2014-08-21 15:03 GMT+03:00 Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk>: > On 21 August 2014 10:31, Strainu <strain...@gmail.com> wrote: >> and significantly alter some infoboxes because "it doesn't >> look good". > > I'd not noticed this; can you give examples, please?
It seems this is not the case at en.wp, but take a look at how infoboxes (and especially coordinates) are displayed at ro.wp and fr.wp for [[:ro:București]]/[[:fr:Bucarest]]. There might be some underlying HTML problem that causes the box to move left, but what's the deal with the decimal coordinates? I thought we were trying to save bandwitdh? 2014-08-21 22:56 GMT+03:00 Michael Peel <em...@mikepeel.net>: > I thought this was set in the source code for the main page, see: > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MobileFrontend#Configuring_the_main_page > which would mean that this could easily be fixed if there was consensus. > However, that documentation may be out of date, since I can't spot any mf- > ID's in the enwp main page? Last edit to the main page on the subject is 31 May 2013. I haven't tried, but I would guess it's out of date. 2014-08-21 16:24 GMT+03:00 Risker <risker...@gmail.com>: >>> So - we know there is a definite cost to having all these "navigation >>> aids" >>> in articles. We need to justify their use, instead of simply adding them >>> by reflex. So here is where analytics teams can really be useful: tell >>> us >>> whether or not these navboxes are actually being used to go to other >>> articles. If they're widely used to leap to the next article, then we >>> need You mean on the desktop? Risker, why not talk to Erik Zachte directly and see if he can do anything withing the privacy policy's boundaries? >> >> For me the conclusion would be not that we should drop them altogether in >> the mobile version (most of them are useful navigation means after all) but >> that the mobile version should be improved to parse them and to present >> them as a piece of plain text, not as a template. >> >> > Many of these templates have over 100 links in them; a surprisingly large > number have "subtemplates" built into them. You both have a point. I'm sure there are some ways that the HTML code can get semantic information in order to determine the main links from such a box and display them. I'm glad Frederico brought this up (even if it might not have been his original point, and I apologize for hijacking his thread). If people agree that the mobile version needs to be "smarter" in deciding what to parse from the page, we can log some enhancements and push on the wikitech list to have them at least considered, if not prioritized. Thanks, Strainu _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
