If an article is bloated with links or templates just remove the clutter. On Nov 11, 2011 7:33 PM, "Jussi-Ville Heiskanen" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 12:36 AM, Tim Starling <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On 09/11/11 22:29, Peter Jacobi wrote: > >> Perhaps the usefulness of portals and categories can be combined. > >> For example, but unrealistic in the short term, clicking to a > >> standard category link should open the portal page of the same name > >> if it exists. > > > > You could just put {{Portal:{{PAGENAME}} }} at the top of the category > > page, although I appreciate how difficult it is to change the relevant > > policy. > > > > I came to the conclusion many years ago that the easiest way to make a > > policy change on Wikipedia is to spend 6 months writing and deploying > > software that requires or implements the change. It's a lot easier to > > get a majority in a software deployment vote than it is to build > > consensus behind an editorial policy. > > > > Not really. Two sofwareside attempts on Finnish Wikipedia crashed and > burned, > despite me trying to nurse them along. > > > > -- > -- > Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]] > > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l > _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
