On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 8:35 PM, Max Semenik <maxsem.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 20.08.2011, 22:23 Martijn wrote:
>
>> On wikimedia projects that are not Wikipedia (Wikia in specific comes
>> to mind) I often find myself using templates that have not been
>> defined on that installation. The English Wikipedia (which I am most
>> familiar with) has many very usefull templates, especially the
>> {{citeFoo}} templates, but numerous others as well. Trying to 'import'
>> one is a bit of a pain though. Many templates depend on other
>> templates, and it is not often very clear how (as a fun exercise for
>> the reader, try to import the {{convert}} template to a new wiki, and
>> see how easy it is!). I was wondering if it might be a good idea to
>> include a standard template library to Wikimedia installations,
>> containing a set of utility templates along with the Wikimedia
>> distribution. I'm cross-posting foudation, for possible discussion if
>> this is desirable, and wikitech, for possible discussion if this is
>> feasable.
>
> Don't forget, English is one of 300-something languages we support.
> And users of other languages typically don't feel comfortable with
> using English templates, because words like "cite book", "author" and
> "link" are meaningless to them. So we're speaking about 300+ sets of
> templates. This is both unmaintainable and burdensome. And don't
> forget, not every MediaWiki (that's how our software is called, not
> Wikimedia!) will want them. I would suppport a system that downloads
> them on-demand, however shipping zillion templates out of the box is
> simply out of the question.
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Max Semenik ([[User:MaxSem]])
>
eh, Derp on the MediaWiki/Wikimedia, dunno where that came from. Also
I'm not proposing to export all the en.wiki templates, but rather
establish a core set of templates that could be exported (and
translated!) on demand.
Regards,
Martijn
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