- "Most wanted" and "Most popular" special pages
list the _total_ number
of links to a page, regardless of how many links
there are _per page_.
Some types of lists can hyperinflate the numbers; a
list of video games
might link [[Playstation]] 389 times (once for each
Playstation game
listed). The behavior that people seem to expect is
a count of _pages_
that link, rather than the raw number of links. I
would tend to agree.
This can be switched by the simple addition of
"DISTINCT" to a couple
SQL queries; is there any reason to retain the
current behavior?
no reason at all. One or several links (or even words not linked) on the page should count as 1. That 389 number is absolutely ridiculous ;-)
We should agree in linking the same word within one document only once. I think this would be the easiest sollution to this problem.
strongly disagree with that idea. In a long article, it makes sense to repeat a link sometimes. And if the notion is important, it also can make sense to repeat it in the "see also".
- On blocking vandals; there's still no interface
for blocking by
username, and you can't get the IP address of a
logged-in user except by
sifting through the server logs. Should we retain
and display IP
addresses/hostnames of logged-in editors (as on
UseMod), and/or allow
usernames to be blocked?
I feel IP adresses are somehow a little bit personal, and shouldnot be displayed. Of course, any developper can see them in the database, and retrieve them if needed, that doesnot justify public exposure. In France, where we use a lot dsl connections, or where name domaines are resolved, just everybody knows the city we live in, sometimes the university or firm we work in. Don't even need to do a tracert. I think it rather unecessarily rude to display that information publicly.
It would be interesting if user could be banned through IP but only with username visible (the software resolving the couple IP/username. Is that a technical dream ? Of course, it won't be effective against changing IP, which is the case in most european countries anyway.
- The administrative page rename feature on UseMod
could optionally find
and change links to point to the new name in
addition to just supplying
a redirect. We still haven't implemented this.
Desirable?
yes
ohoh, overload.... Warning: Too many connections in /usr/local/apache/htdocs/w/DatabaseFunctions.php on line 17 Could not connect to DB on 127.0.0.1
Ain't you most north american supposed to sleep right now ????
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