MediaWiki talk:Common.js/Archive 8

Global JS/CSS "safe" now

{{editprotected}} Looks like developers did the same thing for global JS/CSS files as they already did before for personal js/css files: now the whole page is shown inside <pre class="mw-code mw-js"> tag, which means nothing is going to work inside and we can remove all templates (e.g. {{Interwiki-all}} in MediaWiki:Monobook.css and MediaWiki:Common.css), [[User:]] links, headings, <pre> tags and so on. However, there is still one little reason to keep <source> tag: you can trasclude the file on another page and then still enjoy it with syntax highlighting ∴ Alex Smotrov 22:29, 27 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

For highlighting add both </pre> before <source ...> and <pre> after </source> tags.--AlefZet 21:57, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, that was my first idea as well, but it doesn't work since Mediawiki simply replaces all < into <. Note that this doesn't happen immediately after saving (I have no idea why), so if markup on js/css pages seems to work for you, just wait a little and it won't ;) ∴ Alex Smotrov 22:13, 28 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Now it <pre> with syntax highlighting, which is nice. Still, no markup works inside, so it's better to remove it ∴ Alex Smotrov 16:15, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed _→AzaToth 17:07, 29 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you still want to see it with all the bells and whistles (parsed wikicode), try a diff, like: &oldid=141424535&diff=. --Splarka (rant) 07:05, 30 June 2007 (UTC)[reply]

There is ongoing discussion about this on bugzilla (bugs 10196, 10314, 10410, 10422), so don't be surprised if it changes again soon. --ais523 15:39, 2 July 2007 (U T C)

Make "Upload file" more like on commons

{{editprotected}} There are a few things that I would like to propose for en: when uploading files. Most of these are not original ideas. I could provide a link to where they were first proposed but I don't think it's that important. I think they can be done with js of some kind.

Remove the "Upload file" link in the "toolbox" and move the "File upload wizard" into the "toolbox". I believe this has been done on zh: and can probably be done here with js.
Have the {{information}} preloaded into the editbox, again, much like at commons, and much of the info filled out. It has been suggested rather to have a link that will fill it in if needed, but personally I don't like the later idea. Having it automatically in the editbox will give people a better idea of what info is needed. I have located how it was done on commons, it is a simple js here.
A small thing is to have the editbox 50% larger, or more.

This same message went trough the Village Pump (Make "Upload file" more like on Commons) without anyone noticing. So I thought I'd add it here. --Steinn inn 16:03, 4 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

These sound like good ideas, get consensus for them then re-enable the template. Thanks, GDonato (talk) 12:53, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I already posted it at the village pump, what more do you need? --Steinn inn 13:55, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately, I am unwilling to make such changes without agreement of the community. The only thing I would say is trying re-listing, possibly at WP:VPT too. GDonato (talk) 18:32, 6 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]