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Lack of Semantic MediaWiki

I'm interested in helping this wiki, but need an extension enabled first. It's called Semantic MediaWiki. If you enable this extension, I can show you ways to automatically transclude data from one page, onto another page, using properties and templates. It could potentially save you hours of editing time, as you would no longer need to edit multiple pages containing the same information, just the original it came from. Look into it Admins! I hope to hear back from you. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aethaeran (talk • contribs) at 03:20, 3 August 2016‎ (UTC).

Hi, sounds useful for this wiki. Do you have any specific plans in mind? Thanks for helping out!--Cadaeib (talk) 09:13, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

Here's the initial plan of attack:

• Add Syntax and properties to Pokemon infobox template for the moves they have.
• Add properties to the already existing syntax on your Moves infobox template.
• In the Pokemon template, Use the {{#ask}} ParserFunction to parse the Moves category for the properties of moves listed within the pokemons own template, and have collapsible, sortable tables generated on that page.
• In the moves template, Use the {{#ask}} ParserFunction to parse the Pokemon Category for Pokemon that have that move, and have tables generated on that page.

I could provide some examples from the Wikia I used to work on if you'd like, but at the moment I need to get ready for work. Aethaeran (talk) 14:53, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

Is this the extension you are talking about: https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki Haykam821 (talk) 17:07, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

Yes, that's the extension.--Cadaeib (talk) 21:54, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

Sounds good! Do you have a list of the possible moves or do you know of a list we can use?--Cadaeib (talk) 21:54, 3 August 2016 (UTC)

I was reading this Reddit and a few posts down Reddit user "jobhand" posted a rather thorough spreadsheet about it. It has even been updated for the recent 7.29 balancing. I believe a lot of his information is based off of data-mined information. We can debate on using his personal calculations later, but he has the basic information we need.

I now notice that Semantic MediaWiki has been enabled.

Some examples from the Wikia I used to work on.

• In this link you can see an ask function in use. This one is quite large and isn't collapsible (ie. User has option to show it), but that is an option.
• Then in this link. You can see the source code for the parser function itself.

Excited to get started on it soon. Just not tonight. Responsibilities and all that nonsense.

Thanks a million guys!

Aethaeran (talk) 04:55, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

Things are going pretty smoothly so far guys! Here's an example. I will be needing admin access so I can use AutoWikiBrowser to mass add the syntax needed on Pokemon pages. Who do I talk to about that around here? I promise not to hurt anything! hahaha

Aethaeran (talk) 14:36, 12 August 2016 (UTC)