[Mediawiki-l] Children don't understand the Discussion tab

[Daniel Friesen]

If you have ParserFunctions installed you could try doing something like:

{{#ifeq:{{NAMESPACE}}|{{ns:4}}|Talk to {{PAGENAME}}|Talk about {{PAGEAME}}}}

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Wikimini wrote:
> Hello,
>
> First, sorry for my poor english. I hope you will understand our problem.
>
> I'm running a wiki for young children. Most of them don't understand the
> exact meaning (or function) of the "Discussion" tab.
>
>
> # PROBLEM :
>
> Actually their problem seems to be the following :
>
> The "Discussion" tab has two VERY different functions:
>
> 1) When it appears on an article (or another page) :
>
> FUNCTION = TALK ABOUT THE PAGE/ARTICLE
>
> 2) When it appears on a user page :
>
> FUNCTION = TALK TO THE USER
>
> The problem is that the message in the "Discussion" tab is always the same
> regardless of the type of page which is displayed. This message is the
> following one (in MessagesEn.php) :
>
>  'talk'  => 'Discussion',
>
> My first attempt was to change it to something more explicit:
>
>  'talk'  => 'Discussion about this page',
>
> This appears to be of little help on "article" pages, but has brought more
> confusion on "user" pages.
>
>
> # BETTER SOLUTION
>
> I would like to show a different message in the "Discussion" tab based on
> the type of page :
>
> 1) On an article (or another page), the message should be :
>
> 'talk'  => 'Discussion about this page', (ok, this is easy, i change it in
> the MessagesXX.php file)
>
> 2) On a user page, the message should be different :
>
> 'talkuser'  => 'Talk to this user', (for example)
>
> I'm not sure but I think I will have to change something in the
> SkinTemplate.php file (lines 667-672) :
>
> $content_actions['talk'] = $this->tabAction(
> $talkpage,
> 'talk',
> $this->mTitle->isTalkPage() && !$prevent_active_tabs,
> '',
> true);
>
> *If someone could help me* find what should be added exactly I would be
> extremely grateful. This problem is really frustrating for the children who
> don't understand how they can talk to another user.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Laurent
>