On Sep 18, 2012, at 5:07 PM, Gerard Meijssen <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 18 September 2012 00:09, Steven Walling <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Following up on what I said previously about wanting to build on top of >> this, there are some usability enhancements proposed at bug #40307. >> >> On the truncation issue: length is already something of an issue, from my >> perspective. For example: the default watchlist message, which is 37 words, >> seems to have been written on the assumption that the notification >> container would be much wider. I've heard some complaints about it.[1] I'm >> not sure if truncation is the correct method, but we should do something to >> keep messages short. >> >> Steven >> >> 1. "[10:22:25] Fluffernutter: the javascript "flash" for watchlisting is >> driving me very slightly nuts - it lasts too long and blocks out text" >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IRC_office_hours/Office_hours_2012-09-08 >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitech-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >> > > Hoi, > The default watchlist is 37 words ... these words are probably en.wikipedia > measurements. To what extend have different scripts and different languages > been considered ? > Thanks. > GerardM > Doesn't matter in this case. The point is that the message is oversized. It contains too much redundant information for a simple confirmation that the page was added to the watchlist. Considering that this message is not wiki-content, it doesn't make sense to truncate it. It simply needs to be shortened at the source. The interface messages in question are (from ApiWatch.php): * addedwatchtext [1] * removedwatchtext [2] "removedwatchtext" is short and to the point. -- Krinkle [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki:addedwatchtext/en [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki:removedwatchtext/en _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
