Guild Wars 2 Wiki:Requests for technical administration/Additional semantic extensions

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Request for MediaWiki 1.19[edit]

Type
MediaWiki extensions
Reason for request
Enable additional extensions from the Semantic Bundle for additional functionality.
What else uses it
Many other gaming wikis, including GuildWiki, use different sets of these extensions
Possible pitfalls
Low risk of degraded performance; security of widgets
Extension Priority Details
Semantic Forms High Provides the #arraymap parser function, allowing us to assign multi-valued parameters in templates. This has many uses throughout the wiki.
In general, Semantic Forms provide a form-based interface to semantic templates that makes editing much simpler for new users. The form-based approach also provides some data validation functionality, which reduces the maintenance load on the rest of the community.
Semantic Forms Inputs Medium Provides additional input types and data validation for Semantic Forms.
Widgets Medium Allows creation of Widget: pages with raw HTML/JS code (restricted to sysops) that can be embedded into other pages like templates.
Semantic Result Formats Medium Enables additional output formats for SMW #ask queries. The most useful to us would be the math formats (especially max/min and sum), although I'm sure the community could come up with interesting ways to use some of the other formats.
Maps/Semantic Maps Medium Enables a map-based output format for displaying semantic coordinate data. This would allow us to build interactive maps of in-game features.
Semantic Drilldown Low Provides a hierarchical tree-based interface for browsing the wiki based on semantic data.