Pardon me if I missed an announcement, but will there be any office hours about Flow in the near future? I have a few general questions about cross-wiki discussions and the relationship of Flow to VE. (I'm mostly focused on VE right now.)
Thanks, Pine On Mar 16, 2015 11:21 PM, "Kevin Wayne Williams" <kwwilli...@kwwilliams.com> wrote: > Nick Wilson (Quiddity) schreef op 2015/03/16 om 19:03: > >> On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 6:02 PM, Risker <risker...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> How about just converting those threads back to Wikitext, instead? That >>> script already exists, I've seen it used on Mediawiki. Will it mess up >>> the >>> pages that have already been converted using that script? >>> >>> Bottom line, it makes no sense to replace software that was considered >>> barely suitable when it was first developed with "new" software that >>> can't >>> even do what that old, long-neglected software could do...and in several >>> cases, there is no intention to ever add the features already available >>> using Wikitext. >>> >>> As expectations increase for project users to post their >>> comments/concerns/ideas/observations on Mediawiki, the use of Flow will >>> become a barrier for participation. >>> >>> Risker/Anne >>> >>> >> Converting LQT to Wikitext would lose the major benefits of: >> * per-Topic watchlisting, >> * per-Topic category support, >> * Sortable views (with Filterable views on the roadmap [1]), >> as well as the immensely easier process for new-editors to be able to >> participate in discussions, and be notified about replies.[2] >> >> > But it would provide the advantage of using the standardized discussion > technique used in virtually all Wikimedia installations. There doesn't seem > to be any particular user demand to adopt Flow, so there's no reason to > believe it will gain any more traction than LQT ever did. > > KWW > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
