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== Fractions vs. names in interval lemmas ==

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S(A)NS = "sticky (article) namespace syndrome"

As we know, there are a few users who show little or no activity outside of the main namespace. The spontaneous assumption that this must be due to them could be deceptive. I currently see the following factors as well: (1) lack of guidance from [[help]] pages; (2) habits (Wikispaces and other platforms do not provide discussion pages or messaging systems); (3) inconvenient user account configuration (perhaps defaults?); (4) inconspicuousness of invitations (for example in the Timeless skin, you can barely see that there are messages on the user page). I recently had an inspiring look into [[Wikipedia: Category:Article message templates]] and found that:

As we know, there are a few users who show little or no activity outside of the main namespace. The spontaneous assumption that this must be due to them could be deceptive. I currently see the following factors as well: (1) lack of guidance from [[Help:Introduction|help]] pages; (2) habits (Wikispaces and other platforms do not provide discussion pages or messaging systems); (3) inconvenient user account configuration (perhaps defaults?); (4) inconspicuousness of invitations (for example in the Timeless skin, you can barely see that there are messages on the user page). I recently had an inspiring look into [[Wikipedia: Category:Article message templates]] and found that:

One simple measure (to address factor #4) would be to add an obvious link in via <code>comment=</code> of [[template:todo]] (that therefore has to be visible, <code>inline=1</code>) on pages that lack clarity. The link should lead to a dedicated talk section further explaining the issue.

What do you think? --[[User:Xenwolf|Xenwolf]] ([[User talk:Xenwolf|talk]]) 07:39, 3 June 2021 (UTC)

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 <small>S(A)NS = "sticky (article) namespace syndrome"</small> <br>
-As we know, there are a few users who show little or no activity outside of the main namespace. The spontaneous assumption that this must be due to them could be deceptive. I currently see the following factors as well: (1) lack of guidance from [[help]] pages; (2) habits (Wikispaces and other platforms do not provide discussion pages or messaging systems); (3) inconvenient user account configuration (perhaps defaults?); (4) inconspicuousness of invitations (for example in the Timeless skin, you can barely see that there are messages on the user page). I recently had an inspiring look into [[Wikipedia: Category:Article message templates]] and found that: <br>
+As we know, there are a few users who show little or no activity outside of the main namespace. The spontaneous assumption that this must be due to them could be deceptive. I currently see the following factors as well: (1) lack of guidance from [[Help:Introduction|help]] pages; (2) habits (Wikispaces and other platforms do not provide discussion pages or messaging systems); (3) inconvenient user account configuration (perhaps defaults?); (4) inconspicuousness of invitations (for example in the Timeless skin, you can barely see that there are messages on the user page). I recently had an inspiring look into [[Wikipedia: Category:Article message templates]] and found that: <br>
 One simple measure (to address factor #4) would be to add an obvious link in via <code>comment=</code> of [[template:todo]] (that therefore has to be visible, <code>inline=1</code>) on pages that lack clarity. The link should lead to a dedicated talk section further explaining the issue. <br>
 What do you think? --[[User:Xenwolf|Xenwolf]] ([[User talk:Xenwolf|talk]]) 07:39, 3 June 2021 (UTC)