Hi! Thanks for taking the time to poke around and write back!
1. "Update all outdated" is designed for mass updates once a module has
been effectively "globalized". In other words, once a developer has
analyzed the situation of a particular module, went through the process of
designing the master version of a module so that it works in all wikis
(following the guide
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Multilingual_Templates_and_Modules>), and
carefully updated one-by-one all the copies to the master version, then,
whenever a new version of the master module goes live, all the other copies
can be updated in a single click (but after a confirmation message). At
least, that's what I did and currently do with the modules I developed and
maintain (Module:Excerpt and Module:Transcluder).
2. I've had a long conversation
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk:Synchronizer> with User:Uzume in which
we discussed this topic (and many others). Probably the best solution will
be to set a "sitelink badge" in Wikidata to set the master version of each
module. However, most modules will start out without such a badge, so a
fallback system and corresponding UI will be needed, which does take a few
hours to write. I'll do so eventually, but until some people actually start
using the tool, I see little point in continuing to throw hours into it.
It's quite sophisticated and friendly already.
3. If you hover over the terms and buttons, a tooltip will appear with an
explanation. Some modules don't have an Update button because they are
already updated to the latest version. The Analyze button appears only next
to Forked modules because it displays information only relevant to such
cases. Let me know if you can think of a better way to convey any of this.
Finally, thanks for letting me know about those sharing channels, I'll drop
a note!
Kind regards,
On Fri, Jul 28, 2023 at 8:43 PM Srishti Sethi <ssethi(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
Hi! I poked around it a bit; it looks super neat! I
had a few
design-related questions while digging into this:
- "Update all outdated" looks like a scary button. In which scenarios
someone might want to edit all modules at once?
- Is there a way to automatically populate the master version for a
module without letting users hunt for it?
- Why don't some modules have an analyze/update button next to them?
Certain terminologies used on the tool page are confusing, for example,
what unrelated means?
As the target is Lua developers, which maybe aren't that many in
Wikiverse, I wonder how to recruit them to use this tool and share more
feedback. If you haven't done so already, you could consider dropping a
note in two of these Telegram channels (Wikimedia Hackathon
<https://t.me/wmhack>, Small wiki toolkits
<https://t.me/+Z_b1MR8O0wAzZmVh>) and consider sharing more about the
tool in a synchronous format here: <
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Knowledge_Sharing/Connect/Resources#…
.
Cheers,
Srishti
On Wed, Jul 26, 2023 at 6:09 AM Felipe Schenone <schenonef(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi! As many of you know, a central global
repository for Lua modules and
templates has been a frequent request since the early days of the movement.
This year, I programmed a JavaScript tool called Synchronizer
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Synchronizer
(inspired on a previous tool called DiBabel by User:Yurik)
The tool allows to synchronize (that is, automatically copy) Lua modules
across Wikimedia wikis, and provides other features to help developers
update and maintain global modules.
I also re-wrote the documentation at
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Multilingual_Templates_and_Modules to
account for the new tool. It basically describes how to develop a Lua
module that can be copied unchanged to any wiki, by abstracting things like
user-readable strings and config.
Admittedly, this is a "poor man's version" of a proper solution to the
problem, but one I find invaluable while developing and maintaining
modules. Hopefully some of you may find it useful too!
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