Why shouldn't end users know? Some end users are able to use an API. I prefer to not take the pedantic 'dont break your pretty little head on our API' route On Sep 18, 2012 8:15 AM, "Max Semenik" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 18.09.2012, 5:04 MZMcBride wrote: > > > Hi. > > > There's a fairly straightforward request to add an > API/Developer/Developer > > Hub link to the footer of Wikimedia wikis, near the "Disclaimers", > "Mobile > > view", etc. links: > > <https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33464>. > > > This should be fairly trivial to implement, but I wanted to check if > there > > were any objections to such an idea. The basic rationale for including > such > > a link is that other sites such as Twitter and Facebook and Wordnik have > > similar links. This kind of link encourages viewers to become involved in > > development for the project (e.g., Wikipedia), as opposed to the > MediaWiki > > logo, which serves a somewhat different purpose/functionality. > > > Assuming there aren't any objections to the idea, the only remaining > > question seems to be where to point such a link. Brandon suggested > > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Help>. I'm wondering if there's > an > > "API basics" FAQ or something similar on mediawiki.org that could be > > included in whatever landing page is chosen. Something that includes > common > > questions about the API such as "What formats are available?", "Do I > need an > > API key?" (which I think is a pretty major question to answer, given how > > many other APIs I've come across work), "How can I get started developing > > for Wikimedia wikis?", etc. Does anyone know if such a page exists > already? > > Project:Help is for end-users, none of them knows or should know what > an API is. > > -- > Best regards, > Max Semenik ([[User:MaxSem]]) > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
