Re: Please set me straight on user talk/discussion pages

Yea, i'm coming round to them a bit ... but still wish that there was an optional way to turn them off because they're not really what you want on some pages, while in others they might be, so letting users/authors decide whether to have them or not would be beneficial. I also think that they might be more beneficial in teaching situations rather than in collaborative authoring ones. I think that what we should be doing is getting a bit more involved in the LQT development. For example we should be submitting our bugs to a real code tracker like Sourceforge or something and trying to encourage open source developers to take a look at them. Anyone know if there is a sourceforge or some kind of development space for LQT?

brent.

On Jan 28, 2008 10:11 AM, Leigh Blackall <leighblackall-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello Declan, you are not the only one to be a bit put off by the discussion pages using technology that is called Liquid Threads. Brent has also expressed irritation with it, as well as a few bugs, I'm in two minds about it. It is useful for people who are used to threaded forums, but irritating for those used to the no frills wikiedit tradition. As you point out, the actual article pages require trad wikitext, why not the discussion pages? I am bothered by the loss of control over the layout of the discussion page - often we use the discussion page of our developments as a kind of documentation.. the LT puts a bit of a spanner in that idea.

I would second the third motion for enabling an option to turn LT off on some pages, or in user preferences.. if that is at all possible.

On Jan 28, 2008 9:02 AM, Declan <dmccabe-Ao8ObSkoGeyHXe+LvDLADg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi folks,
I have to confess that the user talk/discussion pages confuse me.  In
other wiki places, on a content or user page one hits the discussion
tab and edits away; you can edit just as on a typical page and it
seems to work reasonably well.

In wikieducator you are instead invited to start a new thread; threads
are archived at some point; and you are invited to summarize
discussions.

Personally I like the simplicity of the edit tab.  Perhaps I'm not
thinking deeply enough, but few of my discussions will warrant a
summary.  Is there a way to turn off the more feature-laden way of
discussing on specific pages?  Do others find advantages that I'm
missing?

Also; the 'new messages' feature.  Frequently I log on and it's there;
yet I don't seem to have new messages (wow, I seem to be in a whingie
mood today).

Perhaps this has all been discussed, done, and dusted in previous
posts?

Cheers,

In search of simplicity,

Declan

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