The Article Feedback Tool v.5 and the current "Talk" tab are for discussing *the editing of the current article*, not for discussing *the topic represented by the current article*, although I think these two goals can coexist in a single discussion area.
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 5:51 AM, Tom Morris <[email protected]> wrote: > On 22 January 2012 21:43, Yao Ziyuan <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello All, >> >> I just filed a feature request which I think is of strategic interest >> to Wikipedia: >> >> https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33889 >> >> Bug 33889 - Request to add a comment section under every Wikipedia article >> >> By providing a comment section under every Wikipedia article, we can enable >> people interested in that topic to talk with each other, make friends and >> exchange external resources pertaining to that topic (e.g. books, products, >> jobs, external references, etc.). >> >> Wikipedia is not just an encyclopedia; it is also a very valuable "topic >> navigation and positioning service" that navigates you to any conceivable >> topic >> in your mind, and once you're at that topic's Wikipedia article, the >> article's >> URL becomes a unique address that "positions" that topic. With this position, >> we can do many useful things (such as the ones mentioned in the previous >> paragraph), just like we can do many useful things with a geographic >> information system (GIS) such as Google Earth. >> >> There are many MediaWiki extensions that can add a comment section to every >> Wikipedia article. Just go to >> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_Matrix/AllExtensions and search for >> "comment" or "discussion". >> > > Sounds a bit like Article Feedback Tool v.5: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:AFT5 > > -- > Tom Morris > <http://tommorris.org/> > > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
