Wikipedia:Phase II feature requests/Interface and user preferences: Difference between revisions

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'''This page is obsolete!'''

It is an archive of old feature requests that were still active on 2002 July 20, when we moved from Phase II to Phase III of the software.

Many requests were implemented then, while others became obsolete due to being rejected by the community.

'''See [[Wikipedia:Feature requests]] for current requests.'''

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''Please see the [http://wikipedia.sourceforge.net/fpw/wiki.phtml PHP wikipedia] under development. Most of the requests I see here are already working there. Please help me squish the bugs so we can switch over soon. --[[user:Magnus Manske|Magnus Manske]]''

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<br>When I use six spaces (instead of the underlines used above) to begin a new "semi-paragraph" (a break not as strong as a &lt;p&gt;) Wikipedia leaves the paragraph unformatted. IMO it was better not to use &lt;pre&gt;text&lt;pre&gt; automatically. And I wonder why <a href="xxxx">xxx</a> doesn´t work, why it can´t become automatically translated to Wikipedia syntax. Sporadic writers like me may want to use simple things like target="_blank" - things that don´t spoil consistency nor security - why not implement better filtering? I see you´re coding Wikipedia in PHP now, so performance should not be a problem.

<br>Another thing I´d like to have is modification dates, in an extended view mainly for writers. And tables or div layers to paint colors were cool, maybe even transparent colors (CSS?) to show overlapping and several sucessive changes. [[User:Grasso]]

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* Can we have the "edit this page right now!" link back at the top of the page? Or was that voted down? I like it.

** I second the above -- [[User:GWO]]

* I would like a link somewhere to my own personal page, since there I have linked pages that are of interest to me (in lack of a 'subscribe' feature =). I always search for my own page the first thing when I surf to wikipedia.

* I would like to have a CANCEL Button on the Edits page (Page in Edit mode) added to the two existing ones SUBMIT and PREVIEW. Just to have a clear understanding what is going on and what the system/database is up to. [[User:StefanRybo]]

** How about a "SPELL CHECK" button, too?

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* When I'm editing a topic, I'd like to have the search box available at the bottom of the page. [[User:Janet Davis]]

** Suggestion: have the search results appear in a new window, so you don't lose whatever it was you're working on. -- [[User:Gimbo]]

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** Under this scheme, how could we ever visit the redirection page? By switching a preference? I dunno, seems like we have to edit redirection pages too often. This would just create confusion, wouldn't it? --[[User:LMS]]

** Yes, I think you're right. Maybe if we could just exclude them from "Random Page" results

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* Provide a user preference to include the ''preview'' (formatted version of the page) when entering editing mode. (This would save me one click + wait for almost every page I edit. [[User:Buttonius]]

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** Maybe, if such sidebars could be created ''automatically'' and for ''all'' articles. But what's wrong with having the links at the bottom of the page? If that's reasonably acceptable, why go through the confusion of having links in a sidebar? --[[User:LMS]]

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* A link to [[How does one edit a page/Quick reference]] from the editing page, to avoid me having to dive through the [[FAQ]] every time I can't remember a special character -- DrBob

** Seconded. Though in fact the quick reference is now on the main [[Wikipedia:How to edit a page|How does one edit a page]]. -- Tarquin

* The SEARCH field and button should be located at the top of the page, just like with search engines, because it feels more intuitive that way. At least the main page should have the SEARCH code in the upper part of the page. -- TrishankKahuna Karthik"Pierre" Shanx

**Absolutely! The first thing I want to do if i go to Wikipedia is looking for some word. The way it is now, I always have to scroll down (yeah, my window is small...)

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*** Maybe make its placement a user preference: top, bottom, or both? -- [[User:Gimbo]]

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* Could we have a user interface so that it looks like we're on a corporate webpage, so we could read Wikipedia at work without being conspicuous?

:''See also :'' [[FeatureWikipedia:Phase II feature requests]]