[Mediawiki-l] [Foundation-l] Red category link is unhelpful

[Jim Hu]

This sounds reasonable...how could those of us with our own wikis  
implement it?  An extension?

Jim

On Apr 3, 2007, at 3:38 PM, Jim Wilson wrote:

> Thanks Milan,
>
>> There is another possible solution:
>> Unregistred users see category as a blue link
>> which will lead them to the list of the articles in the category
>> but registered users will see red link which leads them to the 'edit
>> category' editbox
>
> This makes sense _if_ the wiki is set up to allow edits by  
> registered users
> only - however many aren't setup this way (I'm not sure  
> statistically which
> is higher).
>
> Personally, I think that in general a wiki should be have the same for
> registered users and non-registered guests except where it's  
> absolutely
> necessary to draw the line (for example if edits are restricted to  
> users).
>
> But that's just my two cents.
>
> -- Jim
>
> On 4/3/07, Milan Tesovic <milant at cg.yu> wrote:
>>
>>
>> I agree. The link whould be red, because
>> despite its useful when red,
>> the category MUST be a part of another category, wich contains a  
>> group of
>> categories.
>>
>> On the other side it should take you to the list of articles  
>> allready in
>> the
>> category,
>> instead of the edit the category page.
>>
>> There is another possible solution:
>> Unregistred users see category as a blue link
>> which will lead them to the list of the articles in the category
>> but registered users will see red link which leads them to the 'edit
>> category' editbox
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Virgil Ierubino" <virgil.ierubino at gmail.com>
>> To: <wikitech-l at lists.wikimedia.org>; <mediawiki- 
>> l at lists.wikimedia.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 12:16 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] [Foundation-l] Red category link is  
>> unhelpful
>>
>>
>>> Further to this thread (making category links red only if they  
>>> have just
>> 1
>>> member,
>>> http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-l/2007-March/ 
>>> 019259.html),
>>> and in response to the responses (that changing the colours was  
>>> met with
>>> disapproval), might I suggest that the colours remain the same,  
>>> but red
>>> category links simply don't take you to an editing page?
>>>
>>> This would solve the main problem I think. The point is that  
>>> categories
>>> can
>>> still be used even if they are red, so I want to be able to view a
>>> category
>>> (from a link) without it taking me to an edit box. I just want to  
>>> see
>> the
>>> members. Everything else about the category remains the same - it is
>>> classed
>>> as a wanted page, etc., the link simply just doesn't  
>>> automatically go
>> into
>>> editing. I think this solution gets the best of both worlds.
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