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Muppet Wiki mention: http://buzzsugar.com/1114999 Powers 02:57, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Season 39 info
I wasn't sure where to put this, but Channel 5 here in LA just had Ross King (their entertainment reporter) interviewing Heidi Klum and Elmo. They said that she filmed a Word of the Day segment for "compliment", and then they chit-chatted for a couple of minutes. They also mentioned that the new season starts August 11th. Hope other people can use this! -- Ken (talk) 05:56, 8 May 2008 (UTC)
Link suggest and editing tips
Hi ever'body: A couple new features were launched this week, and I want to make sure everybody knows how they work.
The first one is Link Suggest, which works for Firefox users (and possibly IE users). When you start typing a link, a drop-down pops up that offers suggestions for the link. You get the most-linked pages first, so typing [[Ernie gets you [[Ernie]] first, and then [[Ernie and Bert Sketches: Apartment]]. We've got some long article titles, especially for sketch pages, so this can be very helpful. It'll also be helpful to remind people about disambiguation pages, and avoid linking to redirect pages.
Unfortunately, there's a bug in the feature for Macintosh users -- hitting the down arrow through the list moves the cursor. I've reported it, and hope to get that fixed soon.
If the suggest box is getting in your way on a particular page, you can hit escape to make it go away. If you want it to go away all the time, you can turn it off on Preferences:Editing.
The other feature is the Editing Tips panel that replaces the sidebar on edit screens. This is mostly for new contributors, to make the "help" stuff more visible in the moment when they really need it. If you don't want to see it, you can turn that off in Preferences:Editing.
If you guys have any thoughts about these features, please post 'em... I'm always trying to give feedback up to the people who build this stuff. So if you like them, don't like them, they don't work, whatever... let me know. -- Danny
(talk) 18:26, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
Edit in the sidebar
Hi folks -- John from Wikia asked if we'd be willing to try an experiment here, to see if we can increase the number of edits by including an "Edit this page" link in the sidebar. They added some new code that we can put in the sidebar that allows people to click on "Edit this page" and go directly to the edit screen. We're hoping that it helps to promote the idea that every page is editable.
I tried it out for a minute so I could take a screenshot, and I've posted it here... What do you guys think? Is it worth trying out? -- Danny (talk) 00:32, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
- Ohh! I love it! Webkinz Mania 02:04, 27 April 2008 (UTC)
We're experimenting with different ways to encourage editing... It's possible that people don't see the "edit this page" button on the top bar. So this is just a test, to see if people click on it when it's in the sidebar. We can track where people are clicking, so if we see people clicking on it in the sidebar, then that gives us more information. -- Danny (talk) 17:49, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
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