For example, on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat , we can have a single discussion area that can both talk about the editing of this article and issues related to cats (e.g. petting them).
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 6:06 AM, Yao Ziyuan <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
