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Bug 72018 - "Main module" is a confusing header for MediaWiki API help page
"Main module" is a confusing header for MediaWiki API help page
Status: NEW
Product: MediaWiki
Classification: Unclassified
API (Other open bugs)
unspecified
All All
: Low enhancement (vote)
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Assigned To: Nobody - You can work on this!
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Reported: 2014-10-14 06:56 UTC by Nemo
Modified: 2014-10-14 16:44 UTC (History)
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Description Nemo 2014-10-14 06:56:05 UTC
"Main module", what's that? Never heard of such a thing; mediawiki.org doesn't know either. https://www.mediawiki.org/w/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search="main+module"

Given the purpose of this page is mainly to provide the (fantastic!) links à la http://deployment.wikimedia.beta.wmflabs.org/w/api.php?action=help&modules=query , I'd replace the header with "Available actions" or even "Index", to give a nudge in the direction of the path most users will be taking.

Alternatively, if the aim is to describe the content of the section, it should be something like "generic parameters".
Comment 1 Kunal Mehta (Legoktm) 2014-10-14 07:15:54 UTC
The main module is ApiMain.php, which delegates out to the various submodules via the action= parameter and is the main entry point. It's a bit weird to think of each individual API module as a submodule, but that's how it works internally.

This is just the "api-help-main-header" message, so should be easy to fix whenever we come up with an alternative term for it :)
Comment 2 Brad Jorsch 2014-10-14 16:44:10 UTC
Neither "Available actions" nor "Index" nor "Generic parameters" are really accurate IMO.

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