https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35371
--- Comment #5 from Porter21 <[email protected]> 2012-03-21 00:38:50 UTC --- Why would it be "kind of daft" to use the same interface message if you want to have the same text? It's a bit like saying you should create a new interface message for every instance of "Error" instead of using the same message for each instance. As for "you're doing it wrong" (to paraphrase the argument), the MediaWiki manual itself simply says: "The link text can be the name of an interface message (page in the MediaWiki namespace) or plain text". It does not state any of these is preferred or might cause issues, so I don't really see how this is a case of someone doing something wrong. Besides, the plain text method is arguably the more commonly used option outside of Wikimedia wikis; on smaller, single-language wikis it's simply cumbersome to use interface messages when you won't have someone to translate them into other languages anyway. Regarding this being a bit of an edge case, I agree. It does have use cases though; for example, if you have a wiki centered on a limited number of topics, it's not really out-of-the-way that someone would make a sidebar section for each topic and put an "Overview" link in each. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
