Extension talk:DiscussionThreading

great idea
Very good extension, i always waited for something like this, but i need something with Portuguese BR language. This can be done? The way to install the extension is not good, have to do many modification to MediaWiki core files. Thinking in another way? Hope the development with this extension not be stopped soon. I didn't install this yet, but be sure I'll install when you tell me how to add Portuguese BR language.

re: great idea -- Jpond 03:14, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
Internationalised it this afternoon. You now need to also add the following array after the [en] array into the internationalisation file. I'd also appreciate it if you'd add the modifications on-line to the internationalisation file DiscussionThreading.i18n.php for others to use.

The file you need to change is DiscussionThreading.18n.php (also loaded into your extension directory). You can use this as an example (after changing the text of course).

$wgDiscussionThreadMessages['br'] = array(	'replysection' => 'reply',	'replysectionhint' => "Reply to this Posting", );

Competitive simultaneous edits - last person to save, wins
Peter Blaise asks: Is it subject to the MediaWiki anomaly of, when 2 people have a page open for editing at the same time, the "last person to save, wins"? I think the MediaWiki "last person to save, wins" single page orientation is a significant limit that must be overcome, not just for true discussion thread capability, but to respect the contribution of threshold contributors. The real challenge is for MediaWiki to grow to incorporate email-type real list-serve management for discussions, and perhaps for articles, also. I know many people who would not re-post nor revisit if their typing were "lost" due to bad timing during competitive simultaneous edits, as happened at the demo site for this beta test. However, I honor your pursuit. Perhaps the "first person to save"'s typing is immediately dropped one notch down in the page history and is not lost after all? I've yet to comprehend how history works, so I have a steep learning curve.

Note, however, that I will try this extension in a closed environment of a dozen editors of legal policy, and I hope it will survive for public release of the wiki project. Thank you very much.

Re: Competitive simultaneous edits - last person to save, wins -- Jpond 16:15, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
This is something you should take up with the implementers in the BugZilla space. In the words of the core developers, the standard answer is "don't try and turn MW into something it's not intended to do."

Remember, this functionality is intended to enhance and make usable - not necessarily to supercede exiting functions such as a listserv. Note that the MW developers use listserv's as their primary form of communication and documentation.

As devil's advocate to this line of thinking, my program managers basically went passive agressive on me and stopped using the collaborative discussion function until I added the automated tagging. Too many complaints about no one knew who was talking and who they were discussing with.