About [[MediaWiki:Echo-desc/en]]

CLOSED This issue is closed by siebrand

This description has lots of (buzz) words which have no content. In fact "notifications for MediaWiki" is what is left after removing those.

In fact even "for MediaWiki" is quite self-obvious, so that leaves "notifications" :)

I think it may be your reading at fault, rather than my writing. :-)

Next-generation

method or technology that is expected or intended to supersede present day techniques.

infrastructure

An underlying base or foundation especially for an organization or system.

Thanks for your replies. His point is that the description doesn't actually describe anything, every extension is an "infrastracture" in some way and every extension is meant to enhance and supersede. Maybe it's impossible to describe what it actually does?

That's not accurate.

Echo is an infrastructure in the sense that its primary role is to build something that other extensions can build on. Most extensions, with a few exceptions (SemanticMediaWiki for example) are not primarily intended to be built on – they are the whole product.

It is also intended to supersede existing notifications and messaging techniques in a way that most extensions are not intended to supersede an existing piece of MediaWiki infrastructure.

You're welcome to change the English text, but I think you already know what Echo does, so I don't think this is an issue for translation.

 Done Changed to plain "Notifications system" per 1st sentence of mw:Echo_(Notifications).