On 23.04.2013 14:46, Jeroen De Dauw wrote: > Hey, > > At the risk of starting an emacs vs vim like discussion, I'd like to ask if > I ought to be using a SpecialPage or an Action in my use case. I want to > have an extra tab for a specific type of article that shows some additional > information about this article.
I would use an action, for several reasons: * It's always *about* some page, it's something you do with a page. Which is what actions are for. * The action interface is newer and cleaner, special pages are rather messy. * Actions can easily be overloaded by the content handler. * It's consistent with action=history, action=edit, etc. Of course, Special:WhatLinksHere is used for "extra info about a page" too. I don't have a very strong preference, but I'd use an action. -- daniel _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
