Last modified: 2013-05-02 03:38:00 UTC
The default and recommended value of $wgActiveUserDays is 30. However, if this is different, the third benefit should adapt accordingly. The magic word NUMBEROFACTIVEUSERS is used in MediaWiki:createacct-benefit-head3. The current text of the corresponding MediaWiki:createacct-benefit-body3 is "contributors this month". This is the part that should output correct text regardless of $wgActiveUserDays. We prefer to keep "this month" if it *is* the default 30-day value.
By the way, "this month" refer to the current month or to the last 30/31 days? For me, it means from the first of the current month until now, so that is already misleading/unclear. Having the days there makes things clearer.
"last 30/31 days". If you can think of a concise phrase that's clearer than "this month", we'll consider it.
*IF* 28,983 contributors in the last 30 days is the right thing to display by default, we can do so and dynamically adjust for the wiki's $wgActiveUserDays. It is more accurate and clearer, but I imagine this phrase gets even wordier in other languages.
Related URL: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/61165 (Gerrit Change I526bfbb99c45f15dc78396da9a488a09bbf09baa)
Hmm. The other two benefits are one word in English, and this is five. It's also a little more clinical. I would prefer we use something shorter for the 30-day case, either "contributors this month" (a little vague, but I don't know if it's a real problem) or "contributors in the last month" (only a little shorter than the 30 day version).
Why not "recent contributors"? Is the timeframe important? :-)
"Recent contributors" is worth considering.
(In reply to comment #7) > "Recent contributors" is worth considering. +1. I think that's better. Let's do it.
Related URL: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/61246 (Gerrit Change Ic3a9bf025cca338218a7dde2fe02d0409d3db2d5)
That proposed change is for all cases, including the 30-day case. Steven, correct me if that's not what you meant.
The "recent contributors" change was merged. Since that isn't a specific timeframe, no further adaptation is necessary.
