Community Wishlist Survey 2021/Miscellaneous/Input Forms

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Input Forms

  • Problem: Currently, many Wikipedia processes require users to fill out information. This range from edit requests to edit filter reports to all sorts of nominations. The current solution is usually using preload templates, asking users to fill in details as template parameters. This can be very confusing to users unfamiliar with the template syntax, especially newcomers. “What does <!-- —>mean? Where do I fill in the page title?” some users may try to figure out how the seemingly baffling template syntax works, but most would probably give up, frustrated.
  • Who would benefit: Newcomers who have little understanding of template syntax and experienced users who could address the newcomers' issue more easily
  • Proposed solution: I could think of 2 ways to solve this. First way is an overhaul of the InputBox extension, allowing the creation of forms with multiple text fields and, if possible, even other controls (switches, checkboxes, etc.) The second way may be a gadget that displays an intuitive input form to users, in which the form is constructed by reading, for example, a JSON containing the form structure.
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  • Proposer: H78c67c (talk) 07:11, 17 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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