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==KB Wishlist==
==KB Wishlist==
*Image uploading
*Redirects
*The ability to list categories at the top of the article
**<strike>Cross-namespace redirects, ie: redirect from an article to a category
*Cross-namespace redirects
**: A problem with 1.5.x (we run 1.5.7), presumably fixed in 1.6 and later [http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=710]</strike>
*External redirects
**External redirects, like devmo has. [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=305760]
*Three-character works should be searchable
*** What do these do?  -kerz
*Search should not suck
**** Lets you redirect to pages outside of the knowledge base. Instead of showing the user a page like [http://kb.mozillazine.org/JavaScript_Console], it would just go there.--[[User:Np|Np]] 20:44, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
*<strike>Searching
**Three-character works should be searchable (SSL, "pop" in pop-up, tab, etc.)
**:[http://greyduck.net/greywiki/MediaWiki#TLA_search_enabling] and set $wgDBminWordLen to 3 in LocalSettings.php
**Sort by relevance, not by popularity
**Perhaps use Google search? [[MediaWiki:Googlesearch]]
**:Caveat: searches all namespaces, including user and talk pages. Bad thing?</strike>
*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" [http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/tags/REL1_6_0/phase3/RELEASE-NOTES]
**Re-use main site/forum logins.
*Content
**<strike>Image uploading for screenshots
**:Likely just a configuration kerz turned off. Limiting it to a certain size and only images is OK.
** I turned this on - kerz</strike>
*Formatting
**The ability to list categories at the top of the article, so we don't need <nowiki>{{upto}}</nowiki>


==KB things I hate==
==KB things I hate==
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*Using headers at the wrong level
*Using headers at the wrong level
*Too much indenting in discussions (only indent if you're actually replying to the comments above!)
*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!)
*Not enough indenting in discussions (always indent if you're replying to the comments above!)
*Intro or Background sections
*Intro or Background sections
*Italicized intros
*Italicized intros
===Being complicated for no reason===
To solve this problem, do one of two things:
====Method 1====
Press a button.
====Method 2====
Using a hex editor...
===Other===
===Other===
*Giving multiple solutions when one is sufficient
*Not leaving your signature in discussions
*Not leaving your signature in discussions
*Dev articles (move to devmo!)
*Dev articles (move to devmo!)

Latest revision as of 14:38, 18 May 2007

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. [2]
      • What do these do? -kerz
        • Lets you redirect to pages outside of the knowledge base. Instead of showing the user a page like [3], it would just go there.--Np 20:44, 20 December 2006 (UTC)
  • Searching
    • Three-character works should be searchable (SSL, "pop" in pop-up, tab, etc.)
      [4] and set $wgDBminWordLen to 3 in LocalSettings.php
    • Sort by relevance, not by popularity
    • Perhaps use Google search? MediaWiki:Googlesearch
      Caveat: searches all namespaces, including user and talk pages. Bad thing?
  • Logging in
  • Content
    • Image uploading for screenshots
      Likely just a configuration kerz turned off. Limiting it to a certain size and only images is OK.
    • I turned this on - kerz
  • 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 replying to the comments above!)
  • Intro or Background sections
  • Italicized intros

Being complicated for no reason

To solve this problem, do one of two things:

Method 1

Press a button.

Method 2

Using a hex editor...

Other

  • 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.