%202765980-008,%202765980-009&wpRunQuery=true
That will search to see if a page with those serial numbers has already been
created. Right now, it's possible to select in the form that you want to be
able to make auto-create links, so users can create the pages by clicking on
them 1 at a time. For creating a small number of pages, that works well. But,
when the number of pages to create numbers in the thousands, or more, having
the ability to auto-create the pages could be helpful.
Since such an ability to autocreate enormous numbers of pages could rapidly
pollute a wiki, I have been giving some thought about how to handle that.
One idea I've had was to create a new extension that allows for the creation of
cryptographic hashes in templates. Then, a password can be stored in hash-form
in a template, and the originating string "key" to the hash can be given out as
a password to unlock the mass-data-entry feature. The Special:RunQuery
ephemeral display template would check to make sure the password produces the
required hash to execute the mass-create function.
Another idea involved "tagging" each auto-created page with a property that
would indicate some distinguishing facts like who created the pages, and on
what date. Then, mass deleting the pages would be easier to do.
I'm sure there's other, possibly better ways to restrict, control, and mitigate
the effects of the usage of such a powerful mass-create feature from more
fundamental code in Semantic Forms (as opposed to within a template).
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