This is a request for comments on both the patch and
the feature that are in Bug 626: Different new page
text for each namespace (enhancement) at:
http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=626
This patch creates new system messages to modify the
how the system message newarticletext is used.
Currently, newarticletext is for new pages in any
namespace, including talk, new catagory, new image
descriptions and so forth. This patch creates 8 new
page text variables:
newuserpagetext,
newwikipediapagetext,
newimagepagetext,
newmediawikitext,
newtemplatetext,
newhelppagetext,
newcategorytext,
newtalktext
so that custom messages can be created for each. This
allows the message that a user sees when creating a
new talk page to be different when creating a new
article and so on and so forth. I created this patch
initially when I saw the message:
Wikipedia does not yet have a Talk page called
Scarcity.
* To start the article, begin typing in the box
below. When you're done,
press the "Save page" button. Your changes will be
visible immediately.
* Please do not create an article to promote
yourself, a website, a product,
or a business (see Wikipedia:Policy).
* If you are new to Wikipedia, please read the
tutorial before creating your
first article, and only use the sandbox for editing
experiments.
* Search for Scarcity in Wikipedia
and I thought that the text was rather strange for
creating a discussion page. The text on en.wp has
since been improved, but as the system message is used
in practice (that is, a brief guide to creating new
pages), I believe it would be useful to have different
messages for different namespaces.
I request your comments on both the attached patch,
and on whether it would be useful to have seperate new
page texts for each namespace.
Josh Cogliati