MediaWiki talk:Sitenotice id

Maybe add a commented out reminder on the MediaWiki:Sitenotice page to do this whenever the notice is updated? --- Barek (talk • contribs) - 00:24, 13 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I have no idea how to comment out something in MediaWiki:Sitenotice, though. Neither /* */ nor // seem to work, the content gets displayed anyways. I think I'll just add a note to the talk page of the sitenotice about it. --Dirigible 00:35, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I think it's better in the talk page anyways, but here's some ways that could work:

World
 * --Rezyk 00:50, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Just tried them: seems to do the trick just fine, which is good to know for future reference. On the other hand, World  displays an empty line with the [Dismiss] button at the top of the page, which should probably be avoided.--Dirigible 02:50, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

We don't need to update this after blanking the sitenotice, right? --Rezyk 00:10, 20 July 2007 (UTC)
 * Yep, think so. --Dirigible 00:35, 20 July 2007 (UTC)

Purpose?
What is this actually for? I mean, I can guess that it's probably for telling people how many notices there have been (at least, that's my guess), but what's the purpose behind this? --  Lacky 03:31, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Changing this ID makes the sitenotice appear again for everyone, even those who have clicked "dismiss" on the last one. I'm nto sure how it works technically though. - anja  [[Image:User Anja Astor sig icon.png|talk]] 06:53, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I see... -- [[Image:User_Lacky_Blue_Paw_Sig.png|19px|My Talk]] Lacky 07:01, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Basically it works with a cookie; when you click dismiss, a cookie is added to your browser containing the sitenotice id. When you then access a page again, that cookie is read and the cookie is compared; if it is equal, the notice is not shown. poke | talk 09:40, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * Ahh, ok. Thanks Poke, and Anja, of course. -- [[Image:User_Lacky_Blue_Paw_Sig.png|19px|My Talk]] Lacky 10:35, 30 June 2009 (UTC)