[Mediawiki-l] Children don't understand the Discussion tab

[Wikimini]

Thank you for your answer Daniel.
I've just installed the ParserFunctions extension. But I have the same
question as Martin. Does anyone know in which page this line has to be
added?

Thank you.

Laurent


2008/10/15 Daniel Friesen <dan_the_man at telus.net>

> If you have ParserFunctions installed you could try doing something like:
>
> {{#ifeq:{{NAMESPACE}}|{{ns:4}}|Talk to {{PAGENAME}}|Talk about
> {{PAGEAME}}}}
>
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>
> Wikimini wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > First, sorry for my poor english. I hope you will understand our problem.
> >
> > I'm running a wiki for young children. Most of them don't understand the
> > exact meaning (or function) of the "Discussion" tab.
> >
> >
> > # PROBLEM :
> >
> > Actually their problem seems to be the following :
> >
> > The "Discussion" tab has two VERY different functions:
> >
> > 1) When it appears on an article (or another page) :
> >
> > FUNCTION = TALK ABOUT THE PAGE/ARTICLE
> >
> > 2) When it appears on a user page :
> >
> > FUNCTION = TALK TO THE USER
> >
> > The problem is that the message in the "Discussion" tab is always the
> same
> > regardless of the type of page which is displayed. This message is the
> > following one (in MessagesEn.php) :
> >
> >  'talk'  => 'Discussion',
> >
> > My first attempt was to change it to something more explicit:
> >
> >  'talk'  => 'Discussion about this page',
> >
> > This appears to be of little help on "article" pages, but has brought
> more
> > confusion on "user" pages.
> >
> >
> > # BETTER SOLUTION
> >
> > I would like to show a different message in the "Discussion" tab based on
> > the type of page :
> >
> > 1) On an article (or another page), the message should be :
> >
> > 'talk'  => 'Discussion about this page', (ok, this is easy, i change it
> in
> > the MessagesXX.php file)
> >
> > 2) On a user page, the message should be different :
> >
> > 'talkuser'  => 'Talk to this user', (for example)
> >
> > I'm not sure but I think I will have to change something in the
> > SkinTemplate.php file (lines 667-672) :
> >
> > $content_actions['talk'] = $this->tabAction(
> > $talkpage,
> > 'talk',
> > $this->mTitle->isTalkPage() && !$prevent_active_tabs,
> > '',
> > true);
> >
> > *If someone could help me* find what should be added exactly I would be
> > extremely grateful. This problem is really frustrating for the children
> who
> > don't understand how they can talk to another user.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Laurent
> >
>
>
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