User:Microchip08/topiccat

Microchip08 (talk · contribs) made a tool that might be useful, which tries to generate {{topic cat}} markup using Wikidata. It is available on Tool Labs at https://tools.wmflabs.org/mc8/topiccat/. Javascript is required.

Usage[edit]

To start, type the name of a category (or rather, the name of the matching English Wikipedia page of the category) into the big box at the top. Then hit Enter.
If the lookup was unsuccessful, [Not found] will appear on the screen. Please check your spelling.
If the lookup was successful, Wikidata information should appear fairly quickly.
The raw information from Wikidata can be accessed by clicking the link in the top right corner of the screen.
A (normally terse) description of the subject should appear under the text box. If there isn't one, you are requested to click the edit button that should otherwise appear, and add a description to Wikidata yourself.

The three "intro", "image" and "caption" fields will try and autocomplete for you.
You should check whether these introductions are apt for Wikinews, and alter them accordingly.
You can see a preview of how the current introduction works with the category name at the bottom.
Take care to ensure that you replace the indefinite article (a/an) with the definite (the) if required.

The nine checkboxes determine whether to render inter-project wikilinks in the template.
You can toggle each checkbox on or off accordingly.
The tool will attempt to automatically determine the projects that have an appropriate link, and select those checkboxes for you (and deselect those that do not).
The tool will also attempt to figure out the correct project pages to link to, and will modify the template accordingly (e.g. s:Author:Cory Doctorow instead of s:Cpry Doctorow).
The tool automatically replaces instances of the category name with {{CURRENTNAME}} for easier administration (e.g. when moving categories)