https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40450
--- Comment #7 from MZMcBride <[email protected]> 2012-09-23 20:05:57 UTC --- (In reply to comment #6) >> This isn't a valid use-case as far as I'm concerned. You should be using the >> API to retrieve these lists, not copying and pasting. The GUI is for >> presentation, not scripting. > > A software is used by users, so it's up to them to use the tools the more > convenient for them. For example, there are several JS gadgets like > VisualFileChange in Commons where you could copy/paste a set of pages title to > perform batch operation. The point of these Special pages viewed via (the implicit) ?action=view is to show users a graphical report of particular wiki data. If users want to re-use this content in another script or program, the reports' data _must_ be accessed via the API, not via copy and paste. This has become a fundamental principle of MediaWiki development. > There are arguments for both versions. > > Without, it's simpler to read. > > With, it's more accurate and allow copy/paste in a tool an easier way. It's not more accurate, it's just redundant (as conceded by you in comment 4). :-) > So, I would like to have the choice in a MediaWiki installation to use one of > the other. Global configuration variables have a pretty high cost. The benefit here is very, very limited (in my opinion, a valid use-case for adding the prefixes still hasn't even been presented). If users want the prefixes, they can and should write a simple JavaScript gadget or similar. I don't see a reason to implement a configuration variable here. -- 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
