On 3/12/07, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/03/07, Dan Davis hokie99cpe+wiki@gmail.com wrote:
[[MediaWiki:Sitenotice]]?
Wikimedia used something for the site notice in the last fundraising drive, such that when you'd read the begging message you could click to make it go away (until it was updated again). A custom extension which isn't on Sounds like just the thing for you, if it runs on 1.7.1.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_sitenotice_2006_Q4
Maybe this is something that was changed after 1.7.1, but sitenotice will display a site-wide notice, but there is no link to close it in 1.7.1. Upgrading MW is planned, but low priority, unfortunately.
Also, sitenotice works for now to cover our initial need, it's not as robust as I would like. First, it's meant for a single notice... you update that notice and folks see that update. We're looking more for a news item style. Multiple items... if someone hasn't accessed the wiki in a while, they need to be bombarded with all the missed items. And, no, we can't rely on them to go to a particular page to see those items. And forcing a certain page or pages into everyone's watchlist won't cut it either. Our users are flooded with email as is and that's why the PTBs want site notices/announcements on the wiki. Most folks gloss over their email and delete seemingly unimportant items. The thought here is that putting it in front of their faces on the wiki *may* cause a bit more retention of the content. :) Silly users... always making my life hard.
Thanks for the ideas thus far... keep 'em coming. :D
Dan