[Wikimedia-l] New design for the list info page?

[Quim Gil]

Version 1.0 is out:

https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-announce

Source: https://github.com/quimgil/mailman-templates

Propagation is welcome. Thank you TheHelpfulOne for the original push
and to the other feedback reporters!


On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 11:09 PM, Quim Gil <qgil at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> On 05/20/2013 10:56 PM, Federico Leva (Nemo) wrote:
>>
>> MZMcBride, 21/05/2013 04:22:
>>>
>>> Quim Gil wrote:
>>>>
>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-announce
>>>>
>>>> Feedback, please.
>>>
>>>
>>> I would love to see this design or something similar become the default
>>> for Wikimedia's mailing lists. Compared to the current default,[1] I find
>>> the new design vastly more friendly and engaging.
>>
>>
>> Can't be the default because it's English only, isn't it. A workaround
>> could be to remove custom linguistic content (for instance make "About
>> Wikimedia Foundation" just "Wikimedia" and point it to some translatable
>> page on Meta), but I've no idea how localisation of all this works.
>
>
> Well, this *recommended* template could substitute the current default which
> doesn't offer localized links either. An improvement is an improvement, and
> I think the improvement for users is huge.
>
> Then it is up to the admins of each list to implement this template or not,
> to take it as is or with modifications e.g. links to Spanish content for
> your Spanish speaking list. It's just a piece of HTML to be pasted in a web
> form.
>
> Just give me a day or so to implement feedback and clean the code, and then
> the template will be ready to be applied by list admins with a simple
> copy&paste, with optional customization.
>
>
> --
> Quim Gil
> Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Qgil



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Quim Gil
Technical Contributor Coordinator @ Wikimedia Foundation
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