User:Np

KB Wishlist

• Redirects
  • Cross-namespace redirects, ie: redirect from an article to a category

    A problem with 1.5.x (we run 1.5.7), presumably fixed in 1.6 and later [1]

  • External redirects, like devmo has.
• Searching
  • Three-character works should be searchable (SSL, "pop" in pop-up, tab, etc.)

    [2] and set $wgDBminWordLen to 3 in LocalSettings.php

  • Sort by relevance, not by popularity
  • Perhaps use Google search?

    Caveat: searches all namespaces, including user and talk pages. Bad thing?

• Logging in
  • Turn on account creation again, with some sort of bot-stopper like a captcha or something

    In 1.6, "Support for a captcha extension to restrict automated spam edits: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ConfirmEdit_extension" [3]

  • Re-use main site/forum logins.
• Content
  • Image uploading for screenshots

    Likely just a configuration kerz turned off. Limiting it to a certain size and only images is OK.

• Formatting
  • The ability to list categories at the top of the article, so we don't need {{upto}}

KB things I hate

Words

• Utilize

Phrases

• It's been reported
• Note:

Formatting

• Using headers at the wrong level
• Too much indenting in discussions (only indent if you're actually replying to the comments above!)
• Not enough indenting in discussions (always indent if you're replynig to the comments above!)
• Intro or Background sections
• Italicized intros

Other

• Giving multiple solutions when one is sufficient
• Not leaving your signature in discussions
• Dev articles (move to devmo!)
• Probably a whole lot more
• Calling me NP

KB things I like

• Short, concise articles
• Semantic categorization
• Pref articles
• In-house style
• Firefox hangs/crashes, Error loading some/any websites.