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
> >
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