Lingo

Using Wikitext syntax, you can create a glossary in your wiki (using the pre-installed extension Lingo). If a term appears on a wiki page, the definition is displayed via mouse hover.

Creating a Glossary

Name of the glossary page

By default, the glossary page in an English-language wiki is called "Terminology".

The page name can be verified using the system message MediaWiki:lingo-terminologypagename.

To create the glossary:

1. Create the "Terminology" page in the main namespace if it doesn't already exist.
2. Enter the term and the corresponding term definition in the page's source code.
3. Save the page.

Characteristics of a term:

• A term can display multiple definitions (see example AA)
• A term definition can contain further links (see example Travel Advisory)

;FTP
:File Transfer Protocol

;AAAAA
:American Association Against Acronym Abuse

;ACK
:Acknowledge
:Acklington railway station

;U.S.A.
;USA
:United States of America

Pull in more terminology from elsewhere:
{{:MoreTerminology}}

Hide glossary definition

If you don't want to display term definitions on a page, add the directive __NOGLOSSARY__ anywhere in the source code of this article.

In some cases, it may be necessary to exclude only parts of a page. This can be achieved by enclosing this part in an HTML element and specifying class="noglossary":

<span class="noglossary">No definition is displayed in this body text within a paragraph</span>

<div class="noglossary">No definition is displayed in this page section</div>

As an abbreviation for <span class="noglossary">, you can simply use the tag ‎<noglossary>:

<noglossary>No definition is displayed in this body text within a paragraph</noglossary>

Display as a table with table of contents as jump links

Glossary page of a German wiki in table format

To format the glossary as Table with links to the alphabetical entries:

1. Copy the following formatting instructions to the end of the MediaWiki:Common.css page and save the page:

   /*Format glossary as a table */
   
   #glossary h2 {font-size:1.4em; margin:0}
   #glossary dl {
   border: 1px solid #d8d8d9;
   display: grid;
   grid-template-columns: 200px 1fr;
   }
   
   #glossary dt,
   #glossary dd {
   border-bottom: 1px solid #aeaeae;
   padding: 8px;
   margin:0;
   }
   
   #glossary dt:last-of-type,
   #glossary dd:last-of-type {
   border-bottom: none;
   }
   
   #glossary dt{ 
   font-weight: bold; 
   grid column: 1;
   }
   
   #glossary dd { 
   border-left: 1px solid #aeaeae; 
   margin-left: 0; 
   grid column: 2;
   }
   
   /* Show TOC on the glossary page as jump links.*/
   
   .page glossary .tocnumber {display:none} /*hide numbering if set*/
   .page glossary .toctext {padding-left:10px;} /*adds left-padding if no numbers are shown*/
   .page glossary .toctitle {display:none} /*hide title if set*/
   .page glossary #toc {background:#efefef}
   .page glossary ul > li.toclevel-1 {display:inline-block}
   .page Glossary ul ul {display:none}
   .page glossary ul > li.toclevel-1:after {content:'|'; padding-left:10px}
   .page glossary ul > li.toclevel-1:last-child:after {content:''; padding-left:10px}
   .page-Glossary .toc {width:100%;}
   

2. Insert a <div id="glossary"> tag as a container in the source code of the ''Glossary'' page. This must be closed at the end of the page as </div>.
3. Insert the glossary entries between them.
4. Enter the corresponding letter as a heading at the beginning of each alphabetical section.
5. Set the Force Table of Contents setting in the page options.
6. Save the page.

The source code of the glossary page should ultimately look like this:

<div id="glossar">
== N ==

; Namespace
: Organizational principle in MediaWiki. Namespaces can be assigned individual permissions.

; NMV
: Neubaumietenverordnung

== R ==

; RSS
: Real Simple Syndication. Display protocol for news feeds.
</div>

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