It would be nice to actually have a place at the usability wiki to discuss this.
My own view is that the actual list of languages was the ideal interface object in fulfilling many purposes (as discussed in the posts above) and implying multiple levels of understanding without the need for explanation or discussion. For example, that it varied authomatically from article to article showed the overall level of progress on the multiple projects. In showing Wikipedia to new users this list was always noticed and proved a very expressive statement. The attitude shown by Trevor's reply speaks for itself in terms of the relationship between the "internal" experts and the community. I think that it was his wording that induced me to finally post on the issue. >I fixed it (it's a one-line change), but Trevor reverted it: >> This goes against an intentional design > >decision. To discuss that decision further and submit proposals to change > >this > >design please contact Howie Fung <hfung at wikimedia.org> or visit > >http://usability.wikimedia.org -- David Goodman, Ph.D, M.L.S. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:DGG _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
