I have one: I want you to tell me WHY is easy make a female noob will be able to use javascript, templates and redirects than click in one button and say "I'm a girl".
MediaWiki is full of things since forever. The software will not broke because one more feature. ____ *Béria Lima (Beh) (351) 925 171 484* 2011/2/14 Ryan Lomonaco <wiki.ral...@gmail.com> > Rather than implementing MediaWiki code that could be controversial, > there's > probably an easier solution that requires no code: > > - Add a pseudo-namespace (such as the WP: prefix on Wikipedia, WN: on > Wikinews, etc.) that forwards from Benutzerin to Benutzer (and the relevant > User talk namespaces). This would mean that either Benutzer or Benutzerin > would successfully link to one's user pages. > > - Let users add a template to their user and talk pages that changes the > title of the page from Benutzer to Benutzerin. This could be easily done > using the magic word {{DISPLAYTITLE}} and possibly JavaScript to modify the > user/user talk links at the top of the page. > > This has the benefits of not adding more code to MediaWiki, not requiring > users to choose their gender unless they want to, and ensuring that if > someone doesn't know whether I'm male or female, they can get to my user > page without having to guess. > > It would obviously be a decision for communities to make, but if there were > consensus to do it, I'm pretty sure that it could easily be done this way. > > Any thoughts? > > -- > [[User:Ral315]] > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l > _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l