Last modified: 2006-05-19 02:27:15 UTC
The default state of $wgMetaNamespace is the same as $wgSitename, however, after the localisation of the $wgSitename value, the $wgMetaNamespace is use the same value as $wgSitename. Since the Cantonese Wikipedia uses the "Wikipedia" as the project namespace, by localisating the $wgSitename, it would breaks the consistency between them, so this would be requested to add the [$wgMetaNamespace = "Wikipedia";] value into the LocalSettings.php file to fix the problem that would be keep the project namespace consistent. And sorry for bothering the developers having the changes at bug #5758 again.
Well, it's already changed. Do you want it changed back?
No, as the consensus for our community in Cantonese Wikipedia, the $wgSitename is "維基百科", which is set already. However, the Namespace of the Project page is changed from "Wikipedia" into "維基百科" too if we did not specify the $wgMetaNamespace. The links are also going to broken if the links of the page is going broken without this changes (which the page links still using the "Wikipedia" namespace). This is also provide the flexibility for introduction the Chinese Conversion (the proposed of the new conversion table is still ongoing, which provides more convience for the users from mainland China, however, such conversion table that currently have is not fully fits both Chinese Wikipedia and Cantonese Wikipedia, i.e. the Proposed conversion table Blocks (Improvements of character conversion of Chinese Wikipedia _and_ having proposal of introduction of character conversion in Cantonese Wikipedia)). It also provide the consistency who is familar with Chinese and English Wikipedia (both sites are currently using the "Wikipedia" namespace) which provides more convenience for the current users. -------------------------------------------------------------------- From the statement above I've proposed have following changes in the LocalSettings.php file: $wgSitename = "維基百科"; //(No changes) +$wgMetaNameSpace = "Wikipedia"; //(add this line to there) thanks, and sorry for bothering you again. :)
So, *yes* you want the namespace changed back.
Yes, but _only_ the namespace [$wgMetanamespace], _not_ the $wgSitename. If $wgMetanamespace is not defined, it will use the $wgSitename by default, so we need to assign the new value for [$wgMetanamespace], instead of change the value of [$wgSitename]. Is this making more sense for you? :-)
I understand, but note that that's not actually how it works on our sites. :) The defaults array in InitialiseSettings.php contains a default setting per site group, then perhaps an override for each individual wiki. If wgMetaNamespace is not set for that wiki, it keeps the default set for its group (eg "Wikipedia" for *wiki, "Wiktionary" for *wiktionary, etc). Thus in the typical case where we override both, we set both in the configuration file. By removing the wgMetaNamespace override, we can leave it to the English default for this extremely rare case.
as I've seen the DefaultSettings.php file for default MediaWiki installation, the defaults of the $wgMetaNamespace is the same as $wgSitename. /** Will be same as you set @see $wgSitename */ $wgMetaNamespace = FALSE; After I revised the documentation at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:% 24wgMetaNamespace , I think that the $wgMetaNamespace should set to "Wikipedia" in Cantonese Wikipedia site. This is for: 1. Provide more convenience for type the interlink in wikitext instead inputting the four chinese characters using IMEs; 2. Provide a consistent usage between both Chinese and English wikipedia, as this many editors are originally in Chinese Wikipedia and/or English Wikipedia. As this, users can continue to use the Wikipedia namespace without knowing the new keyword, this would be more horrible if we using the different namespace if the $wgNamespace is the same as $wgSitename (in Cantonese wikis). ;-)
1) DefaultSettings.php is irrelevant; our InitialiseSettings.php sets a value for this variable for all wikis. Please see my explanation of this above in comment 5. 2) I already set wgMetaNamespace to "Wikipedia" on zh_yuewiki, this is why this bug was marked 'RESOLVED - FIXED'.
Seems cannot find the InitialiseSettings.php in the default MediaWiki installation package. Just wondering if the different php scripts is used on Wikimedia sites and the default MediaWiki installation package. :-)
