https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49603
--- Comment #20 from pamdavi...@yahoo.co.uk --- (In reply to comment #18) > I agree with James Forrester that this should be done in stages, and that the > first stage would be to "show comments and let them be deleted. > > In terms of isolating hidden (aka "invisible") comments, the logic is pretty > much the same as for templates, except easier: look for <!-- as the left > boundary, then look for --> as the right boundary. Treat the result as a > block > that can be deleted or moved. > > Looking at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Hidden_text , it's not clear > that > text within an invisible comment is essentially nowikied, but that is in fact > the case, because - by definition - the text can't be seen in either read or > preview mode. From a programming viewpoint, this means that even if, for > example, there is an http link within the comment, or a reference - both > quite > possible - no rendering is needed: all text should be treated as text, NOT > interpreted. > Of the two options I would be much happier with (1): in many circumstances these comments need to be obvious to the naive editor, who will not necessarily have the savvy or curiosity to hover over an icon. Please display these comments clearly on screen for all editors, at the point in the article where they have been inserted: different font on coloured background sounds good. > What the person doing the edit sees is really the critical question. It seems > to me that there are two options: > > (1) Display as a text, mixed in with regular text, but in a different color > font and background color. This is what is done with templates. Regarding the > color: Hidden comments are typically warnings/notices to editors, so perhaps > yellow? The font/coloring will, ideally, make it clear that the text is not > part of the article. > > (2) Treat like a comment in Excel - put a character (I suggested a warning > icon > - see http://findicons.com/search/warning; in yellow) into the visible text > that, when a person hovers on the icon, displays the hidden/invisible text. > While this is less visible to editors, in some sense - they have to hover to > read - it's more visible in the sense that hidden comments, in wikitext > editing > mode, are in the same font as everything else, and thus less likely to be > noticed than a bright yellow warning icon. > > Option (2) lends itself nicely to the second phase mentioned by James: Here > there would be an icon on the toolbar, for adding a new comment. In addition, > if a person hovers over an existing comment, then an editing icon appears > nearby, which allows the person to edit the comment or to delete it [via > trashcan icon]. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list Wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
