2021:Submissions/Global templates, component templates

Global templates, component templates

Building 5 · Saturday August 14 -->, 15:15 UTC

Session Notes (etherpad)

Speakers

Amir Aharoni, Adam Wight

Abstract

Wikitext templates began simply, but have taken on a life of their own. Although much of on-wiki life depends on them, only a small number of people are comfortable editing them.

We want to explore different ways to make templates easier to work with. A repository of Global templates would allow zero-effort reuse across languages and projects, like what Commons does for images. “Component” template syntax flips the relationship between logic and template, and provides a bundled format for dependencies and subtemplates.

Session Outcomes

• Template Styles is already available, and underutilized.
• Translatable Modules will make it easier to use Scribunto modules on multi-language wikis.
• Template Translation was the highest-ranked proposal voted on during the 2021 Community Wishlist Survey.
• Component Template resembles Vue and Web Components standards. The RFC is open for discussion and prototyping.

Resources

Slides for the Global templates presentation (text in English in Russian)

• Recording of talk (YouTube): Global templates, component templates
• Global templates links:
  • mw:Global templates
  • mw:Global templates/Status
  • mw:Global templates/Proposed specification, short version
• Slides for Global templates
• Slides for component templates
• Draft RFC for component templates

I'm planning to attend this session!

1. amadalvarez
2. Radioamatoro
3. Dollyrajupslp (talk) 18:21, 12 August 2021 (UTC)
4. --KuboF Hromoslav (talk) 01:35, 13 August 2021 (UTC)
5. Orlysi (talk) 05:44, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
6. Salgo60 (talk) 14:06, 14 August 2021 (UTC)
7. Pigsonthewing (talk)
8. I can't make it because it clashes with my own lecture, but would love to be informed of any follow up news from this discussion! Deryck Chan (talk) 16:48, 14 August 2021 (UTC)