Oh look, we go full circle ;) ----
I haven't checked but given its implemented as a special page i doubt Risker's cu concerns are addressed. Edits to lists do not appear in contribs on beta site. --bawolff On Apr 4, 2015 11:15 AM, "Kevin Wayne Williams" <kwwilli...@kwwilliams.com> wrote: > > I hereby nominate "collections". Describes it well and, at least to my ear, helps convey a bit of the notion that it's a personal thing. > KWW > > Risker schreef op 2015/04/04 om 8:08: > >> Hi Jon - >> >> These look interesting, and I'm sure some people will enjoy them a lot. >> From my perspective as a oversighter and checkuser, as long as I'm able to >> suppress information on the page, and the "edits" to the page show up in >> the contributions tables that are available for checkusers for review, I'm >> perfectly fine with these "pages". (Note - I've already thought of >> multiple reasons that we'd wind up needing to suppress information on these >> pages, not to mention half a dozen ways that the pages could be used >> inappropriately that could lead to checkusering -- just like any other page >> on Wikipedia. They don't need a different level of scrutiny, just the same >> level as everywhere else.) Admins being able to delete the page isn't >> enough, so please ensure that these are fully tested. I'll be happy to >> work with you on that. >> >> On the other hand, I think it would be a net positive if everyone stops >> calling these pages "lists". Lists are a specific type of content that has >> existed on Wikipedia practically since its inception; projects have >> guidelines and sometimes even policies on their creation, use and format. >> Thousands of users have had their own personal lists in their userspace for >> pretty much the entire history of the project, too. Thus, the subject line >> of this thread is inaccurate: Lists have pretty much always been first >> class citizens on Wikipedia projects. This new extension does not create >> lists in the Wikipedia sense, it creates a collection of article >> thumbnails. Calling these new "pages" lists as well, even if just talking >> in the vernacular, will be confusing. >> >> So...please give some further thought to what to call these pages that >> doesn't use a term that is already well-understood to mean something >> entirely different. From my perspective, the idea (and the execution) is >> fine. >> >> RIsker/Anne >> > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l