User interface for selecting a location in the article needs an upgrade

wikimedia-gadgets / Edit-Request-Wizard

This project aims at developing a Wikipedia user script that shows a form for submitting a Wikipedia edit request, with high-quality guidance and error messages, suitable for use by beginners.

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User interface for selecting a location in the article needs an upgrade #4

Closed enterprisey closed 2 years ago

enterprisey commented 2 years ago

possibilities:

every sentence is numbered (we show the numbers), user types in the number
every sentence gets a click handler (using <span>), user clicks a sentence
many more

enterprisey commented 2 years ago

I favor making each sentence in the article into a clickable <span> and asking the user to click one. It seems like the most obvious way to approach this problem.

It could be done by splitting the article's text at each period (.). Unfortunately, abbreviations exist (like U.S.A.). We would need to find a list of them. We can also make a special rule that periods inside a wikilink don't count. These strategies together would probably result in a decent result.