On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 15:19:03 -0800 (PST), jjcogliati-wp(a)yahoo.com
<jjcogliati-wp(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
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
I haven't looked at the exact operation of your patch, but as stated
in bugzilla I support the idea of allowing these messages to be
configured independently. The only disadvantage I can see is that the
more messages there are, the more there is to translate, and the
harder it is for site administrators to keep track of customisation
(the more you *can* customise, the longer it takes to do so).
The only way to avoid that problem is to have some kind of
"transparent" messages, or just a switch, so that the old
one-size-fits-all message can be used by those who don't want to think
about the different namespaces. But as far as I'm aware, you can do
transclusions within MediaWiki messages (am I right?), so anyone
wanting to *merge* the messages can just use
{{MediaWiki:newarticletext}} for those they don't want to define.
This even gives the option of picking and choosing, so really obvious
distinctions, like starting a new *discussion* versus new *content*,
or *describing* a category versus *creating* an article, can be made
even if others aren't. [But maybe I *am* wrong about inclusions in
MediaWiki: messages...]
I know I'm in danger of restating my case once too often here, but I
thought this would be a reasonable context to work through some of the
possible concerns.
--
Rowan Collins BSc
[IMSoP]