Last modified: 2011-03-13 18:04:25 UTC
I hereby file this _long term wishlist_ placeholder bug in the hopes that you will _someday_ make the most important message of Wikipedia, the message that you put on the top of the page, on every page, agree with http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Accessibility#Users_with_limited_CSS.2FJavaScript_support It doesn't matter how you implement it, just be sure to give the rest of the users some hint that there is something they should be aware of, that there is something happening. You could even have a <noscript> that won't go away until they click in their preferences "that I am aware I should subscribe to [some announcement list or whatever]". Otherwise throughout the year there is not one peep for us of all your activities, your Wikimainias, your fundraisers, etc. Other users know of all the great parties, whilst we are back at the dorm wondering where everybody is. http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2009-April/042492.html http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2009-April/042786.html etc.
In a javascript enabled browser I noticed there are all kinds of votes and board resolutions http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Licensing_update/Result going on. The non-javascript user would have no idea any of this happened. Many organizations are required to send such items by paper mail. Yes, WMF is different, but still shouldn't place all legal notification stakes on the tenuous thread of javascript being enabled.
