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Purpose edit

The script adds a Subpages option after the Talk button on the page menu.

Articles in the main namespace cannot have sub-pages, so the option is not displayed for articles. (This is not quite true, there are some sub-pages in article space, but they tend to be old.)

Use edit

The new menu option jumps to the special page that lists sub-pages.

Prerequisites edit

None.

Installing edit

Add the following line to your common.js file.

{{subst:Lusc|User:GhostInTheMachine/SubPages.js}}

Alternatives edit

Seems that this is almost the "Hello World!" script ...

From Wikipedia:Subpages#Notes — Add a subpages link to the sidebar Tools menu:

mw.util.addPortletLink ('p-tb', wgServer+wgArticlePath.replace("$1", "Special:PrefixIndex/"+mw.config.values.wgPageName+"/"), 'Subpages');

Possible improvements edit

  • Do not display the button for category pages or files
  • Always test for subpages and then only display the button if there are some
  • Resolve the burning question of "subpages" vs. "sub-pages".

See also edit