Evans, Richard K. (GRC-H000)
2025-Dec-30 18:11 UTC
[R] [EXTERNAL] [BULK] Re: R integration for MediaWiki
Hi Spencer, Thanks for the quick reply. Iiuc, what you are describing is the ability to document R code in MediaWiki pages with R specific syntax highlighting. This is provided by MediWiki's "SyntaxHighlight" extension, which provides that language specific syntax highlighting for many different programing languages, including R. What I'm looking for, and info on anything people might still be using to do what the MediaWiki R Extension did way back when it was available. Specifically, it actually processed R code when the page is saved and delivered a limited type of output (presumably a single plot output) back to the wiki for viewing. /Rich -----Original Message----- From: Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2025 9:09 AM To: Evans, Richard K. (GRC-H000) <richard.k.evans at nasa.gov>; r-help at r-project.org Subject: [EXTERNAL] [BULK] Re: [R] R integration for MediaWiki CAUTION: This email originated from outside of NASA. Please take care when clicking links or opening attachments. Use the "Report Message" button to report suspicious messages to the NASA SOC. Hi, Rich: I have NOT used that, but I have R Markdown code in appendices to article on Wikiversity under "Category:R Markdown vignettes".[1] In addition to ending with "[[Category:R Markdown vignettes]]", I set all code from vignettes between "<syntaxhighlight lang="text">" and "</syntaxhighlight>". I do not know if this is of interest to you or anyone else. Best Wishes, Spencer Graves p.s. I am actively developing "MaddisonData" and "WID" packages on GitHub,[2] which facilitate analysis of data from the Maddison Data Project and the World Inequality Database. I am NOT and economist and could use collaborators who could help get articles using these packages published in appropriate refereed academic journals, in exchange for joint authorship, of course. [1] Wikiversity, "Category:R Markdown vignettes": https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Category:R_Markdown_vignettes [2] I'm "sbgraves237" on GitHub: https://github.com/sbgraves237 I'm especially interested in collaborators for "MaddisonData": https://github.com/sbgraves237/MaddisonData and "WID": https://github.com/sbgraves237/WID On 12/30/25 07:13, Evans, Richard K. (GRC-H000) via R-help wrote:> Hello, > I am interested in finding out if there re any active projects that provide R integration to MediaWiki. From 2006 to 2016 there was an extension for MediaWiki called "R". > > Ref: > https://www/. > mediawiki.org%2Fw%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DExtension%3AR%26oldid%3D438498 > 8&data=05%7C02%7Crichard.k.evans%40nasa.gov%7Cf1b1a608cffd436563ff08de > 47acfc67%7C7005d45845be48ae8140d43da96dd17b%7C0%7C0%7C6390270054727557 > 89%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCI > sIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=% > 2BMJLPhrGBqIRO4OBQcBNTQEaTL1mdS4ouEuuGvOPAmM%3D&reserved=0 > > If anyone is still using this extension or knows of something similar. Please let me know. > > Thank you, > /Rich > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat/ > .ethz.ch%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fr-help&data=05%7C02%7Crichard.k.evans% > 40nasa.gov%7Cf1b1a608cffd436563ff08de47acfc67%7C7005d45845be48ae8140d4 > 3da96dd17b%7C0%7C0%7C639027005472775419%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbX > B0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIs > IldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=1aX58RPhCikYMIAoQwnIFgH3wtLvuZxKVs > %2FOwLlreH4%3D&reserved=0 PLEASE do read the posting guide > https://www/. > r-project.org%2Fposting-guide.html&data=05%7C02%7Crichard.k.evans%40na > sa.gov%7Cf1b1a608cffd436563ff08de47acfc67%7C7005d45845be48ae8140d43da9 > 6dd17b%7C0%7C0%7C639027005472793342%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU > 1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldU > IjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=4Kyv8a4a%2BFUod4738p6OBHZ3zhnMADONQHHe > 0xxHYxo%3D&reserved=0 and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, > reproducible code.
