Last modified: 2011-03-13 18:04:36 UTC
User viewing Special:Popularpages do not see any words telling them that they are indeed only looking at NS_MAIN, so will never know that Project:Wow etc. are even more popular. Indeed, the code says WHERE page_namespace=".NS_MAIN.". Solution: allow choosing different, and "all" namespaces too.
1. It's intended to show popular articles, not all namespaces 2. If users need an advice note posted, this can be done in the special page header message for this page
I agree with Dan, many of the special pages only work for the main namespace. In lots of wikis the main namespace isn't the only namespace with important content and some people like to have information on all namespaces. I also agree with Rob that the message can be added in the header message. Therefore I think that this bug should be closed as a WONTFIX because bug 4204 covers the solution. Good day.
I agree it shouldn't show all namespaces, but would it be horrible to change the WHERE clauses in various special pages to use the values in $wgContentNamespaces instead of only the main namespace?
Hm. That actually makes a certain amount of sense, yes...
