[Tagging] I am reverting an edit to the "Names" page on the Wiki -- where to discuss that topic

[Minh Nguyen]

Vào lúc 02:47 2022-08-22, Frederik Ramm đã viết:
> In my opinion only a tiny fraction of OSM editors knows how to use the 
> wiki, and even those that do will often be entirely unfamiliar with the 
> way discussion is expected to be conducted on talk pages. How do I 
> reply? How do I quote? How do I quote two or three things from someone 
> else's message, replying to them individually? How do I reply to 
> something someone else has already replied to without my message being 
> mixed up with theirs? Frankly, I think only people with solid Wikipedia 
> experience will feel at home using Talk pages and everyone else will go 
> WTF.

Even those familiar with Wikipedia editing still find talk pages to be 
error-prone and confusing at times, especially when someone attempts to 
respond point by point or forgets to sign their name. It's arcane, for sure.

Fortunately, the MediaWiki project is working on some long-needed 
usability improvements to talk pages, adopting some conveniences that we 
take for granted when using forum software. The features are currently 
deployed on Wikimedia wikis while they're in active development. [1]

By the way, there's a parallel discussion on the Community site about 
discussing tagging on talk pages versus that site. [2]

[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Talk_pages_project
[2] 
<https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/how-to-connect-discussions-in-the-osm-wiki-to-this-forum/2165>

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