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This wiki is heavily subpage-oriented.

This wiki is heavily subpage-oriented.

It's a waste of effort to manually maintain a list of links to subpages, e.g. on the [[BugSquad/Meetings/Minutes]] page.

It's a waste of effort to manually maintain a list of links to subpages, e.g. on the [[BugSquad/Meetings/Minutes]] page.

Instead, you could use the [[mediawiki:Extension:SubPageList3]] extension to generate lists of subpages.  I think  

Instead, you could use the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SubPageList3 SubPageList3 extension] to generate lists of subpages.  I think  

   <nowiki><splist  

   <nowiki><splist  

     kidsonly=yes

     kidsonly=yes

     showpath=full

     showpath=full

   />

   /></nowiki>

would make that page dynamically list

would make that page dynamically list

* BugSquad/Meetings/Minutes/2009-02-12

* [[BugSquad/Meetings/Minutes/2009-02-12]]

* BugSquad/Meetings/Minutes/2008-12-17

* [[BugSquad/Meetings/Minutes/2008-12-17]]

* BugSquad/Meetings/Minutes/2008-12-10

* [[BugSquad/Meetings/Minutes/2008-12-10]]

Disclaimer: I've not used this extension, but it sounds great :)

Disclaimer: I've not used this extension, but it sounds great :)

So maybe SubPageList3 should be installed.

So maybe SubPageList3 should be installed.

An alternative that doesn't require an extension is discussed on [[mediawiki:Talk:Extension:SubPageList3|SubPageList3''s talk page]]: use the [[Special:Prefindex]] feature by transcluding

An alternative that doesn't require an extension is discussed on [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:SubPageList3 SubPageList3's talk page]: use the [[Special:Prefixindex]] feature by transcluding

'''<nowiki>{{Special:Prefixindex/{{FULLPAGENAME}}/}}</nowiki>'''.

  <nowiki>{{Special:Prefixindex/{{FULLPAGENAME}}/}}</nowiki>

Let's try it for [[BugSquad/Meetings/Minutes]]:

Let's try it for [[BugSquad/Meetings/Minutes]]:

{{Special:Prefixindex/BugSquad/Meetings/Minutes/}}

{{Special:Prefixindex/BugSquad/Meetings/Minutes/}}

Seems to work, though as a result this page is now mis-categorized in those pages' categories.

This seems to work, though as a result this page is now mis-categorized in those pages' categories.

-- [[User:Skierpage|Skierpage]] 04:31, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

-- [[User:Skierpage|Skierpage]] 04:31, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

By the way, Semantic MediaWiki cannot run a query "show me all subpages of BugSquad/Meetings/Minutes", you'd have to put

By the way, Semantic MediaWiki cannot run a query "show me all subpages of BugSquad/Meetings/Minutes", you'd have to put

   [[Category:BugSquad]][[Category:Meeting minutes]]

   [[Category:BugSquad]][[Category:Meeting minutes]]

in each and query for those.  You should probably categorize subpages anyway, as [[WikiTeam/WikiGuide/PageCreation]] recommends. -- [[User:Skierpage|Skierpage]] 04:31, 22 February 2009 (UTC)

in each and query for those.  You should probably categorize subpages anyway, as [[Wiki Team/Guide/Page Creation]] recommends. -- [[User:Skierpage|Skierpage]] 04:31, 22 February 2009 (UTC)