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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. mediawiki/lingo ActiveMediawiki-extension[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) mediawiki/lingo =============== Provides hover-over tool tips on wiki pages from terms defined on a wiki page 3.3.0(6mo ago)675.1k↑1083.3%51GPL-2.0-or-laterJavaScript Since Mar 3Pushed 2w ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-Lingo)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/mediawiki/lingo)[ Docs](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Lingo)[ RSS](/packages/mediawiki-lingo/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced yesterday READMEChangelogDependencies (6)Versions (41)Used By (1) Lingo ===== [](#lingo) [![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7250dfd199e475072164ec8d7e8785c62848d3fa5719e8de7ad22a9f6c480f29/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f77696b696d656469612f6d6564696177696b692d657874656e73696f6e732d4c696e676f2e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-Lingo/builds)[![Code Coverage](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/03669148440ef2e720c7c086f615e0f22b1edb0a28e6543f1689d56cafdf6ad4/68747470733a2f2f7363727574696e697a65722d63692e636f6d2f672f77696b696d656469612f6d6564696177696b692d657874656e73696f6e732d4c696e676f2f6261646765732f636f7665726167652e706e673f623d6d6173746572)](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-Lingo/?branch=master)[![Code Quality](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/52884bff22118ff6f48859b7f94048090b75e6d177224cb79fd7747060804b0f/68747470733a2f2f7363727574696e697a65722d63692e636f6d2f672f77696b696d656469612f6d6564696177696b692d657874656e73696f6e732d4c696e676f2f6261646765732f7175616c6974792d73636f72652e706e673f623d6d6173746572)](https://scrutinizer-ci.com/g/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-Lingo/?branch=master)[![Dependency Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/5261b1548661e01a644cd6c5207fba7922a93ac1e7723dde59873804519e703a/68747470733a2f2f7777772e76657273696f6e6579652e636f6d2f7068702f6d6564696177696b693a6c696e676f2f62616467652e706e67)](https://www.versioneye.com/php/mediawiki:lingo)[![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/44dba318b2c214c7bad1fd0b91281a909892de4b5d63236ce91aa52ad359de2d/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6d6564696177696b692f6c696e676f2f76657273696f6e2e706e67)](https://packagist.org/packages/mediawiki/lingo)[![Packagist download count](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c753a498feaddf0f0ee083193e9a00b06b2c5febb5d97706380b0f14adfb112e/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f6d6564696177696b692f6c696e676f2f642f746f74616c2e706e67)](https://packagist.org/packages/mediawiki/lingo) Lingo is a glossary extension to MediaWiki, that lets you define abbreviations and their definitions on a wiki page. It displays these definitions whenever an abbreviation is hovered over in an article. See for online documentation. Installation & Activation ----------------------------- [](#installation--activation) The recommended way to install this extension is by using [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/). 1. Add the following to the MediaWiki `composer.local.json` file ``` { "require": { "mediawiki/lingo": "^3.0" } } ``` 2. Run `php composer.phar update mediawiki/lingo` from the MediaWiki installation directory. 3. Add the following code to your LocalSettings.php: ``` wfLoadExtension('Lingo'); ``` Updating -------- [](#updating) Run `php composer.phar update mediawiki/lingo` from the MediaWiki installation directory. Customization ------------- [](#customization) Add the following to `LocalSettings.php` and uncomment/modify as needed: ``` $wgHooks['SetupAfterCache'][] = function() { // specify a different name for the terminology page (Default: 'Terminology' (or localised version). See MediaWiki:Lingo-terminologypagename.) //$GLOBALS['wgexLingoPage'] = 'Terminology'; // specify that each term should be annotated only once per page (Default: false) //$GLOBALS['wgexLingoDisplayOnce'] = false; // specify what namespaces should or should not be used (Default: Empty, i.e. use all namespaces) //$GLOBALS['wgexLingoUseNamespaces'][NS_SPECIAL] = false; // set default cache type (Default: null, i.e. use main cache) //$GLOBALS['wgexLingoCacheType'] = CACHE_NONE; // use ApprovedRevs extension on the Terminology page (Default: false) //$GLOBALS['wgexLingoEnableApprovedRevs'] = true; }; ``` Usage ----- [](#usage) By default Lingo will mark up any page that is not in a forbidden namespace. To exclude a page from markup you can include **NOGLOSSARY** anywhere in the article. In some cases it may be necessary to exclude portions of a page, e.g. because Lingo interferes with some JavaScript. This can be achieved by wrapping the part in an HTML element (e.g. a span or a div) and specify class="noglossary". ### Terminology page [](#terminology-page) Create the page "Terminology" (no namespace), and insert some entries using the following syntax: ;FTP:File Transport Protocol ;AAAAA:American Association Against Acronym Abuse ;ACK:Acknowledge ;AFAIK:As Far As I Know ;AWGTHTGTATA:Are We Going To Have To Go Through All This Again ;HTTP:HyperText Transfer Protocol Running tests ------------- [](#running-tests) From the `Lingo` directory run ``` php ../../tests/phpunit/phpunit.php --group extensions-lingo -c phpunit.xml.dist ``` Reporting bugs -------------- [](#reporting-bugs) Comments, questions and suggestions should be sent or posted to: - the Lingo discussion page: [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension\_talk:Lingo](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:Lingo) - the maintainer: Credits ------- [](#credits) Lingo is a rewrite of Extension:Terminology, written by BarkerJr with modifications by Benjamin Kahn. It was originally written by Barry Coughlan and is currently maintained by Stephan Gambke. License ------- [](#license) [GNU General Public License 2.0](https://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html) or later. ### Health Score 59 — FairBetter than 98% of packages Maintenance84 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity37 Limited adoption so far Community30 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity75 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor2 2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. 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