I agree with this, it's really not a technical issue at this point so it doesn't have a place on wikitech-l
On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Russell Nelson <[email protected]>wrote: > This sounds like something non-technical, like you would discuss at a > village pump. Maybe you should do that and then get back to us with a > greater variety of user opinions? If you're right and this is a dumb idea, > then you'll save us a lot of time by canvassing users. > -russ > > On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 9:27 AM, John Du Hart <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Why. > > > > Why does an encyclopedia need a share button? I can see the purpose on > > Commons, but for an article? I just don't see the justification. What do > > you > > really need to share with your friends from an reference source. What > does > > a > > button do that copypaste can't? > > > > There's also the technical problems this would incur. Each of these > buttons > > require yet another HTTP request each, which would make the hard work by > RL > > team moot. > > > > It just doesn't make sense. > > > > On Oct 20, 2011 11:54 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Gentlemen, where is the Share button? > > All other sites have them by now, but on Wikipedia one cannot even find > > its definition in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Share . > > At least on ones account preferences there should be a way to "activate > > sharing with the following websites ... " causing a share button to > > appear in the navigation menu. > > If there is an extension, then wikipedia should install it and not > > depend on browser plugins, etc. > > OK, I made https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=31853 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > -- John _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
