user selection for categories

Hey guys,
	    I have a question, is it possible to create a drop down
list of categories when a new page is created? To allow
users to classify their article under one or more
categories? Even a small change in the spelling will cause
the article to be classified under a different area.....
ideas??

thanks,
AJ

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I like this idea. Right now, it seems that a modification to
the
inputbox extension could do this.

2006/12/20, Thomas, Arjun <Arjun.Thomasps.net>:
>
> Hey guys,
>             I have a question, is it possible to create
a drop down list of categories when a new page is created?
To allow users to classify their article under one or more
categories? Even a small change in the spelling will cause
the article to be classified under a different area.....
ideas??
>
> thanks,
> AJ
>
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I like this idea. Right now, it seems that a modification to
the
inputbox extension could do this.

2006/12/20, Thomas, Arjun <Arjun.Thomasps.net>:
>
> Hey guys,
>             I have a question, is it possible to create
a drop down list of categories when a new page is created?
To allow users to classify their article under one or more
categories? Even a small change in the spelling will cause
the article to be classified under a different area.....
ideas??
>
> thanks,
> AJ
>
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Yes, i just already wished to have such a extension for MW
in the past.
For very small wikis a dropdown-list would be OK, for
medium/large wikis it should be 
something like the view of Categorytree (category,
sub-categories, etc.).

Regards,
Jan

Fernando Correia schrieb:
> I like this idea. Right now, it seems that a
modification to the
> inputbox extension could do this.
> 
> 2006/12/20, Thomas, Arjun <Arjun.Thomasps.net>:
>> Hey guys,
>>             I have a question, is it possible to
create a drop down list of categories when a new page is
created? To allow users to classify their article under one
or more categories? Even a small change in the spelling will
cause the article to be classified under a different
area..... ideas??
>>
>> thanks,
>> AJ
>>
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Thomas, Arjun schrieb:
> is it possible to create a drop down list of categories
when a new page is created? 

Hi Thomas,

i spend a lot time today in trying out this ... I found
this:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SelectCategory

So i installed a MW 1.9 from SVN for testing ... and ...


The extension works fine!

In approx. 3 weeks the 1.9 will be release, an I think, I
will migrate at end of 
january to 1.9 with my production-wikis. Including this
extension 

Best regards,
Jan
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Way cool.... will try this out and let you guys know...

Thanks a ton!! 
AJ. 


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Thomas, Arjun schrieb:
> is it possible to create a drop down list of categories
when a new
page is created? 

Hi Thomas,

i spend a lot time today in trying out this ... I found
this:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SelectCategory

So i installed a MW 1.9 from SVN for testing ... and ...


The extension works fine!

In approx. 3 weeks the 1.9 will be release, an I think, I
will migrate
at end of 
january to 1.9 with my production-wikis. Including this
extension 

Best regards,
Jan
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Jan,
	Does this work for any version of wiki below 9? 


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Way cool.... will try this out and let you guys know...

Thanks a ton!! 
AJ. 


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Thomas, Arjun schrieb:
> is it possible to create a drop down list of categories
when a new
page is created? 

Hi Thomas,

i spend a lot time today in trying out this ... I found
this:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SelectCategory

So i installed a MW 1.9 from SVN for testing ... and ...


The extension works fine!

In approx. 3 weeks the 1.9 will be release, an I think, I
will migrate
at end of 
january to 1.9 with my production-wikis. Including this
extension 

Best regards,
Jan
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Thomas, Arjun schrieb:
> Jan,Does this work for any version of wiki below 9? 

Due to the discussion-page of the extension, it could be
work on 1.8, too.

Regards,
Jan

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Hi,
	I tried implementing the following extension
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SelectCategory
using mediawiki
1.8.2 i know the message says it works only with 1.9, but
has anyone had
any sucess with implementing it on a lower version?

i get the following message when i use the "edit"
tab on any page...

Fatal error: Call to undefined method Title::isSubpage() in
C:wampwwwmediawiki-1.8.2extensionsSelectCategorySelect
CategoryFunc
tions.php on line 25

Thanks,
AJ.

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Thomas, Arjun wrote:
> 	I tried implementing the following extension
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SelectCategory
using mediawiki
> 1.8.2 i know the message says it works only with 1.9,
but has anyone had
> any sucess with implementing it on a lower version?
> 
> i get the following message when i use the
"edit" tab on any page...
> 
> Fatal error: Call to undefined method
Title::isSubpage() in
>
C:wampwwwmediawiki-1.8.2extensionsSelectCategorySelect
CategoryFunc
> tions.php on line 25

Perhaps the message is true, eh? ;)

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