I don't like idea that it's on a wiki page. That way some people can contribute (everyone is controversial term when it comes to wiki editing, let's say everyone who isn't blocked, not matching some range blocks, not using a tor or not using an open proxy and many others...)
The reason why I don't like idea of having this on a wiki page is that it will be never so cool as it is using that code this guy created. It let you interactively pick what you want - mediawiki can't create such a page, or it can but it would be overly complicated.
If you want "Everyone" to be able to contribute, install this to wikimedia labs, and make the project open enough.
On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 5:23 PM, MZMcBride z@mzmcbride.com wrote:
K. Peachey wrote:
Why not just point it to a page onwiki somewhere? that way everyone can contribute!
(we could even semi-protect it I guess...)
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Get_involved was my half-assed attempt at that. A wiki page has some advantages, but so does doing this inside (for example) a MediaWiki extension. Particularly in terms of built-in localization support.
For what it's worth, I added a (colorful) "single page" option to the "Get involved" page, as some developers just want all the information in the same browser page at once, no hand-holding or guiding. Perhaps an option to consider for whatever you're building. Good luck. :-)
MZMcBride
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