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My #MediaWiki medium heat take on #LuaModules is that we don't make them magic ✨️ enough because most modules are converted from wikitext.

With substitution, Lua allows us to transform any user input into any output we want! So more templates should just accept more types of inputs.

For instance, my https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Шаблон:Годы_жизни needs Wikidata item ID to work but it accepts 1) plain old page titles, 2) wikitext with links, 3) interwiki links, and 4) pasted URLs to Wikidata, and just transforms them.

My #MediaWiki medium heat take on #LuaModules is that we don't make them magic ✨️ enough because most modules are converted from wikitext.

With substitution, Lua allows us to transform any user input into any output we want! So more templates should just accept more types of inputs.

For instance, my https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Шаблон:Годы_жизни needs Wikidata item ID to work but it accepts 1) plain old page titles, 2) wikitext with links, 3) interwiki links, and 4) pasted URLs to Wikidata, and just transforms them.

My #MediaWiki medium heat take on #LuaModules is that we don't make them magic ✨️ enough because most modules are converted from wikitext.

With substitution, Lua allows us to transform any user input into any output we want! So more templates should just accept more types of inputs.

For instance, my https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Шаблон:Годы_жизни needs Wikidata item ID to work but it accepts 1) plain old page titles, 2) wikitext with links, 3) interwiki links, and 4) pasted URLs to Wikidata, and just transforms them.

My #MediaWiki medium heat take on #LuaModules is that we don't make them magic ✨️ enough because most modules are converted from wikitext.

With substitution, Lua allows us to transform any user input into any output we want! So more templates should just accept more types of inputs.

For instance, my https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Шаблон:Годы_жизни needs Wikidata item ID to work but it accepts 1) plain old page titles, 2) wikitext with links, 3) interwiki links, and 4) pasted URLs to Wikidata, and just transforms them.

My #MediaWiki medium heat take on #LuaModules is that we don't make them magic ✨️ enough because most modules are converted from wikitext.

With substitution, Lua allows us to transform any user input into any output we want! So more templates should just accept more types of inputs.

For instance, my https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Шаблон:Годы_жизни needs Wikidata item ID to work but it accepts 1) plain old page titles, 2) wikitext with links, 3) interwiki links, and 4) pasted URLs to Wikidata, and just transforms them.

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@bluespice/117235083666058960

We'll be exploring the topic of tables, visualizations, and dashboards in knowledge databases. And you'll get a glimpse into our current developments.

#foss #opensource #wiki #mediawiki #bluespice #atlassian #confluence

In two months, the #MUDcon (the MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference Fall 2026) will take place in beautiful Ljubljana, Nov 11-13.

If you want to share your experience both in using or developing MediaWiki in all its facets, please participate or contribute:
https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Users_and_Developers_Conference_Fall_2026/Call_for_Contributions

@ECHOLOT_Project @MWStake
#MediaWiki #SemanticMediaWiki #Wiki

📣 The new versions of BlueSpice 5.2.6 and 5.1.10 are now available for download.
https://bluespice.com/download/

Full details on the included improvements and bug fixes can be found in our Helpdesk:
➡️ https://en.wiki.bluespice.com/wiki/Setup:Release_Notes

#MediaWiki #BlueSpice #Wiki #Release #Patch #EnterpriseWiki #KnowledgeManagement #KnowledgeBase #Documentation #Changelog

📣 Patch Day 📣 BlueSpice 5.2.5 and 5.1.9 are now available for download: https://bluespice.com/download/

Details on included improvements and bug fixes in our Helpdesk:
➡️ https://en.wiki.bluespice.com/wiki/Setup:Release_Notes

#MediaWiki #BlueSpice #Wiki #EnterpriseWiki #KnowledgeManagement #KnowledgeBase #Documentation

📣 Today is Patch Day 📣
BlueSpice 5.2.4 and 5.1.8 are now available for download.
https://bluespice.com/download/

Find more information about included improvements and bug fixes in our helpdesk:
➡️ https://en.wiki.bluespice.com/wiki/Setup:Release_Notes

#MediaWiki #BlueSpice #Wiki #Release #Patch #EnterpriseWiki #KnowledgeManagement #KnowledgeBase #Documentation #Changelog

New version of #Confluence #Migration Script available. https://github.com/hallowelt/migrate-confluence/releases/tag/2.1.1

#BlueSpice #MediaWiki #Atlassian #FOSS #OpenSource

Discover highlights from the MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference

https://professional.wiki/en/news/mediawiki-users-and-developers-conference-2024-vienna

* Connecting #Wikibase and @smw
* Simultaneous Editing
* Wikimedia's Strategic Plan for #MediaWiki
* New #BlueSpice Features
* #KnowledgeManagement at NASA
* LLMs in wikis
* Factors Influencing Wiki Success (by @krabina)
And more!

#MUDCon #MUDCon2024 #SMWCon #SemanticWikibase #OpenSource #OpenData

🤩 We are proudly contributing to this year's MediaWiki Users and Developers Conference, https://conference.knowledge.wiki/ 4–6 November 2024 in Vienna!
@lozross et al will discus #SemanticWikibase Development; Kolja Bailly will give insights to Linked open data curation and visua­liza­tion with SemanticWikibase, and together with Lukas Günther, a tutorial and hackathon helping you to get started with #Wikibase4Research. @nfdi4culture
#opensource #MediaWiki