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

[Grabovský Matěj]

It could be simply done with some JS code. I can make it for you if you want.

--Matěj Grabovský

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>Od: Wikimini
>Přijato: 15.10.2008 2:32:06
>Předmět: [Mediawiki-l] Children don't understand the Discussion tab
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>Hello,
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>First, sorry for my poor english. I hope you will understand our problem.
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>I'm running a wiki for young children. Most of them don't understand the
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>exact meaning (or function) of the "Discussion" tab.
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># PROBLEM :
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>Actually their problem seems to be the following :
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>The "Discussion" tab has two VERY different functions:
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>1) When it appears on an article (or another page) :
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>FUNCTION = TALK ABOUT THE PAGE/ARTICLE
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>2) When it appears on a user page :
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>FUNCTION = TALK TO THE USER
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>The problem is that the message in the "Discussion" tab is always the same
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>regardless of the type of page which is displayed. This message is the
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>following one (in MessagesEn.php) :
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> 'talk'  => 'Discussion',
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>My first attempt was to change it to something more explicit:
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> 'talk'  => 'Discussion about this page',
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>This appears to be of little help on "article" pages, but has brought more
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>confusion on "user" pages.
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># BETTER SOLUTION
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>I would like to show a different message in the "Discussion" tab based on
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>the type of page :
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>1) On an article (or another page), the message should be :
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>'talk'  => 'Discussion about this page', (ok, this is easy, i change it in
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>the MessagesXX.php file)
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>2) On a user page, the message should be different :
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>'talkuser'  => 'Talk to this user', (for example)
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>I'm not sure but I think I will have to change something in the
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>SkinTemplate.php file (lines 667-672) :
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>$content_actions['talk'] = $this->tabAction(
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>$talkpage,
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>'talk',
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>$this->mTitle->isTalkPage() && !$prevent_active_tabs,
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>'',
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>true);
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>*If someone could help me* find what should be added exactly I would be
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>extremely grateful. This problem is really frustrating for the children who
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>don't understand how they can talk to another user.
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>Thanks in advance.
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>Laurent
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