ShortDescription
The ShortDescription extension allows wikis to add short descriptions to wikitext pages, simliar to the implementation on Wikipedia and Wikibase. On top of that, it replaces the site tagline with short description on pages with short description.
Extension:ShortDescription on MediaWiki.
Features
- Define short description on the page with the magic word
{{SHORTDESC}}, same as the implementation on Wikipedia - Retrieve short description on any wiki pages with the magic word
{{GETSHORTDESC}} - Add short description underneath the page title on most skins, if the skin supports site tagline (
#siteSub)- Note that the short description with replace the default site tagline message on pages with short description
- Does not apply to Skin:Citizen and Skin:Minerva Neue, as they have native support
- Allow short description to be accessed through the Action API
- Provide description to the REST API search endpoint
- Add short description to page information (
&action=info) - Provide description for extensions such as MobileFrontend, RelatedArticles
Requirements
- MediaWiki 1.35 or later
Installation
You can get the extension via Git (specifying ShortDescription as the destination directory):
git clone https://github.com/StarCitizenTools/mediawiki-extensions-ShortDescription.git ShortDescription
Or download it as zip archive.
In either case, the "ShortDescription" extension should end up in the "extensions" directory of your MediaWiki installation. If you got the zip archive, you will need to put it into a directory called ShortDescription.
Configurations
The extension works out of the box without any configurations. The config flags allow more customization on the specific features in the extension.
| Name | Description | Values | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
$wgShortDescriptionEnableTagline |
Enables short descritption in site tagline | true - enable; false - disable |
true |
$wgShortDescriptionExtendOpenSearchXml |
Provide short description to the Opensearch API module | true - enable; false - disable |
false |
Usage
Add short description
To add Bacon ipsum dolor amet turkey as short description, simply add {{SHORTDESC:Bacon ipsum dolor amet turkey}} on the page.
Retrive short description on wikipage
To retrive the short description on the page Bacon, simply add {{GETSHORTDESC:Bacon}} on the page. If you are retrieving the short description on the same page (e.g. getting the short description of Bacon on the Bacon page), simply add {{GETSHORTDESC:}}.
Retrieve short description through Action API
The short description can be called through the description property in query action in the Action API (e.g.api.php?action=query&prop=description). It is also accessible through the shortdesc property inside pageprops.
Retrieve short description through REST API
The short description can be accessed through the description property in the search endpoint in the REST API.