No templates availabe on page MediaWiki:Sci-template-definition

[kernie]

Setup and configuration

• SMW version: 2.5.5
• SCI version: 1.3.0
• MW version: 1.27.4
• DB (MySQL etc.): MySQL 5.7.22

Issue

After installation the page MediaWiki:Sci-template-definition does not contain the template entries as described in https://github.com/SemanticMediaWiki/SemanticCite/blob/master/docs/10-template-examples.md .

A passage such as {{#scite:Byrne 2008 |type=journal |author=Byrne, A |year=2008 |title=Web 2.0 strategies in libraries and information services |journal=The Australian Library Journal |volume=57 |number=4 |pages=365-376 }} leads to an error: "#scite could not render a citation text for reference "Byrne 2008" because type "journal" was not assigned to a template."

Any idea?

Thank you for your help! Maarten

[kghbln]

Did you add a type-template pair to "MediaWiki:Sci-template-definition" such as journal|SciteMLACitationFormatter as done here? Moreover you should not forget to create the respective template, too as done there.

This is not populated automatically.

See all the live examples

[kernie]

So it seems that simply my installation should have included the creation/edit of the of the Wiki pages as suggested where I thought that some general templates and definitions should have been there... Understood.

Now I tried to change the MediaWiki:Sci-template-definition page, but it is set to be read-only? Is there a namespace protection or so by default in place?

Thanks, Maarten

[kghbln]

So it seems that simply my installation should have included ...

Correct.

Now I tried to change the MediaWiki:Sci-template-definition page, but it is set to be read-only? Is there a namespace protection or so by default in place?

Indeed, you require the "editinterface" permission which is by default assigned to the "admin" user group.

[kernie]

Thank you! So problem solved...