Re: [Wikitech-l] Status of the Purge extension

2014-12-28 Thread Brad Jorsch (Anomie)
On Dec 28, 2014 2:07 AM, Ricordisamoa ricordisa...@openmailbox.org wrote: New users often need to purge the server cache, {{Citation needed}} on often. A simple link is way more helpful than visit the history page and replace 'history' with 'purge', etc. Also, a server-side extension has much

Re: [Wikitech-l] Status of the Purge extension

2014-12-28 Thread Thomas Mulhall
We should ask the author if he/she would like it to be moved from svn to git. On Sunday, 28 December 2014, 15:21, Brad Jorsch (Anomie) bjor...@wikimedia.org wrote: On Dec 28, 2014 2:07 AM, Ricordisamoa ricordisa...@openmailbox.org wrote: New users often need to purge the server

Re: [Wikitech-l] Status of the Purge extension

2014-12-28 Thread MZMcBride
Ricordisamoa wrote: It looks like the Purge extension https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Purge for MediaWiki could be very useful to replace many similar gadgets on Wikimedia sites. New users often need to purge the server cache, and don't know how to do it. A simple link is way more helpful

Re: [Wikitech-l] Status of the Purge extension

2014-12-28 Thread Jon Robson
On 28 Dec 2014 08:16, MZMcBride z...@mzmcbride.com wrote: Ricordisamoa wrote: It looks like the Purge extension https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Purge for MediaWiki could be very useful to replace many similar gadgets on Wikimedia sites. New users often need to purge the server

Re: [Wikitech-l] Status of the Purge extension

2014-12-28 Thread Arcane 21
I agree. Purging should either be integrated into the MW core or the extension needs to be made so anyone can use it whenever needed without needing JS. Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 09:38:26 -0800 From: jdlrob...@gmail.com To: wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] Status

[Wikitech-l] Status of the Purge extension

2014-12-27 Thread Ricordisamoa
It looks like the Purge extension https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Purge for MediaWiki could be very useful to replace many similar gadgets on Wikimedia sites. New users often need to purge the server cache, and don't know how to do it. A simple link is way more helpful than visit the