In addition to the addition of more explanatory text, and -- most
importantly -- making that information far more prominent. I'd really like
to see a light background, of whatever color, added to each of the
different subspaces.
This will make it possible to see at a glance which subspace you are in. I
am very confident that this UI improvement will be of tremendous value in
making the namespaces issue clear to new users, without the requiring them
to read a complex explanation of the concept of namespaces to them in a FAQ.
Yours
Mark
-----Original Message-----
From: Jimmy Wales [mailto:jwales@bomis.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 1:17 PM
To: wikipedia-l(a)nupedia.com
Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] RE: Plea for help
Julie Hofmann Kemp wrote:
(partially
because I seem to have offended some delicate programmer
sensibilities
by saying that they were acting exactly like
programmers --
good at what
they do, but less interested in making it clear
to the user through
documentation).
Oh, I'm not offended by that -- it's accurate. :-)
Whether or not people want to hear it, the new
site is not all that
user-friendly as far as explaining subpages and namespaces
goes (or how
to report bugs, for that matter -- why isn't
there a bug
report link?).
People are still trying to create /Talk pages and
/whatever
subpages.
All we need is a carefully placed announcement or
two -- I suggest
adding a special page (changes to the system) and links on the home
page, on how to edit a page, and on recent changes. I know
that Lars
added some stuff on namespaces under the article,
but what
is needed is
a primer -- something that says...where one did
x in the
old version,
please do y in the new. I'd do this
myself, but am pretty sure I
can't create a special page (guessing it's an admin thing)
and I'm
still
not clear on it. It appears that, instead of
subpages, we should be
creating link pages (maybe) and that each page is generated with an
associated talk page.
I think this is a great idea. In fact, I think that we
should link to a
"changes to the system" page directly from the edit page.
"Need help with
the new system? Click here for a few short tips."
--Jimbo
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