Last modified: 2006-10-02 01:09:51 UTC
I would like to be able to import the username into a mediawiki page. I understand the cache problem and may have a workaround. Seems the username is already exposed under javascript, we can rely on javascript to write the username in as needed. So for {{username}} the cacheable text would be <script type="text/javascript">document.write(wgUserName)</script> Thoughts?
Relying on JavaScript for display is very bad for accessibility. Not all clients support it, in particular mobile devices. Therefore, most people would see their name but some would not, and I can't see any satisfactory *general* fallback here (unlike for all the other JavaScript we currently package). Of course, should someone want this, they could add it themselves to Monobook.js: you don't need a magic word, just a reserved class that you hunt down and fill in. But please don't, at least not on Wikimedia projects, unless there's a good fallback for each and every use. (For instance, a "Welcome to Wikipedia, username!" box could have display: none; by default, and then that would be changed by the same JavaScript that adds the name, so people without JavaScript just don't see the box.)
Sure, we could add it to Monobook, if we want to make our editors jump through a flaming hoop. This situation is what I would like to solve: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:AMA_Requests_for_Assistance Currently, the two step process is overly complex. Wouldn't it be easier to just do: [[Wikipedia:AMA Requests for Assistance/Requests/{{CURRENTMONTH}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}/{{USERNAME}}|Click Here to file a RfA Blah Blah]] and have the user click the red link? No, User has to Copy and Paste and further hoop jumping using an inputbox to even get to the RFA page, which is then another problem for a different bug. Solution? Magic Word or javascript/skin specific Clientside Magic Words.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 4196 ***
