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. [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
  • 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.
• 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.