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  • From: Mike Linksvayer <ml AT gondwanaland.com>
  • To: Jon Phillips <jon AT fabricatorz.com>
  • Cc: brad <brad AT fabricatorz.com>, jschneider AT pobox.com, Nathan Kinkade <nkinkade AT creativecommons.org>, "AcaWiki general \(listserv\)" <acawiki-general AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [acawiki-general] Press pages need a namespace
  • Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:41:49 -0700

On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 10:33, Jon Phillips <jon AT fabricatorz.com> wrote:
> Another point, but not sure I want to get into it, is why use
> namespaces anyway? They are bad for humans. If we want more people to
> use AcaWikis, I'm a strong believer in using human readable forms when
> possible. So, in many ways, I'd rather us use:
>
> http://acawiki.org/Press_Hit/Some_Press_Hit_Article
>
> and use the [[Category:Press_Hit]] on those pages.
>
> We are forcing our namespace issue onto users of the site.
>
> However, I will defer to the tradition of Wikipedia and *how it's been
> done* on the site previously since this seems to be the case.

I don't see how / is more readable than :. Normal humans won't know
what either means. Namespaces work well with MW search.

Mike




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