Help:Dynamic page list

DynamicPageList is a Mediawiki extension originally developed for Wikinews. It allows Memory Alpha users to create a list of pages that are listed in a set of categories. For more information see Dynamic Page List on MediaWiki.

Every page on Memory Alpha that invokes DPL links to a special "Extension DPL" template automatically.

Use
DynamicPageList can be used with -like syntax in the wiki edit view. The parameters control the pages to list, the display order, and the display mode. See the following sections for information on each parameter. For example, the following are the oldest five pages on Memory Alpha that need one or more citations:

category            = Memory Alpha pages needing citation count               = 5 order               = ascending addfirstcategorydate = true

category            = Memory Alpha pages needing citation count               = 5 order               = ascending addfirstcategorydate = true

Below are some commonly-used options and parameters. For a complete set of DynamicPageList commands, see the manual on the DPL website.

Page selection

 * category: lists categories from which to select articles. DynamicPageList will list pages that are found in every category listed on a separate category line (i.e. an AND operation). To perform an OR operation, separate categories with the pipe character ("|") on a single category line. A minimum and maximum number of entries to list is set in the extension's source code. You may use magic words like August in the category name.


 * The syntax is

This example will list pages that have Category:TOS performers OR  Category:TAS performers, AND  Category:ENT performers: category = TOS performers|TAS performers category = ENT performers

category = TOS performers|TAS performers category = ENT performers


 * notcategory: restricts the list of pages to those not in a particular category. You can use magic words like August in the category name.


 * The syntax is

This example will list pages that have Category:TAS performers but NOT  Category:TOS performers: category   = TAS performers notcategory = TOS performers

category   = TAS performers notcategory = TOS performers


 * namespace: restricts the list of pages displayed to those in one of the listed namespaces, specified by name (see the List of namespaces). To select the main namespace, use a null string as the namespace parameter (i.e. ). An invalid name produces an error message.
 * Note that namespace ids are no longer valid as namespace arguments.


 * The syntax is

category = Memory Alpha maintenance namespace = Template

category = Memory Alpha maintenance namespace = Template


 * redirects: determines whether or not to include redirect pages. The value can be exclude (default, don't list redirects), include (list redirects), or only (don't list pages that aren't redirects).

category = Nicknames redirects = only

category = Nicknames redirects = only


 * count: restricts the number of results that are shown. By default, the pages added to the category most recently are shown (see order). Note that the extension will not list more results than the maximum defined in the extension source code.

category = Performers count   = 3

category = Performers count   = 3

Details displayed

 * shownamespace: displays the namespace in the page names. The value can be true (default, display in name: Help:Contents) or false (don't display in name: Contents).

category     = Memory Alpha maintenance templates shownamespace = false

category     = Memory Alpha maintenance templates shownamespace = false


 * addfirstcategorydate: shows the date each article was added to category. The value can be true (display date) or false (default, don't display date). If many categories are specified, it uses the first category. The linked page names are prepended with the date formatted according to your date display preferences.

category            = Aquans addfirstcategorydate = true

category            = Aquans addfirstcategorydate = true


 * mode: determines the format of the list. The value can be unordered (default, outputs a bulleted list, HTML tag "ul"), ordered (outputs numbered list, HTML tag "ol"), none (outputs plain text with line breaks), or inline (outputs an inline list separated by the character(s) specified in the 'inlinetext' parameter).

unordered: category     = Constellations mode         = unordered

ordered: category     = Constellations mode         = ordered

plain text: category     = Constellations mode         = none

inline: category     = Constellations mode         = inline

unordered: category     = Constellations mode         = unordered

ordered: category     = Constellations mode         = ordered

plain text:

category     = Constellations mode         = none

inline:

category     = Constellations mode         = inline


 * inlinetext: defines the inline text separator to be used when  is specified. The default is &amp;nbsp;-&amp;nbsp;.

category     = Asteroids mode         = inline shownamespace = false inlinetext   = &amp;nbsp;&amp;bull;&amp;nbsp;

category     = Asteroids mode         = inline shownamespace = false inlinetext   =  &bull;

Order

 * ordermethod: determines the order and date to display. The value can be categoryadd (output sorted by date pages added to first category), counter (output sorted based on number of times pages have been viewed, i.e. ~popularity), size (output sorted based on size of articles), firstedit (output sorted by date pages were first edited, i.e. page creation), lastedit (output sorted by date pages were last edited), title (default, output sorted by article (prefix+)title) or titlewithoutnamespace (output sorted by article title regardless of namespace).

lastedit: category            = Ba'ku addfirstcategorydate = true ordermethod         = lastedit

categoryadd: category            = Ba'ku addfirstcategorydate = true ordermethod         = categoryadd

lastedit: category            = Ba'ku addfirstcategorydate = true ordermethod         = lastedit

categoryadd: category            = Ba'ku addfirstcategorydate = true ordermethod         = categoryadd


 * order: decides the sort direction. The value can be descending (default, most recent to oldest) or ascending (oldest to most recent).

category = Ba'ku order     = ascending

category = Ba'ku order     = ascending