Hi! I'm rather surprised about the lack of interest and use of the Synchronizer tool and the new approach documented at Multilingual Templates and Modules. Is there something wrong about it? I personally find it invaluable when updating the modules I develop (Transcluder and Excerpt) across wikis. But besides me and User:Uzume, no one seems to be using it. What's up?
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You need to publicize it more! You should get it on the Signpost and Tech News! Post it on the telegrams, mailing lists, discord, etc.
Hi, good point! I just added it to the next issue of Tech news (improvements welcome), wrote an email on wikitech-l, registered the tool at ToolHub and shared it at the Wikimedia Tool Sustainability group at Telegram. Lets see what happens!
Hi, thanks for the suggested Tech News entry!
I'm wondering if either the entry there, and/or the documentation page, should mention something about the cautions around using such a powerful tool on wikis that a person may not be familiar with?
I.e. I'm not sure if there are ways it could be accidentally misused by someone who is more confident/eager than they are an expert with Lua... I imagine something like "warning: only use this tool if you understand Lua and the repercussions of the changes you are making at each wiki." might be a helpful warning to some people looking at the page? I'm not sure how to contextualize that in the Tech News entry though.
Hi, good point! I just added a clear warning at Synchronizer, and also added a check to the code to require that the user be logged in at least. As to the warning in the Tech News entry, I think it's not necessary because anyone interested that follows the link, will find the warning anyway. That being said, if you still want to add a warning to the Tech News entry, please go ahead!
That makes sense, and thanks for the page-edit and logged-in check. I'm glad I could help! This is a really great tool, and I wish I knew enough Lua to be confident in using it! Thanks again, for everything :)