Last modified: 2014-04-15 19:49:33 UTC
The EducationProgram extension currently adds a user preference under the "Misc" tab: [ ] Show the "Did you know box" on your courses page. I think this user preference can probably be safely removed. Users who really don't want to see this "did you know" box can presumably hide it via per-user CSS. A second approach would be to turn this into a hidden user preference (add a small close icon to the "did you know" box that toggles a hidden user preference). We'll just need to figure out how to un-hide the box if a user has hidden it (perhaps via a sidebar link from "Special:MyCourses"). A third approach would be to move this user preference under the "Appearance" user preferences tab.
I agree. There's no need for this to be a preference.
Tony, if you're interested, this is another easy win. :-)
Change 125959 had a related patch set uploaded by 01tonythomas: Moved EducationProgram preferences to Appearance tab https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/125959
Change 125959 merged by Adamw: Moved EducationProgram preferences to Appearance tab https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/125959