CharInsert: Why you should "char"
· ☕ 19 min read · ✍️ River
CharInsert is one of my favorite extensions. Here's how I made a Lua wrapper for it to create a user-friendly interface for anyone to add snippets they want.
Sublimetext for Mediawiki
· ☕ 13 min read · ✍️ River
The "Mediawiker" plugin makes Sublime the best IDE-like experience for editing wikis, particularly when one is primarily writing Scribunto/Lua modules. Here's how I've set up my environment.
My EMWCon 2020 Talks
· ☕ 2 min read · ✍️ River
At EMWCon 2020, I gave one talk and hosted two Create Camp sessions, discussing different aspects of usage of Cargo and Lua in MediaWiki.
The Anti-Thanos Snap That Wasn't
· ☕ 9 min read · ✍️ River
The story of the April Fools Day joke for 2020 that I didn't do, and the "Snap" that we may or may not still do.
Gadgets for code organization
· ☕ 6 min read · ✍️ River
The Gadgets extension is a great way to organize code instead of using Common.css and Common.js for everything.
Lua Hooks System
· ☕ 8 min read · ✍️ River
I document my system of using hooks in Scribunto before removing it from my wiki.
Setting up a global hotkey to mute-unmute a Firefox stream
· ☕ 5 min read · ✍️ River
How to set up a global hotkey to toggle mute a tab of Firefox (for example a Twitch stream) using AutoHotKey
Using the Mediawiki API without coding
· ☕ 13 min read · ✍️ River
Using the MediaWiki API doesn't require coding.
Determining team members from roster change data: A Leaguepedia case study
· ☕ 9 min read · ✍️ River
Managing complexity using Cargo with MediaWiki to track League of Legends esports roster changes.
Fixing autocomplete in Sublimetext Markdown syntax
· ☕ 3 min read · ✍️ River
How to disable autocompletion in SublimeText markdown syntax
How to add Cargo docstrings on table pages
· ☕ 6 min read · ✍️ River
A post about how to create workarounds in MediaWiki in a reasonably well-controlled manner.
New Roster Changes
· ☕ 24 min read · ✍️ River
An overview of the process I used to create our single-source-of-truth roster change database tables on Leaguepedia.