Remove EducationProgram "did you know" user preference
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	• MZMcBride
	Aug 12 2013, 6:16 PM

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The EducationProgram extension currently adds a user preference under the "Misc" tab:

Show the "Did you know box" on your courses page.

I think this user preference can probably be safely removed. Users who really don't want to see this "did you know" box can presumably hide it via per-user CSS.

A second approach would be to turn this into a hidden user preference (add a small close icon to the "did you know" box that toggles a hidden user preference). We'll just need to figure out how to un-hide the box if a user has hidden it (perhaps via a sidebar link from "Special:MyCourses").

A third approach would be to move this user preference under the "Appearance" user preferences tab.

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Severity: normal
See Also:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52084
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=52758

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Reference: bz52759

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		Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
		Open		None	T64559 Redesign Special:Preferences (tracking)
		Resolved		01tonythomas	T54759 Remove EducationProgram "did you know" user preference

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Low.Nov 22 2014, 2:08 AM

• bzimport added projects: MediaWiki-extensions-EducationProgram, good first task.

• bzimport set Reference to bz52759.

• MZMcBride created this task.Aug 12 2013, 6:16 PM

I agree. There's no need for this to be a preference.

Tony, if you're interested, this is another easy win. :-)

Change 125959 had a related patch set uploaded by 01tonythomas:
Moved EducationProgram preferences to Appearance tab

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/125959

Change 125959 merged by Adamw:
Moved EducationProgram preferences to Appearance tab