MediaWiki talk:Sidebar

Deprecating lynx

 * Relevant discussions:Template talk:Lynx, WQ:VP (2007/03-).

Can an admin please add the links from lynx to this UI element so that we can finally start the deprecation process for it? 121a0012 05:35, 13 September 2006 (UTC)


 * I hadn't realized we could add general page links to this element. Now that you've brought it up, 121a0012, I notice that most en: projects use this element only to accomodate name changes of standard pages. But I also notice that en:Wikibooks' rather lengthy sidebar is made possible by an elegant grouping and rearrangement of standard and custom links. Perhaps we could do this for Wikiquote, getting rid of the lynx-footer workaround that has served us for over 2 years, but which adds to the burden of maintain and synchronizing pages. (Pardon the backstory, but other readers may not be aware of the issue.)


 * If I read it right, adding a vertical version of the current version of lynx would entail adding something like the following to this MediaWiki page:


 * Wikiquote links
 * List of people by name|People
 * List of literary works|Literary works
 * Category:Proverbs|Proverbs
 * List of films|Films
 * List of television shows|TV shows
 * List of themes|Themes
 * Special:Categories|Categories


 * I don't know if the Categories link would work as shown, as I found no equivalent use of this Special page in the other projects I checked, but I suspect there is a way to do this even if this one doesn't work.


 * I think we should discuss this before we make such a change, though. There are a number of issues we should consider, like:
 * Do we want to just tack on this section, or restructure it like Wikibooks did, separating functions into several groups?
 * Are we okay with pushing down the Search and Toolbox elements by adding these Sidebar elements?
 * Do we want to review which "Wikiquote links" we include in this list, given the changes in Wikiquote since it was first created?
 * Of course, we don't need to settle all these things before we implement something, but this is probably the time to get the discussion started, and in a more public forum than this talk page. (I doubt there are more than a handful of folks watching this page.) But now that you've given us a means to accomplish this long-desired fix, I have hope that we can tackle it in the near future. ~ Jeff Q (talk) 06:39, 13 September 2006 (UTC)
 * I agree with the changes Jeff Q proposed... but no one has talked about this in months.... Alas, it may just stay after all. Hopefully, Jeff is watching this page. :)  Cbrown1023  talk  19:57, 3 February 2007 (UTC)


 * The English Wikipedia agreed a change in its sidebar in December, then reverted it within a day because of problems. Caution is always advised. Fys. &#147;Ta fys aym&#148;. 20:09, 3 February 2007 (UTC)

If we do do this, we should just make this an empty template (not delete it) and then make a bot run to remove all the templates.  Cbrown1023  talk  12:55, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Updated
I have changed the page based on the above and think it looks pretty well. Please comment on it.  Cbrown1023  talk  20:22, 22 March 2007 (UTC)
 * Lynx has been fully depreciated using BrownBot. The bot has made 6356 edits in 1.21:32:06.  Cbrown1023  talk  20:18, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

Capitalization of the P in Community Portal
The page title is currently with capital P while the sidebar point to a page with a lowercase p. --Palosirkka (talk) 15:01, 29 October 2018 (UTC)