On 4/4/07, Rob Church wrote:
That's a nice assertion, because I don't recall seeing "what is going on with categories?"-type FAQ pertaining to this issue.
I said it's _possible_, not _likely_ - I was thinking of the case where Wikipedia might differ from the default. Should have made this more clear :(
A change to the established, existing behaviour, "because we can" will confuse and irritate people who have become accustomed to how MediaWiki "just works", so the default *should* be to continue as normal.
I agree - I don't think anybody is advocating a "because we can" feature enhancement. There are definite, describable arguments for and against implementing the functionality and for and against making it the default.
-- Jim
On 4/4/07, Rob Church robchur@gmail.com wrote:
On 04/04/07, Jim Wilson wilson.jim.r@gmail.com wrote:
Also, as a config setting there's the possibility that this could become another ParserFunctions or "Edit Toolbar" - something we field emails
about
daily, always with the same predictable response. I can guarantee this
would
be the case if the default were set to 'edit' but high-profile installs
like
Wikipedia opt to set the action to 'view' (not sure how likely this is considering it might spark a backlash from a vocal minority).
That's a nice assertion, because I don't recall seeing "what is going on with categories?"-type FAQ pertaining to this issue.
A change to the established, existing behaviour, "because we can" will confuse and irritate people who have become accustomed to how MediaWiki "just works", so the default *should* be to continue as normal.
Rob Church
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