How to refresh cache in MediaWiki
· ☕ 9 min read · ✍️ River
Caching can be super complicated in MediaWiki because there are many different types of cache. This article goes over what to do for each kind.
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Gadget - Copy title
· ☕ 8 min read · ✍️ River
A gadget that provides one-click buttons to copy the title or (or pageName) of a MediaWiki page
Toggleable columns
· ☕ 9 min read · ✍️ River
A simple interface to automatically let users toggle columns in any data table on the entire wiki.
Gadget - Copy category members
· ☕ 6 min read · ✍️ River
A gadget to copy all members of a category
Bookmarklet - stay here
· ☕ 3 min read · ✍️ River
A bookmarklet that enables a prompt before navigating away from your current location
Use cases for Extension:CustomLogs
· ☕ 15 min read · ✍️ River
Use cases for my extension CustomLogs
Gadget - Line numbers in modules
· ☕ 3 min read · ✍️ River
I add line numbers to Lua modules with JS & CSS.
Gadget - Cargo pagevalues improvement
· ☕ 6 min read · ✍️ River
An improvement to the Cargo pagevalues view using just JS & CSS.
Gadget - Search results new page hotkey
· ☕ 4 min read · ✍️ River
Let's make a gadget so that Alt+Shift+E creates a new page from the Special:Search screen when a page doesn't exist!
Gadget - Disable Display Title
· ☕ 4 min read · ✍️ River
A small JS gadget to disable display title for wiki editors
Popups
· ☕ 25 min read · ✍️ River
Here's how I've built a framework for both static and lazily-loaded popups.
Highlighting disambiguations
· ☕ 29 min read · ✍️ River
Disambiguations are typically somewhat user-unfriendly; I describe my method for improving quality of life when disambiguation links do appear.
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.