[Wikimedia-l] the hidden toolbox

[JP Béland]

2012/9/19 MZMcBride <z at mzmcbride.com>

> David Gerard wrote:
> > That there was a plausible reason to hide functionality doesn't mean
> > it actually works out to be a good idea, and it arguably not working
> > out to be one is the point of this thread. It turns out that if you
> > obscure functionality, people don't know it exists and their use of
> > the site is hampered. We do need to convert readers to editors, after
> > all.
>
> Based on anecdotal evidence, I can safely say that hiding the page move
> action below the arrow tab in the Vector skin has significantly increased
> the number of people who have no idea how to move a page. Yes, boy and
> girls, hiding things makes them more difficult to find; film at 11. :-)
>
> MZMcBride
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That plus the fact they need to know "move" actually means "rename" irl
terms...

JP