I created bug 11902, but since I haven't had any replies, I'm reposting
here. Some feedback, please?
http://bugzilla.wikipedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11902
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I think I want to have a go at implementing this, but want to check that
it's a
good idea, and stands a chance of being implemented at Wikipedia.
Motivation: there are lots of links to disambiguous pages, and they're not
at
all visible. This is bad for navigating, bad for reusing content, and bad
for
any kind of analysis that involves links.
- Define a magic word like __AMBIGUOUSPAGE__, which would be included in
{{disambig}} on Wikipedia.
- Flag pages containing this magic word (schema change, I believe?)
- When a link is rendered that goes towards a flagged ambiguous page, it is
rendered differently, such as using a new css style, or perhaps a predefined
but editable template, which would allow an image to be displayed next to
such
a link.
Desirable? Feasible? Would be enabled at Wikipedia?
Issues for discussion:
- Should it be generalised at all to something like __BADLINKTARGET__?
- Should there be a way of controlling which namespaces it applies in?
Perhaps
it's ok to link to a disambiguation page from a talk namespace...
- Should there be a way to suppress it for an individual link? If so, what
would that syntax look like? Perhaps some semantics like linking to any page
named "... (disambiguation)" (configurable) would be taken to be a
deliberate
link, and to deliberately link to a page not named that, you should use a
redirect?
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Thanks,
Steve