https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16801


Melancholie <[email protected]> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
                 CC|                            |[email protected]




--- Comment #5 from Melancholie <[email protected]>  2008-12-28 16:47:49 
UTC ---
@P. Birken: Bug 16636 was just filed following
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16489#c5 (comment 5), per
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16489#c7 (comment 7). If I
hadn't separated it, someone else would have done it. Frankly, I am (and was)
not the biggest fan of bug 16489 anyway, see
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16489#c9. But I see it as some
kind of necessary and acceptable compromise.

Some people use RecentChanges, to *watch all* pages, others use their
customised watchlist. For the same purpose, the first is unfiltered, the second
is filtered (only containing *some* pages). There is no other difference
between those pages, WatchLists are individual RecentChanges. Actually, *every*
edit should be checked, but when there is bug 16489 there also should be bug
16636. Consistency is an important quality, yet missing in MediaWiki often
enough. And WLs are as bloated and crowded as RCs, that's a general problem.

Once again (referring to your e-mail), FlaggedRevs doesn't belong to Germans,
it is not at all owned by or eligible for de.WP in any way. A good software
fits the needs of all its users around the world, and it can be customised.
Hiding/disabling features by default (or making them inconsistent) is never a
good idea, just because normal/un-privileged users will not know of that
features and will not directly be able to make use of those features. Hiding
something you are aware of - and somehow don't like - is just as easy!
Especially on Wikimedia (even important) features often are only made available
for a wiki if a privileged user on that wiki is aware of a certain
feature/extension, aware of bugzilla and able+willing to file a request and to
wait for it to be enabled. Luckily, FlaggedRevs currently has an very ambitious
developer, with a 'meta-like' overview and a clear concept.


-- 
Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email
------- You are receiving this mail because: -------
You are on the CC list for the bug.

_______________________________________________
Wikibugs-l mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l

Reply via email to