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== Dynamic Page List =
This wiki uses a third-party extension [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:DynamicPageList3 DynamicPageList3] to allow the authors to create an automatically generated list of pages based on certain criteria. This is mainly utilised in the category synopses to create a list of pages that fall into these categories. You can see the extension in action on, for example, [[Virtual Reality Devices]] or [[Smartglasses]].
A dynamic list is created by including the code <code><nowiki><DPL>foo</DPL></nowiki></code>, in which the <code>foo</code> is a placeholder for additional parameters. To create a list of pages under a certain category, you need to replace the placeholder with <code>category=nameOfTheCategory</code>. The extension will now generate a list of ''all'' pages that are under the chosen category. The list can be further refined by adding more parameters, such as <code>sortkey=</code>, which allows for controlling the order in which the list is displayed. Full list of all available parameters can be found in the official documentation here: http://help.gamepedia.com/DPL:Manual#Parameters
An example of a dynamic list code that creates a list of all pages under the category of [[Speech Technologies]] and sorts them alphabetically:
<pre>
<DPL>
category=Speech Technologies
ordermethod=sortkey
</DPL>
</pre>
[[Category:Guides]]
