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Language switching
An interwiki language switch link is created by prefixing a page title with en:, de: or fr: in a regular link and placing it anywhere within the markup of a content page, resulting in the language switch appearing in the left column of the page in Desktop view while at the end of the page in Mobile view.
Examples:
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[[fr:Cholestéatome]]on Cholesteatoma leads to www.dr-pere.fr/entopedia/Cholestéatome.
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[[en:Cholesteatoma]]on www.dr-pere.fr/entopedia/Cholestéatome leads to Cholesteatoma.
Multi column lists
The Div col markup is used to create a multi-column list that automatically adjust its number of columns depending on screen widths.
Example:
{{Div col|colwidth=10em|rules=yes|gap=2em}}
* a
* b
* c
* d
* e
* f
* g
* h
{{Div col end}}
Result:
- a
- b
- c
- d
- e
- f
- g
- h
More at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Div_col
HTML5video
Examples:
<HTML5video width="520" height="320" autoplay="false" loop="false">dragonfly</HTML5video>
<HTML5video type="youtube" width="400" height="300" autoplay="false">CBqevebIAME</HTML5video>
RSS
An RSS feed can be included on a page by the following syntax:
<rss max=4 highlight="BBC">https://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml</rss>
- 'It was surreal': British couple describe having warning shots fired near them by Russian warship
- The retired couple tell BBC Newsnight they tried to show the warship they had changed course in the English Channel before the shots were fired.
- 2026-06-17 00:25:39
- Streeting says he would be prepared to trigger leadership contest as early as next week
- But the former health secretary told BBC Newsnight he would prefer for the prime minister “to take a decision on his own terms”.
- 2026-06-17 01:43:56
- Social media has risks but has given us opportunities too, teen influencers say
- Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the ban will give children more time, security and freedom to grow up. But how do under-16s feel?
- 2026-06-16 23:23:01
- Watch: Why is Trump furious with Netanyahu over strikes on Lebanon?
- The BBC's Tom Bateman looks at the US president's reaction to what he called "vicious" strikes.
- 2026-06-16 21:32:24
Google News feeds are a bit more tricky, as the summaries parts render HTML tags instead of descriptions. These descriptions can be removed by specifying a Google-feed template in the RSS tag:
<rss max=4 template="Google-feed">https://news.google.com/news?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&as_scoring=r&as_maxm=20&q=allintitle%3A+munich&as_qdr=a&as_drrb=q&as_mind=26&as_minm=9&cf=all&as_maxd=26&output=rss</rss>
Failed to load RSS feed from https://news.google.com/news?pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&as_scoring=r&as_maxm=20&q=allintitle%3A+munich&as_qdr=a&as_drrb=q&as_mind=26&as_minm=9&cf=all&as_maxd=26&output=rss: Error parsing XML for RSS
For brevity the above feeds are set to maximum 4 articles by:
max=4
Configure as required. More details of configuration options at at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:RSS
Image galleries
Lightbox style galleries of uploaded images can easily be created using the <gallery>...</gallery> markup:
Example:
<gallery> 20160610_124100_DSC04914.jpg 20160610_124123_DSC04915.jpg 20160610_124129_DSC04916.jpg 20160610_124141_DSC04917.jpg 20160610_124154_DSC04918.jpg 20160610_124541_DSC04920.jpg </gallery>
Result:
More photos at https://www.dr-pere.com/entopedia/Photos
Random image
A random image from the images uploaded on this server can be generated by the markup:
<randomimage float="left"></randomimage>
Result:
For more configuration options and parameters, see https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:RandomImage#Usage
Additional information/links
Consult the User's Guide for information on using the wiki software.
