Extensions wanted

Definitely check out the extensions released by Microsoft: https://github.com/microsoft/MediaWiki-Extensions

Some extensions that I may choose to install.

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included in Meza core
included locally

1. mw:Extension:CirrusSearch because the regular MySQL search stinks. See Search
2. mw:Extension:SimpleBatchUpload is a super simplified upload extension by Stephan Gambke
3. mw:Extension:AdvancedSearch is a new interface to ElasticSearch
4. mw:Extension:Flow is a threaded discussion replacement for 'Talk' pages.
5. mw:Extension:WebChat used by the TranslateWiki.net community
6. mw:Extension:Maps for use in displaying hikes, bike routes etc.
7. mw:Extension:WikiLove or mw:Extension:Thanks for community building
8. mw:Extension:Cargo Cargo instead of SMW
9. mw:Extension:DrawioEditor (https://github.com/mgeb/mediawiki-drawio-editor) https://Draw.io integration. But there are problems with the handling of SVG nb. there is also the mw:Extension:Drawio project
10. (requires 1.45) mw:Extension:UploadWizard A bulk uploader in JavaScript
11. Extension:EmbedVideo (fork) over mw:Extension:TimedMediaHandler for displaying video
12. mw:Extension:MultimediaViewer a better multimedia viewer? (it's listed as being used on Commons) Certainly want to maximize the user experience in relation to Category:Graphics. There should be a better and faster way to browse images that are available in the wiki. Something that both supports thumbs and paging, and also something that supports something similar to using qiv through the browser. There is a gadget in use on Commons called FastCCI for example, view this file

    

    Current and Proposed Telescopes by size

13. mw:Wikidiff2 Wikidiff2 is a native extension for PHP
14. mw:Extension:Math for math formulas. Add the Mathoid service We get better Math results with SimpleMathJax
15. mw:Extension:Page Schemas for easily generating the forms and data structures that you would use to effect semantic models.
16. Cindy Cicalese's Extension:PluggableAuth and Extension:OpenID_Connect (and SAML?). to provide Single Sign-On options.
17. mw:Extension:Realnames for using a person's real name throughout the UI instead of user names which may be less identifiable: e.g. 'boomshakalaka'
18. Extension:NearbyPages for finding other pages (or users?) nearby using a geolocation api

More Roadmap

1. like mw:Extension:Page Schemas, mobo (a node.js package) can be used to develop specific use case models for SMW and is considered a "Deploy Automation Framework" because it lives outside the wiki, but can inject into the wiki the data structures (and changes) that are needed to use the model in the organization.
2. mw:Extension:Matomo for integrating the Matomo analytics platform (which is local so you control your data)
3. Add service for visualization of the wiki
4. Visual Diff is done... install Wikidiff2 to get better diffs
5. Extension:ConfirmAccount was used previously, requires a bit of config
6. Extension:InviteSignup
7. Extension:UserVerification - allows to delete accounts (how is that different from UserMerge for deleting zero contrib spam accounts)?
8. Extension:VisualData - json-schema editor using Visual Editor and slots can be an alternative to Semantic MediaWiki or Cargo. With an integrated Schema Builder, it should be compared to PageSchemas for functionality and UX

Distributions

Compare Meza with BlueSpice, and

There is a category page that lists BlueSpice extensions

See Also

Extension inventory

Semantic MediaWiki = See Metadata

Scalable Vector Graphics = an XML-based open standard of the W3C since 1999. See wp:SVG

PHP is the HyperText Preprocessor = the most popular programming language for the web