We use the term "tool" a lot in our community, usually to refer to projects hosted on Toolforge (and before that, Tool Labs, and before that, the Toolserver). But what is a tool?
On Meta I've crafted a preliminary definition based on my own understanding.[0] Let me know if it's consistent with your understanding. If not, feel free to recommend changes. (I'd be very curious to see if other definitions exist!)
Thank you, James Hare
[0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tools
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That seems like a good description to me.
On Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 03:04 James Hare jhare@wikimedia.org wrote:
We use the term "tool" a lot in our community, usually to refer to projects hosted on Toolforge (and before that, Tool Labs, and before that, the Toolserver). But what is a tool?
On Meta I've crafted a preliminary definition based on my own understanding.[0] Let me know if it's consistent with your understanding. If not, feel free to recommend changes. (I'd be very curious to see if other definitions exist!)
Thank you, James Hare
[0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tools
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Should we include on-wiki user JavaScript/Gadgets in that? Basically, everything that is not supplied by WMF directly? I feel there is a strong overlap; the fact that it is loaded on the actual wiki notwithstanding.
On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 6:26 AM David Richfield davidrichfield@gmail.com wrote:
That seems like a good description to me.
On Wed, Mar 28, 2018, 03:04 James Hare jhare@wikimedia.org wrote:
We use the term "tool" a lot in our community, usually to refer to projects hosted on Toolforge (and before that, Tool Labs, and before that, the Toolserver). But what is a tool?
On Meta I've crafted a preliminary definition based on my own understanding.[0] Let me know if it's consistent with your understanding. If not, feel free to recommend changes. (I'd be very curious to see if other definitions exist!)
Thank you, James Hare
[0] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tools
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On Wed, Mar 28, 2018 at 2:10 AM, Magnus Manske via Cloud < cloud@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote:
Should we include on-wiki user JavaScript/Gadgets in that? Basically, everything that is not supplied by WMF directly? I feel there is a strong overlap; the fact that it is loaded on the actual wiki notwithstanding.
I agree; while gadgets might be on the wiki, they're more a user controlled layer on top of officially deployed code. I've updated the page.
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