<div dir="ltr"><div><div>this was posted on today's bf-committers list.<br></div><br>1. We should ensure that all messages to not edit are replaced with a message directing would-be contribs to check the wiki manual and help improve pages that are mared as "need fixing".<br>
<br></div>2. Is there anyone out there who knows what needs to be done to fix the navigation menu of the wiki forgetting its state when it gets collapsed?<br><br><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote">
I noticed 2 annoyances with the Wiki User manual:<br>
<br>
1.) When i open any page of the user manual...<br>
<br>
<a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual" target="_blank">http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual</a><br>
<br>
Then i get greated with a big "Please don't edit 2.6 manual pages".<br>
And i remember last time i asked in IRC about 9 months ago,<br>
i was told to be patient for a few weeks until the reorganisation<br>
of the wiki has taken place...<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Those
notifications were placed many moons ago in an attempt to make the
pages more consistent (adhere to style/structure etc). Through
discussions on bf-docboard we decided to instead beef up the writer's
guide and style guide available here:
<a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Main_Page">http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Main_Page</a><br></div><div> <br></div><div>We
also encourage new contribs to join bf-docboard to notify intentions to
do any major edits (to avoid duplicate efforts) and to request reviews
of in-place edits (for first contributions) or user-space edits (for
major overhauls). <br><br>I don't see this on every page. In fact I only see it on the Top Level intro page though i only looked at a few.<br>For example, it's not here:<br><a href="http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Interface/Keyboard_and_Mouse">http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Doc:2.6/Manual/Interface/Keyboard_and_Mouse</a><br>
</div><div>My guess is that some pages marked on the meta-wiki as needing fixing are having that message auto-stuffed into them.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I
will cross-post this to bf-docboard and see who had the "keys" to run a
script. Using the meta-review page you linked, we can place a warning
similar to wikipedia's that "this page might not meet wiki standards.
Please refer to the wiki-writer's guide and style guide to help improve
it." <br></div><div><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote">
Ok, so i have decided to stop waiting, ignore the message and<br>
started to update documents (which happen to not been<br>
touched since 2011, so what)<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yes. Please do. <br></div> <br><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex" class="gmail_quote">
2.) When i navigate in the left navigation bar ...<br>
<br>
and then select a page, the navigation bar collapses and i have<br>
to open all sublevels again to find the follow up page.<br>
<br>
Now why doesn't the left navigation bar keep its state ? And if<br>
that can not be done for technical reasons (which i doubt actually)<br>
then why don't we have at least a "previous/next page" link on<br>
each page ? And if that can not be done as well (which i doubt<br>
as well) then..., well then i don't know.<br>
<br>
I can live with the "Please don't help us improving the wiki"<br>
message on top of each page. But Please please please...<br>
Fix the navigation at least !!!<br>
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-gaia-<br clear="all"><br>-- <br></blockquote><div>I've noticed this
too. Again, i'll cross post this task to the bf-docboard and see if we
can get it cleaned up. I'd also like to get the basic functionality of
properly wrapping text lines on mobile devices fixed asap. Currently
you read one paragraph all in a single line and then have to scroll back
for 30 s to get to the start of the next paragraph.<br> <br></div>kesten<br clear="all"><div><div><div><div><br>-- <br><br>Kesten Broughton<br>President and Technology Director, <br>Solar Mobile Trailers<br><a href="http://www.sunfarmkitchens.ca" target="_blank">kesten@solarmobiletrailers.com<br>
www.sunfarmkitchens.ca</a><br>512 701 4209<br><div style="display:inline"></div>
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