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# Change default email for WikiIndex messages. Right now it is it coming from John Stanton's personal email and he is not active here anymore. | |||
# [[mw:Extension:Admin Links]] — ''Pro:'' anything to help sysops has gotta be a bonus - ''Con:'' grumpy sysops if you don't :p | |||
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# [[mw:Extension: | # [[mw:Extension:WikiEditor]] ''Pro'' - More user friendly editing interface, simpler to understand and has many features to assist inexperienced editors [[User:Arcane|Arcane]] ([[User talk:Arcane|talk]]) 15:17, 21 January 2013 (PST)Arcane | ||
# [[mw:Extension: | # [[mw:Extension:Translate]] — ''Pro:'' would help make this wiki open for all languages. - ''Con:'' Any? | ||
# [[mw:Extension:Maps]] — ''Pro:'' this would be really good for our City-Wiki entries, uses maps from more than one source (Google, Yahoo, OpenStreetMaps, etc) - ''Con:'' | |||
# [[mw:Extension:SpecialUserScore]] — ''Pro:'' it just lists edit counts of people (something interesting for stats geeks) and it helps people to see who is building WikiIndex - ''Con:'' probably doesn't add any real value to WikiIndex | # [[mw:Extension:SpecialUserScore]] — ''Pro:'' it just lists edit counts of people (something interesting for stats geeks) and it helps people to see who is building WikiIndex - ''Con:'' probably doesn't add any real value to WikiIndex | ||
# [[mw:Extension:Labeled Section Transclusion]] — ''Pro:'' would help select a part to transclusion and we need it for the relationship among [[Template:Wiki]],[[Template:Wiki boilerplate]], [[Template:NewWiki boilerplate]], and [[Community Portal]].--[[User:Zhuyifei1999|Zhuyifei1999]] ([[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]) 05:00, 13 April 2013 (PDT) - ''Con:'' Any? | # [[mw:Extension:Labeled Section Transclusion]] — ''Pro:'' would help select a part to transclusion and we need it for the relationship among [[Template:Wiki]],[[Template:Wiki boilerplate]], [[Template:NewWiki boilerplate]], and [[Community Portal]].--[[User:Zhuyifei1999|Zhuyifei1999]] ([[User talk:Zhuyifei1999|talk]]) 05:00, 13 April 2013 (PDT) - ''Con:'' Any? | ||
# [[mw:Extension:LastUserLogin]] — ''Pro:'' would let us know a person's activity. - ''Con:'' Any? | |||
# [[mw:Extension:NewUserMessage]] — ''Pro:'' would automatcally place a welcome message. - ''Con:'' The effort of personally welcoming someone is what builds community I think. I am afraid that a robot generated welcome message would deter from a welcoming environment. It certainly would place information on a person's talk page, not sure how valuable that is though. Best, Mark | # [[mw:Extension:NewUserMessage]] — ''Pro:'' would automatcally place a welcome message. - ''Con:'' The effort of personally welcoming someone is what builds community I think. I am afraid that a robot generated welcome message would deter from a welcoming environment. It certainly would place information on a person's talk page, not sure how valuable that is though. Best, Mark | ||
# [[mw:Extension: | # [[mw:Extension:CategoryTree]] — ''Pro:'' this would be really helpful in seeing how our categories are constructed - ''Con:'' IIRC CategoryTree is broken on the most recent version(s) of MediaWiki, as per [[mw:Extension talk:CategoryTree]]. --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] ([[User talk:Jack Phoenix|talk]]) 14:41, 22 December 2012 (PST) - Check to see if still broken | ||
# <s>[[mw:Extension:IconLink]]</s> — ''Pro:'' as raised [[Talk:Welcome#Favicons|here]] - ''Con:'' The code could do with a bit of updating (and preferrably a security review, too). --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] ([[User talk:Jack Phoenix|talk]]) 14:41, 22 December 2012 (PST) - Striking out because we don't have capacity to update code or do a security review. ~~ [[MarkDilley]] | # <s>[[mw:Extension:IconLink]]</s> — ''Pro:'' as raised [[Talk:Welcome#Favicons|here]] - ''Con:'' The code could do with a bit of updating (and preferrably a security review, too). --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] ([[User talk:Jack Phoenix|talk]]) 14:41, 22 December 2012 (PST) - Striking out because we don't have capacity to update code or do a security review. ~~ [[MarkDilley]] | ||
# <s>[[mw:Extension:FaviconLink]]</s> — ''Pro:'' - ''Con:'' The code is a mess and in the past, there was a XSS vulnerability in it. --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] ([[User talk:Jack Phoenix|talk]]) 14:41, 22 December 2012 (PST) Striking out because we don't have capacity to update code or do a security review. ~~ [[MarkDilley]] | # <s>[[mw:Extension:FaviconLink]]</s> — ''Pro:'' - ''Con:'' The code is a mess and in the past, there was a XSS vulnerability in it. --[[User:Jack Phoenix|Jack Phoenix]] ([[User talk:Jack Phoenix|talk]]) 14:41, 22 December 2012 (PST) Striking out because we don't have capacity to update code or do a security review. ~~ [[MarkDilley]] | ||