https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=19070
Summary: add section [edit] links to the default skin - for IP
users
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: enhancement
Priority: Normal
Component: Page editing
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Currently it is required that one be logged in to see section edit links. The
reason for this AIUI appears to be a qualitative opinion with regard to IP
("anon") editors and what problems they might create if editing is made
particularly visible and therefore easy to do. If this is a reason, I think
it's unwiki, and any issues can be handled by the community, albeit not without
some thought.
Section editing is great, and as someone made clear a couple years ago IP edits
account for a great deal of content. Some articles are getting longer too, and
this means that IP editors who want to edit a section need to load up the whole
page in edit mode. It could be that the large articles are well-developed and
as such there is a modality of nudging contributors to log in to edit such
articles, but I'm not certain there wouldn't be some quantifiable benefits to
making section editing available to IP editors.
There are of course other default interface issues to deal with, and some
inclusive discussion about that might generate some ideas. Quick-selection of
some basic CSS for options is one.
-Steven
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