User talk:PatrikN

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Technical limitations
All Wikimedia wikis run on the same software (MediaWiki). So we are limited to the same technology used by Wikipedia. There's also resistance to user tracking overall, so there's no built-in way to add progress tracking. It would have to be implemented entirely through JavaScript and stored locally in the user's browser as local data. If you know someone who could write the code, we might be able to investigate further. But I don't believe this is something that Wikimedia would lend support or developers for. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 03:29, 26 April 2016 (UTC)

Naming conventions
Just an FYI, Wikiversity naming conventions support either Title Case or Sentence case. It's up to the author. I find most academics prefer Title Case. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 00:15, 12 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Yeah, I found out that it says so (now), but first I came across this page, Category:Computer science, which says "both Wikiversity Naming conventions and the established system at Wikipedia" is sentence case. I can also see that the Manual of Style actually starts with "Article names should (generally) be in sentence case".


 * So where did the Title Case came from, since Wikipedia also use sentence case? From Naming conventions (capitalization): "This page in a nutshell: Article titles should be in sentence case, not title case. Only the first word is capitalized, except for proper names.".


 * I can see there is an Original proposal for a naming convention (with sentence case as the only option) that was rejected, but with a quick search I could not find any information/discussions how the Title Case got accepted. Can you help provide that?


 * By the way, maybe because English is not my native language, I prefer sentence case :-) /Patrik Näsfors (discuss • contribs) 01:06, 12 October 2016 (UTC)


 * I don't remember where the reference is right now, but many pages were Title Case to start with. Then in around 2008 a user went on a rampage and renamed everything to Sentence case. One of his last posts was a comment about regretting the effort, and in retrospect wishing that he had left everything as Title Case.


 * You're welcome to use whichever you like in your projects. I just ask that you not go on a mission renaming other projects. I tried Sentence case and got really negative feedback from other faculty members at my institution. I had to go to Title Case to get a little more acceptance that I was using open source content for my courses. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 01:58, 12 October 2016 (UTC)


 * I'm glad to know I'm free to use the casing I like, but I think there should be some more research on the topic, since there is contradicting advices/rules. Will the Naming conventions talk page be the best place to discuss that? /Patrik Näsfors (discuss • contribs) 21:32, 12 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Sure. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 23:12, 12 October 2016 (UTC)

Talk header
I see you like the template. I'm not opposed to it, but it needs to be cleaned up if it is going to be used here. It appears to have been copied from Wikibooks, and has content and links that still need to be corrected. It also includes a line, "This is not a forum for general discussion of the page's subject." That may be true at Wikibooks, but here we do occasionally use talk pages as a forum for discussion of the page's subject.

Before continuing, you should get community support to ensure everyone is on board with adding this template to talk pages. If so, we can automate the process and add it by bot. If not, there's no need to put extra time and effort into cleaning it up. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 19:22, 12 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Yes, I like it (or just anything, instead of empty pages/headers)! I remembered seeing at Wikipedia, where there also is some with information about discussion archives and the option to search archives ( { {talkheader|search=y} } ). If it is possible that all talk pages get a banner/header, that would be great.


 * Even though I have used the same template, I can see they are different for pages in different namespaces. E.g. Wikiversity_talk:Sandbox is what I wanted, while Talk:Ethical_Hacking/White_Hat_Alliance added some extra info, as you made aware of, which I (of course) did not want.


 * Will the template page, Colloquium or some other place be the best place to raise a discussion about it?


 * /Patrik Näsfors (discuss • contribs) 22:09, 12 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Content in the header can be discussed on the Talk page. Whether or not to use it at all and whether to automate that usage needs community input, starting with the Colloquium. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 23:16, 12 October 2016 (UTC)