https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23772
MZMcBride <b...@mzmcbride.com> changed:
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--- Comment #12 from MZMcBride <b...@mzmcbride.com> 2012-10-15 00:31:51 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #11)
> https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/27923/
>
> Right now it uses a simple notification. I'm open for bikeshedding on the best
> location to put the message.
I read this bug a bit differently than you, I think. From what I can see, this
bug would be solved by implementing a message along the lines of:
---
You're reading about [[{{FULLPAGENAME}}]].
[[Special:Search/{{FULLPAGENAME}}|Search Wikipedia]] for more resources about
this subject.
---
I'm not sure where such a message would fit in to the user interface, but it
would accomplish most of the goals of this bug, I think. And it would do so
without the need to track where users are coming from, without the additional
code complexity and weight of session storage and JavaScript, and it would do
so consistently (not just on supporting browsers).
This bug has (wrongly, in my view) focused on tracking the status of a user
(i.e., tracking whether the user came from a search or not). I'm not sure that
this is important enough to support the current proposed implementation (Gerrit
change 27923) over a simpler implementation that would be generically helpful
(a path from an article subject to a search on the same site about that
subject).
Others have suggested using server-side session variables for adding context to
the user search experience. The argument being that local (client-side) session
storage is inadequate for a good user experience, I guess.
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