These are templates that are used in wikis in some languages to show that
there issues with the page, such as:
*
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Unreferenced
*
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Notability
... and others.
This question makes me think, however: Why are they called "page issues"?
Where did the particular term "page issues" come from? Was it coined by the
developers of MobileFrontend, or by editors on some wikis?
On the English Wikipedia they are called "message boxes" or "article
messages". In French they are called "bandeau d'article" (that's
"article
bands"; bands means "stripes"). In Hebrew they are called "Templates
that
ask changes in the article" (תבניות הדורשות שינויים בערך).
And this points to me an even deeper problem: How can this be discussed
well across the different language communities if the naming and the
implementation of this is so different in each language? Note that I'm not
saying that this cannot be discussed, but that discussing this must be done
carefully and without assuming that the way in which something is done in
one language is identical to how it's done in other language.
I'm also not saying that it's *good* that it's done differently in
different languages. Quite possibly, these warning templates could be
converted into an actual extension that stores metadata of this kind about
the article—unreferenced, notability, style, perhaps also "stub".
Customizations for each language should probably be possible, but a basic
set of "page issues" could be made that covers most languages' and
sites'
common needs. When we have this as an extension, MobileFronted will be able
to read this information meaningfully, understand its intent, and present
it accordingly.
This is the discussion that we really should be having, instead of hacking
MobileFrontend around the current local templates in each wiki.
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2018-06-06 16:36 GMT+03:00 Paul Sarrassat <poltron54(a)gmail.com>om>:
Hi!
I’m not sure I haven’t well understood what you call “page issue”. Can you
give me an example, please? Does it refer to dispute template
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Template_messages/Disputes>
presence?
Pols12
Le 05/06/2018 à 19:57, Chris Koerner a écrit :
Hey all,
We are looking at updating how page issues appear on the mobile web
version of wikis. We'd like to get as much feedback from the different
communites as possible. I have a message explaining the work I'd like
to send out. If you are interested in helping translate, it would be
much appreciated. As always, and sincerely, thank you.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:CKoerner_(WMF)/Page_issues_on_mobile_w…
Yours,
Chris Koerner
Community Liaison
Wikimedia Foundation
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