[Wikipedia-l] Re: [Intlwiki-l] RFC on a few feature requests

[Anthere]

> >* "Most wanted" and "Most popular" special pages
> list the _total_ number
> >of links to a page, regardless of how many links
> there are _per page_.
> >Some types of lists can hyperinflate the numbers; a
> list of video games
> >might link [[Playstation]] 389 times (once for each
> Playstation game
> >listed). The behavior that people seem to expect is
> a count of _pages_
> >that link, rather than the raw number of links. I
> would tend to agree.
> >This can be switched by the simple addition of
> "DISTINCT" to a couple
> >SQL queries; is there any reason to retain the
> current behavior?

no reason at all. One or several links (or even words
not linked) on the page should count as 1. That 389
number is absolutely ridiculous ;-)

> We should agree in linking the same word within one
> document only once.
> I think this would be the easiest sollution to this
> problem.

strongly disagree with that idea. In a long article,
it makes sense to repeat a link sometimes. And if the
notion is important, it also can make sense to repeat
it in the "see also".


> >* On blocking vandals; there's still no interface
> for blocking by
> >username, and you can't get the IP address of a
> logged-in user except by
> >sifting through the server logs. Should we retain
> and display IP
> >addresses/hostnames of logged-in editors (as on
> UseMod), and/or allow
> >usernames to be blocked?

I feel IP adresses are somehow a little bit personal,
and shouldnot be displayed. Of course, any developper
can see them in the database, and retrieve them if
needed, that doesnot justify public exposure. In
France, where we use a lot dsl connections, or where
name domaines are resolved, just everybody knows the
city we live in, sometimes the university or firm we
work in. Don't even need to do a tracert. I think it
rather unecessarily rude to display that information
publicly.

It would be interesting if user could be banned
through IP but only with username visible (the
software resolving the couple IP/username. Is that a
technical dream ? 
Of course, it won't be effective against changing IP,
which is the case in most european countries anyway.

> >* The administrative page rename feature on UseMod
> could optionally find
> >and change links to point to the new name in
> addition to just supplying
> >a redirect. We still haven't implemented this.
> Desirable?

yes

ohoh, overload....
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line 17
Could not connect to DB on 127.0.0.1

Ain't you most north american supposed to sleep right
now ????



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