Seems that we have made some interesting decisions about where our tools
sit, and the purpose of our main namespace for
Mediawiki.org.
I was merely pointing out the logic against the words we used. I don't
mind which but let us fix the discrepancies in placement, or words, or
logic.
Regards, Billinghurst
On Sat, 24 May 2014 10:23:46 +0430, Amir Ladsgroup <ladsgroup(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Another good example would be [[Gerrit]] and it's
subpages
On 5/24/14, Amir Ladsgroup <ladsgroup(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> The problem is PWB can't fit in any of the any of the namespace
> completely, for example about the manual: "mainly for people setting
> up their own wiki": No one needs to start their own wiki to make a bot
> running and it's not too technical to be there.
>
> in other hands main namespace never was completely about general
> information about mediawiki software. you can find pages like
> [[Flow]], [[Echo]], etc. that they are completely separated from
> mediawiki core and they have lots of subpages in the main namespace
> too
>
> On 5/24/14, billinghurst <billinghurst(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Sat, 24 May 2014 06:21:32 +0430, Amir Ladsgroup
<ladsgroup(a)gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Hello all,
>>> Based on several discussions here and there I want to move
>>> [[Manual:Pywikibot]] <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/PWB> (and all of
>> the
>>> subpages which are about 200 pages) to [[Pywikibot]] like other
>>> products
>>>
>>> Another reason that motivates me to move is the page (and subpages)
>> aren't
>>> just about running a bot. they are about everything, including
reports,
>>> discussions, description about scripts and
anything about pywikibot
in
>>> general.
>>>
>>> If you disagree or you have any ideas please feel free to share and
if
>>> there will be no objection until Tuesday,
I'll move them.
>>>
>>> Best
>>
>> Really? If that is the intention, then we should be looking to reword
>> components of
mediawiki.org, as that seems to be a bit of disconnect
...
>>
>> [[Project:Namespaces]] says
>>
>> Main: All general information ''about'' the software.
>> Manual: All technical or more detailed stuff behind the surface, that
is
>> not part of the basic help pages (full
handbook, mainly for people
>> setting
>> up their own wiki).
>> Extension: All extensions and directly related stuff. ... Extensions
>> and
>> tools, that are not part of the default MediaWiki distribution.
>>
>> If it is not integral to the operations of Mediawiki, doesn't it
belong
>> in
>> with the tools?
>>
>> Regards, Billinghurst
>>
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