[Foundation-l] Showing the difference between the sexes

[Lodewijk]

I agree with Beria here :) If (where) you implement it, then do it well.
Creating a look-a-like solution with redirect-and-template structures seems
a bit like a typical wikipedia-workaround, and I probably don't have to
remind you that many of these workarounds together (resulting in complicated
templates for example) are one of the reasons we are loosing touch with a
big part of our potential editor base.

Best,

Lodewijk

2011/2/14 Béria Lima <berialima at gmail.com>

> I have one:
>
> I want you to tell me WHY is easy make a female noob will be able to use
> javascript, templates and redirects than click in one button and say "I'm a
> girl".
>
> MediaWiki is full of things since forever. The software will  not broke
> because one more feature.
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>
> 2011/2/14 Ryan Lomonaco <wiki.ral315 at gmail.com>
>
> > Rather than implementing MediaWiki code that could be controversial,
> > there's
> > probably an easier solution that requires no code:
> >
> > - Add a pseudo-namespace (such as the WP: prefix on Wikipedia, WN: on
> > Wikinews, etc.) that forwards from Benutzerin to Benutzer (and the
> relevant
> > User talk namespaces).  This would mean that either Benutzer or
> Benutzerin
> > would successfully link to one's user pages.
> >
> > - Let users add a template to their user and talk pages that changes the
> > title of the page from Benutzer to Benutzerin.  This could be easily done
> > using the magic word {{DISPLAYTITLE}} and possibly JavaScript to modify
> the
> > user/user talk links at the top of the page.
> >
> > This has the benefits of not adding more code to MediaWiki, not requiring
> > users to choose their gender unless they want to, and ensuring that if
> > someone doesn't know whether I'm male or female, they can get to my user
> > page without having to guess.
> >
> > It would obviously be a decision for communities to make, but if there
> were
> > consensus to do it, I'm pretty sure that it could easily be done this
> way.
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
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