https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56388
MZMcBride <[email protected]> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |[email protected] --- Comment #5 from MZMcBride <[email protected]> --- (In reply to comment #0) > Anyone setting up a MediaWiki wiki, wanting to use templates, has to > export/import them from another wiki (e.g. Wikipedia) or re-write and > maintain some similar ones. This can create a confusing mess. It would be very > useful to have a simpler way to install an up-to-date package of standard > templates. I'm not sure this bug is valid. If functionality is really needed on many wikis, it should be put in core or into a MediaWiki extension. We can easily create parser functions, magic words, etc. The two use-cases mentioned ([[mw:Template:@]] and [[mw:Template:U]]) are not compelling: they're borderline hacks that should be killed, not spread. Poor man's e-mail obfuscation hinders site usability and the user experience with almost no benefit. The "U" template was created this year and has about ten transclusions: it's hardly a critical template. Perhaps there are better use-cases you can find that would make for a more compelling case for this bug. Broadly, decentralization seems like a pretty bad idea. For images, we implemented InstantCommons, allowing one site to be a central repository of images, preventing needless and costly duplication. We did this in an abstract way, allowing sites to easily use Wikimedia Commons, but also set up or customize other central repositories to use. I don't see why we wouldn't do the same for global bits and pieces. -- 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
