Team Fortress Wiki:Technical requests

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Extensions

A few suggestions regarding extensions on the wiki:

  • The current extension we use for embedding videos seems to be out of date. EmbedVideo 1.0 embeds videos inline so we can align them in the center, unlike how the current one works (i.e. forcing you to choose left or right and adding a stupid thumbnail description below it). It also supports HD videos which is even better for videos that support it (like the Meet the Team videos).
  • CategoryTree will most definitely come in handy in organising other language pages & categories. It's used on most Wikimedia wikis as well.

seb26 (talk) 21:30, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

The "newer" version of EmbedVideo is not from the same author -- it's a re-write. We tested it and found it had some issues that made it not a good replacement. --JeffLane 21:10, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
The CategoryTree extension can be added.
--JeffLane 21:10, 10 August 2010 (UTC)
  • Using this extension, Page Notice, will allow us to better manage other language translation pages by automatically transcluding {{languages}} onto every page. seb26 (talk) 20:54, 6 August 2010 (UTC)
Seems reasonable. We'll look into this. --JeffLane 21:10, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Use of WebAPI

Through an extension such as External Data, we can make use of the Steam WebAPI. This will hopefully allow us to automate to a certain degree:

  • Some basic information on items/weapons
  • Loadout stats on items/weapons
  • Possible crafting information items/weapons
  • Backpack information for user pages

-- Pilk (talk) 21:59, 5 August 2010 (UTC)

We tested this. Unfortunately, the current version of the extension is too limited to make it at all useful for WebAPI queries. --JeffLane 21:16, 10 August 2010 (UTC)