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Semantic media wiki
Show
The "show" parser function is used a lot to make semantic queries. If the property you are querying is of type page, however, you need a special parameter to include that string within another internal link.
For example, this:
[[{{#show:MI-15|? Full state name}} congressional districts and candidates]]
yields this:
[[Michigan congressional districts and candidates]]
but when you add "link=none" like this:
[[{{#show:MI-15|? Full state name|link=none}} congressional districts and candidates]]
you get this:
Michigan congressional districts and candidates
Misc. extensions
Click extension
Use the "click" extension to have images link to pages, so you can make clickable images with destinations.
For example, this:
{{#click:Project:RaceTracker|Image:Good size for communitypage.gif||Go to the RaceTracker project!}}
Makes this:
Articles and resources
References
See also
External resources
External articles
MediaWiki
- Help:Magic words. Includes functions like "padleft"
- Extension:StringFunctions
- Extension:Header Tabs
- How to make image links in mediawiki (like <span class=”plainlinks”>…….</span>)
- External image internal link
- Wikipedia:Collapsible tables
