https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31853
--- Comment #6 from [email protected] 2011-10-21 15:54:36 UTC --- In YouTube the Share button gives one various Link, email, embed, and only upon a further click only does one get the fearsome Facebook, etc. However all one can find in Wikipedia is Toolbox->Permanent Link, which is not what we want. Just the plain link one might think 'is so obvious', so doesn't need 'share' or 'link' markings... all though most sites would at least have a link logo... looking at http://picasaweb.google.com/ ... Link to this album Paste link in email or IM Paste HTML to embed in website Embed Slideshow Anyway, we see that even at the MediaWiki level, and even without any mention of external websites, ways to make it clear how to link to the current article could be added. One might say that 'just let them copy it out of the URL bar in their browser'... well that is often a haphazard way on many websites, that is why websites proactively provide ways the user can get the recommended link, instead of leaving things up to chance, even if it does happen to work for Wikipedia and Mediawiki. Looking in a text browser, Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=...&oldid=438528682"; Namespaces * Article ... * Discussion Views * Read ... Toolbox * What links here * Related changes * Upload file * Special pages * Permanent link * Cite this page Print/export * Create a book * Download as PDF * Printable version We see there are in fact several items that are indeed the plain link we want, just they are not marked 'link to this article'... which would probably belong in "Print/export"... OK, never mind. Bye. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- 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
