Wikibooks is behind the main Wikipedia on software updates right? There are various "small" things that are different in how they function or how pages are presented. Is it a ton of work to get the software for Wikibooks updated to the level of Wikipedia? Who does this?
Thanks, Karl
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On Apr 16, 2004, at 13:58, Karl Wick wrote:
Wikibooks is behind the main Wikipedia on software updates right? There are various "small" things that are different in how they function or how pages are presented. Is it a ton of work to get the software for Wikibooks updated to the level of Wikipedia? Who does this?
There is a single master copy of the software that all the wikis we run use. However, some may be configured a little differently, and the user interface messages have separate copies for customization.
Can you point out what's out of order specifically?
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
All on the same software install eh ..
I'd love to have multi-language functionality on Wikibooks, so that the english pages are on en.wikibooks.org, and other language books are hosted on specific domains. This would include the automatic redirect for English-configured browsers to the English Wikibooks Main Page or whichever other respective language main page.
The other thing is probably small to everyone else besides myself, and that is the Wikipedia shows up in a nice, friendly Georgia default font whereas Wikibooks seems determined to use Times New Roman as its un-overridable default font, that is not as friendly to read on the screen.
Anything we can do to face these issues?
Thanks Brion!! Karl
There is a single master copy of the software that all the wikis we run use. However, some may be configured a little differently, and the user interface messages have separate copies for customization.
Can you point out what's out of order specifically?
-- brion vibber
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On Apr 17, 2004, at 15:42, Karl Wick wrote:
The other thing is probably small to everyone else besides myself, and that is the Wikipedia shows up in a nice, friendly Georgia default font whereas Wikibooks seems determined to use Times New Roman as its un-overridable default font, that is not as friendly to read on the screen.
Anything we can do to face these issues?
Your browser sucks, upgrade it. ;)
There is probably a "Unicode" setting in the font selection which is separate from "Western", etc. Select a reasonable font there instead of the crappy default (Times New Roman).
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
Is it very labor-intensive to bring language-specific subdomains to Wikibooks and Wiktionary? To have them seems like a clear step forward for the projects. What can I do to help bring this about?
Thanks, Karl
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