UDWiki talk:Administration/Policy Discussion/Update the Wiki Software (2)

Please note that this is not a policy in the usual sense. It's more like a petition or a request for Kevan to update the software.

On that note, I appreciate the amount of work that Kevan puts into UD, but it's getting hilarious as to how out-of-date the Wiki is. I don't really want to force him to do anything, but our software needs to be updated. I should also note that previous attempts to do this via his talk page have been unsuccessful, and our only real option is to follow what the community of a few years ago did, and make a petition. Linkthewindow  Talk  01:34, 17 July 2010 (BST)

Where do I sign? --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 01:37, 17 July 2010 (BST)

Wait three days :P Linkthewindow  Talk  01:38, 17 July 2010 (BST)

3 days, huh? You should advertise. ;P --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 01:40, 17 July 2010 (BST)

Also, if anyone's got any pseudo-namespaces that they want turned into proper ones, or extensions added to the Wiki software, now's the time to speak. Linkthewindow  Talk  01:38, 17 July 2010 (BST)

We do have quite a few "Journal:" namespaces... --•▬ ▬••▬ • •••• •▬ ▬•▬• ▬•▬ ^{#nerftemplatedsigs} 01:43, 17 July 2010 (BST)

Right. I'll toss that on the policy once I go through the Journal namespace and move any pages that need to be moved. Linkthewindow  Talk  01:47, 17 July 2010 (BST)

Wouldn't mind a glossary namespace but it's just a pipedream at the moment. --

 

 

 

 

06:00, 17 July 2010 (BST)

I like this. I'd greatly appreciate limited protections for arbies, and with image undeletion we could crank the unused images scheduled deletion down to one week. I'm also thinking Event: and Group: could be added as namespaces in the future, but that's a whole new snake basket. 01:44, 17 July 2010 (BST)

Event: and Group: would require the moving of several thousand pages and a lot of reorganization. If someone wanted to code a bot, it could be done, but now, it's too much effort for too little reward. Linkthewindow  Talk  01:47, 17 July 2010 (BST)

Hence "snake basket" :( 01:50, 17 July 2010 (BST)

Yes. Lelouch vi Britannia is helping make Ridleybank green_ and gives Achievements 03:21, 17 July 2010 (BST)

I like this. Semi-Protection would really help deal with some of the most basic vandalism cases, where new alts are created to vandalise drama hotspots.--Yonnua Koponen ^{Talk ! Contribs} 11:06, 17 July 2010 (BST)

I'd vote for this. But pretty dumb that it has to come down to this. Did you even get a response on his talk page?--Thadeous Oakley 11:13, 17 July 2010 (BST)

We've only ever gotten inconclusive responses. Linkthewindow  Talk  12:42, 17 July 2010 (BST)

Wheeee! I was going to toss this up myself, but Link beat me to it. I'll vote for it.-- Adward  12:21, 17 July 2010 (BST)

Why Not Upgrade?

Simple question really. Cost? Backwards compatibility? Effort? --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 12:26, 17 July 2010 (BST)

There's no real cost involved, backwards compatibility is a non-issue (with Wiki software) and it would only take a few hours to implement, max. I don't think Kevan's ever really gotten around to it. Linkthewindow  Talk  12:40, 17 July 2010 (BST)

It's one of those chore type things that you don't want to have to do.-- Adward  13:23, 17 July 2010 (BST)