Spencer Graves
2025-Dec-30 18:22 UTC
[R] [EXTERNAL] [BULK] Re: R integration for MediaWiki
Hi, Rich: I would not recommend automatically updated plots in Wikipedia without an intermediate human check, though you might do it for, e.g., a corporate Wiki that uses the MediaWiki software. However, you should be able to git clone https://github.com/sigbertklinke/R Then create your own version to do what you want and offer it as a replacement for "https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Extension:R&oldid=4384988". Of course, if you are the only user, you may not want to invest the time required to do that. sg On 12/30/25 12:11, Evans, Richard K. (GRC-H000) wrote:> Hi Spencer, > > Thanks for the quick reply. Iiuc, what you are describing is the ability to document R code in MediaWiki pages with R specific syntax highlighting. This is provided by MediWiki's "SyntaxHighlight" extension, which provides that language specific syntax highlighting for many different programing languages, including R. > > What I'm looking for, and info on anything people might still be using to do what the MediaWiki R Extension did way back when it was available. Specifically, it actually processed R code when the page is saved and delivered a limited type of output (presumably a single plot output) back to the wiki for viewing. > > /Rich > > -----Original Message----- > From: Spencer Graves <spencer.graves at effectivedefense.org> > Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2025 9:09 AM > To: Evans, Richard K. (GRC-H000) <richard.k.evans at nasa.gov>; r-help at r-project.org > Subject: [EXTERNAL] [BULK] Re: [R] R integration for MediaWiki > > CAUTION: This email originated from outside of NASA. Please take care when clicking links or opening attachments. Use the "Report Message" button to report suspicious messages to the NASA SOC. > > > > > Hi, Rich: > > > I have NOT used that, but I have R Markdown code in appendices to article on Wikiversity under "Category:R Markdown vignettes".[1] In addition to ending with "[[Category:R Markdown vignettes]]", I set all code from vignettes between "<syntaxhighlight lang="text">" and "</syntaxhighlight>". > > > I do not know if this is of interest to you or anyone else. > > > Best Wishes, Spencer Graves > > > p.s. I am actively developing "MaddisonData" and "WID" packages on GitHub,[2] which facilitate analysis of data from the Maddison Data Project and the World Inequality Database. I am NOT and economist and could use collaborators who could help get articles using these packages published in appropriate refereed academic journals, in exchange for joint authorship, of course. > > > [1] Wikiversity, "Category:R Markdown vignettes": > > > https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Category:R_Markdown_vignettes > > > [2] I'm "sbgraves237" on GitHub: > > > https://github.com/sbgraves237 > > > I'm especially interested in collaborators for "MaddisonData": > > > https://github.com/sbgraves237/MaddisonData > > > and "WID": > > > https://github.com/sbgraves237/WID > > > On 12/30/25 07:13, Evans, Richard K. (GRC-H000) via R-help wrote: >> Hello, >> I am interested in finding out if there re any active projects that provide R integration to MediaWiki. From 2006 to 2016 there was an extension for MediaWiki called "R". >> >> Ref: >> https://www/. >> mediawiki.org%2Fw%2Findex.php%3Ftitle%3DExtension%3AR%26oldid%3D438498 >> 8&data=05%7C02%7Crichard.k.evans%40nasa.gov%7Cf1b1a608cffd436563ff08de >> 47acfc67%7C7005d45845be48ae8140d43da96dd17b%7C0%7C0%7C6390270054727557 >> 89%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCI >> sIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=% >> 2BMJLPhrGBqIRO4OBQcBNTQEaTL1mdS4ouEuuGvOPAmM%3D&reserved=0 >> >> If anyone is still using this extension or knows of something similar. Please let me know. >> >> Thank you, >> /Rich >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see >> https://stat/ >> .ethz.ch%2Fmailman%2Flistinfo%2Fr-help&data=05%7C02%7Crichard.k.evans% >> 40nasa.gov%7Cf1b1a608cffd436563ff08de47acfc67%7C7005d45845be48ae8140d4 >> 3da96dd17b%7C0%7C0%7C639027005472775419%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbX >> B0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIs >> IldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=1aX58RPhCikYMIAoQwnIFgH3wtLvuZxKVs >> %2FOwLlreH4%3D&reserved=0 PLEASE do read the posting guide >> https://www/. >> r-project.org%2Fposting-guide.html&data=05%7C02%7Crichard.k.evans%40na >> sa.gov%7Cf1b1a608cffd436563ff08de47acfc67%7C7005d45845be48ae8140d43da9 >> 6dd17b%7C0%7C0%7C639027005472793342%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU >> 1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldU >> IjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=4Kyv8a4a%2BFUod4738p6OBHZ3zhnMADONQHHe >> 0xxHYxo%3D&reserved=0 and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, >> reproducible code. >