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==KB Wishlist== | ==KB Wishlist== | ||
* | *Redirects | ||
* | **<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 | ||
* | **** 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 | *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=== | ||
*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
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:GooglesearchCaveat: searches all namespaces, including user and talk pages. Bad thing?
- Three-character works should be searchable (SSL, "pop" in pop-up, tab, etc.)
- 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" [5]
- Re-use main site/forum logins.
- Turn on account creation again, with some sort of bot-stopper like a captcha or something
- 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.