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Universal Edit Button
Original author(s)Travis Derouin
Initial releaseJune 19, 2008
PlatformCross-platform
TypeBrowser extension
Websiteuniversaleditbutton.org/Universal_Edit_Button/ Edit this at Wikidata

When the Universal Edit Button it green, that means that you can edit the website.

History

The first version of the button, created in 2007

The concept was first conceived during the 2007 RecentChangesCamp in Montreal, Quebec. After the next RecentChangesCamp, coding began by Travis Derouin, Brion Vibber and other programmers, the button was officially launched on June 19, 2008

Conversations on this idea started at RoCoCo (a RecentChangesCamp) in Montreal in 2007,[1] and discussions continued on the AboutUs wiki.[2]

A screenshot from WikiIndex.org showing the Universal Edit Button in action


The plug-ins on the browser side recognize the specific form of the alternative link specification in HTML fragment:[3] 

 <link rel="alternate"
   type="application/x-wiki"
   title="Welcome to edit this page!"
   href="wiki?edit=myEditLink"/>

The href part tag species the edit page that corresponds with the page being viewed. Every server that is capable and willing to support the user editing can include this fragment and this way enable the button. Hence the button support can be relatively easily added to various web applications if the source code is available. The tag does not put any requirements on the details about the editing session itself and simply brings to the page where the user would also come by clicking on Edit tab (or similar). The button is normally used in the user editable pages, so no maintainer-only credentials should be asked to start a valid editing session. If only registered (logged in) users can edit, the button should bring to the register/login form.

Plug-ins are currently available for Firefox, Opera, Epiphany, and Chrome.[4][5][6][7]

Supported websites

Websites supporting the Universal Edit Button include wikiHow, AboutUs.org, Wikimedia (including Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikimedia Commons and all other Wikimedia projects[8]), MediaWiki software, DokuWiki, MoinMoin, PhpWiki, Socialtext, TWiki, the Creative Commons wiki, Foodista, Wikia, PBworks, WikkaWiki, Memory Alpha, Wired's How-To blog, WordPress (as a plug-in[9]), and many others.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16] Currently,[when?] the project's website lists over 80 other websites that have implemented support for the button.

References

  1. ^ "RoCoCo". RoCoCoCamp.info. 2008-04-30. Archived from the original on 2009-03-15. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
  2. ^ Discussions on the AboutUs wiki Archived 2008-10-06 at the Wayback Machine — AboutUs.org
  3. ^ "Documentation, how to implement the button on the server side". Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2011-04-18.
  4. ^ "Firefox plug-in". Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2011-11-03.
  5. ^ Opera plug-in
  6. ^ "Epiphany plug-in page". Archived from the original on 2008-08-21. Retrieved 2009-04-04.
  7. ^ "Chrome plug-in page". Archived from the original on 2010-10-06. Retrieved 2009-11-18.
  8. ^ "Wikimedia announcement". Blog.Wikimedia.org. 20 June 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-03-07. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
  9. ^ "WordPress plugin". UniversalEditButton.org. Archived from the original on 2009-03-27. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
  10. ^ Gohr, Andreas (2008-06-20). "plugin:ueb". DokuWiki. Archived from the original on 2009-03-08. Retrieved 2009-06-11.
  11. ^ Niall Kennedy (June 28, 2008). "Socialtext announcement". SocialText.com. Archived from the original on 2010-07-27. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
  12. ^ "TWiki announcement". TWiki.org. Archived from the original on 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
  13. ^ "Creative Commons announcement". CreativeCommons.org. 2008-06-22. Archived from the original on 2008-12-21. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
  14. ^ "PBwiki announcement". Blog.PBWiki.com. 20 June 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-04-30. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
  15. ^ "WikkaWiki announcement". Docs.WikkaWiki.org. Archived from the original on 2009-03-14. Retrieved 2009-03-17.
  16. ^ Wikis Rally Around Universal Edit Button Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine — Webmonkey
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