Author: rehman.wikimedia
Description:
The summary pretty much says it all:
To enable a "compare" button (as what you see when purchasing electronics on certain websites), which would compare the infobox fields of two separate pages using the same infobox.
For example:
If you have two articles for two camera models, using the same "Infobox camera", clicking the compare button would:
- Open a new page in a new window/tab (probably a "Special:" page)
- The new page will contain two fields (with maybe a "+" to add more), in which you may enter the pages to compare. The first field would be pre-filled with the page title of which the user clicked "compare". "Suggestions" could be enabled on these fields, just like the Wikipedia Search Bar.
- After selecting the articles, clicking "compare now" on the new page would load a table containing: columns for each article, and rows to compare each fields.
For those infoboxes that are not fully filled, a simple [N/A] or [No info] could be displayed in its place, with hover-text explaining further.
This would be a really cool feature for readers...
BTW, Happy New Year 2011! :)
Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement