On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 1:23 PM, MZMcBride <[email protected]> wrote:

> In my view, this kind of misses the point entirely: if MediaWiki had a
> proper API or UI for adding and removing categories (or other metadata), a
> gadget like HotCat would be almost completely unnecessary. :-)  HotCat
> exists to fill a void left by MediaWiki.
>
> Those interested in this issue can copy themselves on this bug:
> <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27312>.
>

Well I managed to make a quick script that can add/remove categories from
wikitext pages (I basically copy/pasted Parser::replaceInternalLinks2).
That way at least the category removal happens in PHP and not in
JavaScript.

*-- *
*Tyler Romeo*
Stevens Institute of Technology, Class of 2016
Major in Computer Science
www.whizkidztech.com | [email protected]
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