User:Stmrlbs/Archive/001
Contributions
[edit]My small contributions in the technical area:
- wrote template:Search prefixes template which searches different areas of Wikipedia in one search. This uses the recent multiple prefix function recently added by rainman
- wrote template:Search deletion discussions : this searches the many different deletion discussions. Wikipedia is huge and very confusing to a new editor. I think looking for a deleted article and trying to figure out where it was discussed and why it was deleted is confusing even to some editors that have been here for a while. I thought this might help.
While looking at the deletion logs, I found a "bug" of sorts, and submitted Bug#21555 to search the deletion log by keyword, instead of requiring the exact title - puctuation and all - of the deleted article in order to find it in the Deletion Log. I was surprised to find the logs worked this way. I also see a lot of editors saying that they can't find their article in the logs -this is probably why many editors cannot find an article - they don't remember the exact spelling or puntuation of the title. So, I hope that anyone passing by will vote for this change.
- Note: I submitted the bug report 2009-11-18 and I see it has not been acted on. Still have to type the exact title of the deleted article - punctuation and all - in order to find it.
- modified SPI form to make it easier for editors to add their entries (after having to defend myself in an SPI charge and noticing how hard it was to edit the page). conversations leading up to and explaining this change: