I'd certainly find such a thing very valuable - I'd use it to allow people to approve pages, the pages need three levels of approval, so this would make it much easier for it to be done.
I wouldn't make it as specific as just a voting system - it'd be good if there was room to make a short comment or to link a file, without needing to edit the page itself. Your last option sounds the best. I think, though, that you can do this with a form at the moment - it's just not as clean and easy is it could be - for example, my question here: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension_talk:Semantic_Forms#Alternative_icons_for_radiobuttons_-_for_a_checklist._Any_suggestions_of_how_to_achieve_this.3F It's the same requirement, really, a way of enabling interaction directly on the page, without a need for users to understand wiki syntax or to move to another page, or to have a pop-up On 16 May 2014 04:47, Benjamin Pelletier <bjpcalt...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have a Semantic MediaWiki installation that has a large number of Canyon > pages, where each of those pages describes a different hiking trip. These > pages have a number of properties on them, one of them being Quality (how > "good" of a trip it is). Currently, editors can edit the wikitext to change > this property. I would like make a feature that allows people to vote on > what Quality they think a particular Canyon is, and then the overall Quality > (based on the votes received) would be displayed on the page. I can think > of a few different ways this might be done, but I was hoping to get some > advice from people who are really familiar with Semantic MediaWiki for which > method is likely to produce the best results with the least effort. > > == Single "Voting data" wiki page == > I could make an extension that automatically edits a particular wiki page > (perhaps "Voting data") in response to a click. It would read the existing > content, add the new vote, recalculate ratings, generate semantic properties > with those ratings, and save the new page version. I'm not sure if this is > possible, but it seems like the best solution if it is. Although, there > might be a problem eventually if, say, 300 people each vote on 10 canyons, > then my page size is going to be like 60k (which may cause performance > issues?) > > == Stand-alone widget == > I could make an extension that injects custom PHP that talks to an entirely > separate (non-MediaWiki) database to store and report the voting data. This > same approach would work on any website, even if it wasn't a MediaWiki > install. The down side of this approach is that I have no idea how I would > (could?) integrate the voting results into a semantic search. Can semantic > data be stored stably in the SMW database without being defined in any > wikitext? > > == Per-page voting data == > I could maybe make an extension that automatically edits the current page > and injects an additional vote line so all the quality votes for a given > page are stored on that page. But, this seems like the most difficult > option, and there would be a bunch of voting data junk in the wikitext > content. > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks! > --Ben > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE > Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. > Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform > available > Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." > http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs > _______________________________________________ > Semediawiki-devel mailing list > Semediawiki-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Accelerate Dev Cycles with Automated Cross-Browser Testing - For FREE Instantly run your Selenium tests across 300+ browser/OS combos. Get unparalleled scalability from the best Selenium testing platform available Simple to use. Nothing to install. Get started now for free." http://p.sf.net/sfu/SauceLabs _______________________________________________ Semediawiki-devel mailing list Semediawiki-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/semediawiki-devel
