On 16/11/06, Magnus Manske <magnusmanske(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
Nice. And then what? Does a single wrong answer mean I
can't upload to
the commons, ever? Or can I retry the question (in which case even
monkeys could pass it;-)?
No, no. You retry the question. Of course monkeys can pass it. It is
just a basic "be aware of this fact before uploading" thing.
It's pretty obvious that displaying notices doesn't work. Even big red
warnings don't work. But a quiz is interactive and given how simple
the questions are, will almost certainly engage the user. In fact
thinking about this quiz will likely be a faster way to get through it
than donkey-voting. :)
If it's not a requirement but a "fun
suggestion", it could go to an
external web site (toolserver!), which would avoid putting a quiz mode
into MediaWiki ;-)
That would be fine, but then how would it be tied with the requirement
of completing the quiz before successfully registering/uploading? I
figured that would only be possible if it was actually integrated into
MediaWiki. If I'm wrong on that point, please correct me.
OTOH, that could be a cool extension. Think
determining something
based on a series on yes-no decisions - this is how you can identify
plants (using a book) or the car that matches you best (a German
newspaper does that every odd year or so). It could work with
specially prepared wiki pages. Oh, if I only had more time to code...
Yes, it would be a very cool extension, and I can see it being
extraordinarily useful for Wikibooks, for example. (well with multiple
choice, write-in answers would be nifty too)
There is this -
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Quizzes - which is
kinda waiting to be turned into a proper extension, I think.
cheers,
Brianna