[Foundation-l] [Wikitech-l] Implementing the Babel extension

Sat Jul 5 03:07:18 UTC 2008

On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 8:30 PM, Gerard Meijssen
<gerard.meijssen at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hoi.
> You are comparing apples with pears.
> Thanks,
>      GerardM
>
> On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 11:36 PM, mike.lifeguard <mike.lifeguard at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Something similar happened at Wikibooks. We want a way to count the number
>> of books we have (as opposed to pages), and to list them. So Ramac and
>> Pietrodn wrote http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AllBooks, which
>> solves that problem quite well. The solution was rejected because it solves
>> the wrong problem.
>>
>>
>>
>> The real problem is that the software has no way of knowing what a book is
>> -
>> that is, there is no thing in the database identifying books. That is the
>> real problem, and once we solve it, we can implement many other solutions
>> to
>> problems which stem from that (some thoughts at
>> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mike.lifeguard/Wish_list). As
>> disappointing as that is for the Wikibooks community (and especially the
>> developers), it was the right choice. We should not implement an extension
>> just because it was written - that is what has been proposed.
>>
>>
>>
>> Rejecting this solution is the correct course in this case because here too
>> the wrong problem is solved.
>>
>>
>>
>> Mike
>>
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Is it so hard to accept that some people _might_ not
be as head-over-heels for Babel as you and have
concerns? You've done nothing but put down every
single concern raised. Why even bother asking for
input if your response to criticism must remain so
childish?

-Chad