Re: [Wikimedia-l] New template URL to diff

2015-02-25 Thread Ricordisamoa
Il 25/02/2015 10:49, Andy Mabbett ha scritto: On 25 February 2015 at 07:27, Ricordisamoa ricordisa...@openmailbox.org wrote: I'd rather suggest a global JavaScript gadget to replace those URLs with plain Special:Diff links, since the {{diff}} template does not work in every wiki. Great; let

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New template URL to diff

2015-02-25 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 25 February 2015 at 07:27, Ricordisamoa ricordisa...@openmailbox.org wrote: I'd rather suggest a global JavaScript gadget to replace those URLs with plain Special:Diff links, since the {{diff}} template does not work in every wiki. Great; let me know when you've got that working.

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New template URL to diff

2015-02-24 Thread Ricordisamoa
Il 02/01/2015 13:41, Ricordisamoa ha scritto: Il 02/01/2015 12:45, Andy Mabbett ha scritto: On 2 January 2015 at 10:46, Ricordisamoa ricordisa...@openmailbox.org wrote: Honestly, I don't think it is easier to type {{subst:url to diff}} than [[Special:Diff]]. It's not a matter of which is

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New template URL to diff

2015-01-02 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 2 January 2015 at 10:18, Fæ fae...@gmail.com wrote: I would be cautious of changing URLs to templates for larger reports. [...] Fair points, but there are 12842 transclusions of {{Diff}} on en.WP; this template will make life easier for the people who use it. I have had to remove templates

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New template URL to diff

2015-01-02 Thread Andy Mabbett
On 2 January 2015 at 10:46, Ricordisamoa ricordisa...@openmailbox.org wrote: Honestly, I don't think it is easier to type {{subst:url to diff}} than [[Special:Diff]]. It's not a matter of which is eaier to type. It's a matter of which is the easier way for non techncial editrs to convert the

[Wikimedia-l] New template URL to diff

2015-01-02 Thread Andy Mabbett
A new, Lua based template: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Url_to_diff has been made (at my request) for teh English Wikipedia. Given a URL like: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AVillage_pump_%28technical%29diff=640631079oldid=640620995 and label text (say

Re: [Wikimedia-l] New template URL to diff

2015-01-02 Thread Ricordisamoa
Il 02/01/2015 12:45, Andy Mabbett ha scritto: On 2 January 2015 at 10:46, Ricordisamoa ricordisa...@openmailbox.org wrote: Honestly, I don't think it is easier to type {{subst:url to diff}} than [[Special:Diff]]. It's not a matter of which is eaier to type. It's a matter of which is the