Re: [directory-discuss] Edit count

[David Hedlund]

On 2016-11-08 23:59, Svetlana Tkachenko wrote:
> David Hedlund wrote:
> > I wish that https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Editcount was
> > installed, it is a useful to motivate users to keep helping as they can
> > track how much work they have contributed with.
> 1. I _condemn_ edit counting because people start making little edits
> just for the race and not for the quality.
>
> For me personally edit count is nor a measure and instead I prefer to
> think in the high "approved-to-submitted" rate.  That is, I am already
> pleased if the entries I submit get approved, and that is enough for me
> to keep going.

Your idea is better.

> If we must, I ask the edit count to be opt out. That's something the
> extension you linked does not do, at present.
>
> 2. To engage readers into contributing, we could use
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Interface/Sitenotice to add a
> 'Something missing? Want to help? Add your entry now!' style banner to
> the top of each page; the 'add' word be in bold and it could link to
> https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Free_Software_Directory:Participate .
> Particularly, that would require editing [[MediaWiki:Anonnotice]].
>
> 3. I am trying to rewrite [[Free Software Directory:Participate]] to
> make it less confusing. I store my revision at [[User:Svetlana]], but
> that page is not approved so it is not visible after I save it. If we
> may, please approve it.

I added the edit for you to 
https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Free_Software_Directory:Participate

If you are going to do this again I suggest that you use this method 
instead:

1. Create a new sub page on your User page.

2. Put this in your User page:

== My subpages ==

{{Special:PrefixIndex/User:Svetlana/}}



> 4. Also, for it I would like to upload a couple screenshots to the wiki,
> but I get this error:

How did you try to upload it?


> Error storing file in '/tmp/phpis7qSB.png': Could not create directory
> "mwstore://local-backend/local-temp/9/9e".
>
> Backtrace:
>
> #0 /var/www/mediawiki-1.20.2/includes/upload/UploadBase.php(795):
> UploadStash->stashFile('/tmp/phpis7qSB', 'file')
> #1 /var/www/mediawiki-1.20.2/includes/upload/UploadBase.php(808):
> UploadBase->stashFile()
> #2 /var/www/mediawiki-1.20.2/includes/upload/UploadBase.php(817):
> UploadBase->stashFileGetKey()
> #3 /var/www/mediawiki-1.20.2/includes/specials/SpecialUpload.php(306):
> UploadBase->stashSession()
> #4 /var/www/mediawiki-1.20.2/includes/specials/SpecialUpload.php(415):
> SpecialUpload->showRecoverableUploadError('You do not have...')
> #5 /var/www/mediawiki-1.20.2/includes/specials/SpecialUpload.php(174):
> SpecialUpload->processUpload()
> #6 /var/www/mediawiki-1.20.2/includes/SpecialPage.php(611):
> SpecialUpload->execute(NULL)
> #7 /var/www/mediawiki-1.20.2/includes/SpecialPageFactory.php(494):
> SpecialPage->run(NULL)
> #8 /var/www/mediawiki-1.20.2/includes/Wiki.php(290):
> SpecialPageFactory::executePath(Object(Title), Object(RequestContext))
> #9 /var/www/mediawiki-1.20.2/includes/Wiki.php(536):
> MediaWiki->performRequest()
> #10 /var/www/mediawiki-1.20.2/includes/Wiki.php(446): MediaWiki->main()
> #11 /var/www/mediawiki-1.20.2/index.php(59): MediaWiki->run()
> #12 {main}
>
> Svetlana