wiki-list-formatter

Formats lists of items for MediaWiki wikis.

Please note that this presumes the heading is "Primary". this worked for a specific purpose. you may need to customize it for your specific needs.

WikiFun Formatter

A simple Python script that transforms plain text outlines into MediaWiki-formatted markup.

📄 What It Does

This script processes a .txt file containing outline-style lists (like "Primary 1", "Primary 2", etc.) and:

Converts each section heading like Primary 1 into a MediaWiki section header (== Primary 1 ==)
Converts each item under that heading into a bullet point using MediaWiki link syntax:
```
* [[Item listed]]
```
Capitalizes only the first word of each item (lowercases the rest) for consistent wiki formatting

The output is written to a file called result.txt.

🧾 Example Input (`list.txt`)

List 1
Item Listed
Another Item Listed

Item
Even Another Item

List 2
Item Listed
Another Item Listed
Item
Even Another Item

List 3
Item Listed
Another Item Listed
Item
Even Another Item

📤 Example Output (`result.txt`)

== List 1 ==
* [[Item listed]]
* [[Another item listed]]
* [[Item]]
* [[Even another item]]

== List 2 ==
* [[Item listed]]
* [[Another item listed]]
* [[Item]]
* [[Even another item]]

== List 3 ==
* [[Item listed]]
* [[Another item listed]]
* [[Item]]
* [[Even another item]]

⚙️ How to Use

Make sure you have Python installed.
Copy and paste the wikifun.py script into a .py file on your computer.
Create a list.txt file with your content (like in the example above).
Open a terminal or command prompt and run the script:

python wikifun.py list.txt

The output will be saved as result.txt in the same folder.

🪶 Notes

This script doesn’t require any external libraries.
It’s perfect for creating quick MediaWiki pages from structured lists.
You can manually copy and paste the script and sample input — no need to clone or pull the repository.

MichaelTen/wiki-list-formatter