I agree. Purging should either be integrated into the MW core or the extension needs to be made so anyone can use it whenever needed without needing JS.
> Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 09:38:26 -0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] Status of the Purge extension > > On 28 Dec 2014 08:16, "MZMcBride" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Ricordisamoa wrote: > > >It looks like the Purge extension > > ><https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Purge> for MediaWiki could be > > >very useful to replace many similar gadgets on Wikimedia sites. > > >New users often need to purge the server cache, and don't know how to do > > >it. A simple link is way more helpful than "visit the history page and > > >replace 'history' with 'purge'", etc. Also, a server-side extension has > > >much better i18n support and works without JavaScript. Is anyone > > >interested in getting it in? > > > > Hi. > > > > Rather than trying find ways to institutionalize the purge action, I'd > > strongly prefer that we examine the purge action's current use-cases and > > find ways to obviate them. > > > > Purging should be an internal implementation detail and any time a user > > feels that manually purging a page is required, MediaWiki has failed the > > user. > > Well said. > _______________________________________________ > 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
