Your questions, with brief answers (as non-tech as I could manage;) are now at http://www.wikipedia.com/wiki/Wikipedia:PHP_script_FAQ
Help expanding (even questions will help; I'll try to answer them).
Magnus
-----Original Message----- From: wikipedia-l-admin@nupedia.com [mailto:wikipedia-l-admin@nupedia.com]On Behalf Of Julie Kemp Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 10:47 PM To: wikipedia-l@nupedia.com Subject: [Wikipedia-l] Re: Documentation and user aids
HI all --
Magnus, it wasn't really aimed all at you, because frankly I'm not sure who does what!
Although I truly appreciate the documentation = ironing thing, there needs to be something. And unfortunately, your answer waas sooooo programmer! Most people aren't. I'm lucky because I've actually had to translate geekspeak to sales/customer support in a couple of jobs, so I had an inkling, but frankly the discussion bored the hell out of me because it never got to the user level.
Yes, you guys let interested parties know what was going on -- i.e., that changes were being made -- but not how those changes would affect the site and its use in user-speak.
Here are some very fundamental issues that need addressing:
What happened to sub-pages and why
What the HELL is a namespace (and a ton of related
questions -- like if there are no subpages, why is there a talk link?
3)What changes have been made to the use of certain punctuation marks in titles?
4)Where subpages once existed, how did the conversion affect them?
- HOw do I redirect? (If it's the same as before, it
doesn't seem to work with articles entitled with people's names)
Lots of questions! NO answers. I suggest a New Features special page that has FAQs and a kind of tour for newbies and those of us who have been around a while but just want to use the site -- and don't really care how it works, as long as it does!! ;-)
I will help in any way I can, but I really think we need something! [[JHK]]
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