https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52581
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Bug ID: 52581
Summary: when tempaltedata does not exist, API should return
auto-generated "templatedata" struct
Product: MediaWiki extensions
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: major
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: TemplateData
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
CC: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
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if the template does not contain explicit "templatedata", the API call should
return auto-generated "templatedata" structure, distilled from the template
itself.
it's trivial to do - basically parse the template, extract parameter names
(including order based, aka 1,2,3), and return "default" templatedata where
every param is of type string, without any special attributes (default,
required, etc.)
this 15-line enhancement will make VE suddenly useful for templates, without
detracting anything from current functionality.
we did this in hewiki with "template param wizard" (the equivalent of VE
template editor, for the old wikitext editor), and it enhanced the wizard's
functionality tenfold.
regretfully i can't submit a patch - hopefully someone else will be able to do
so.
peace.
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