Hi, folks!
Currently, it's possible to create a new article by editing the URL in the title bar of ones browser. This method is even described in the Wikipedia help text.
Why don't we put a link into the "sorry, your search didn't produce any results" text that is displayed after a search fails? This link could point directly to the keyword the user searched for and, thus, make the creation of a new article much easier (i.e. "click to create article").
Sure, this method will create a new orphan, but this is already allowed anyway.
Bye! Matthias
Matthias-
Sure, this method will create a new orphan, but this is already allowed anyway.
Yes, it is already allowed through the URL-trick, but that's a hack which few people know about and should only be used for testing purposes. The proper way to create an article in a wiki is to link to it.
Regards,
Erik
Matthias Jordan wrote:
Why don't we put a link into the "sorry, your search didn't produce any results" text that is displayed after a search fails? This link could point directly to the keyword the user searched for and, thus, make the creation of a new article much easier (i.e. "click to create article").
Sure, this method will create a new orphan, but this is already allowed anyway.
It's easy: Add a proper text in Language??.php, var "nogomatch", and there you are. See e.g. LanguageDe.php.
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