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==Goals== | ==Goals== | ||
*Introduce new members to the process of editing the wiki | *Introduce new members to the process of editing the wiki | ||
| − | **create | + | **create [[Template:EquipmentPage|equipment labels and wiki pages]] |
**add authorization details | **add authorization details | ||
**navigation principles | **navigation principles | ||
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*Category and template creation | *Category and template creation | ||
*Introduce members to [[Special:SpecialPages]] | *Introduce members to [[Special:SpecialPages]] | ||
| + | *Networking Staging Page [[Networking Reorg Staging Page]] | ||
==General Wiki guidelines and etiquette will go here== | ==General Wiki guidelines and etiquette will go here== | ||
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===finding candidates for deletion=== | ===finding candidates for deletion=== | ||
| + | Candidates for deletion are pages that haven't been updated in a long time, are incomplete, abandoned. A question you may ask yourself: is the deletion improving clarity or wiki structure? | ||
| + | * Some equipment pages may be candidates for deletion, but if there is valuable information in them consider making them historical pages. | ||
| + | * If there is some information that would be useful or historical in a page consider moving that content to a more appropriate page or making the page historical. | ||
| + | * Do not delete pages in user namespaces. | ||
| + | |||
===linking orphans=== | ===linking orphans=== | ||
===add redirects=== | ===add redirects=== | ||
| + | * create redirects to single tool pages based on terms you would search to find that tool. | ||
| + | ** If there is more than one tool redirect to a disambiguation page or a subsection that lists all those tools. | ||
To add a redirect to an existing page (not another redirect) create a new page and add the following text | To add a redirect to an existing page (not another redirect) create a new page and add the following text | ||
*<nowiki>#REDIRECT [[the page you'd like to redirect to]]</nowiki> | *<nowiki>#REDIRECT [[the page you'd like to redirect to]]</nowiki> | ||
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===change incorrect redirects=== | ===change incorrect redirects=== | ||
* all redirects should go to a specific page. If a redirect is relevant to another page or equipment make sure that is redirects there. | * all redirects should go to a specific page. If a redirect is relevant to another page or equipment make sure that is redirects there. | ||
===deleting redirects=== | ===deleting redirects=== | ||
| + | *do no delete redirects in user namespaces | ||
*don't delete redirects unless the following are all true: | *don't delete redirects unless the following are all true: | ||
**the redirect goes to another redirect or creates a loop or leads to a page or redirect that doesn't exist | **the redirect goes to another redirect or creates a loop or leads to a page or redirect that doesn't exist | ||
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===commenting edits=== | ===commenting edits=== | ||
* when edits are made you should can use the signature button (second button to the right in the edit)--[[User:Rtystgeeke|Rtystgeeke]] ([[User talk:Rtystgeeke|talk]]) 16:54, 19 November 2016 (CST) | * when edits are made you should can use the signature button (second button to the right in the edit)--[[User:Rtystgeeke|Rtystgeeke]] ([[User talk:Rtystgeeke|talk]]) 16:54, 19 November 2016 (CST) | ||
| + | * you can also type <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> characters together to insert a timestamped signature when typing [[User:Skm|Skm]] ([[User talk:Skm|talk]]) 14:40, 3 December 2016 (CST) | ||
===creating your own user page=== | ===creating your own user page=== | ||
| + | *Log into the wiki | ||
| + | *Typing wiki.pumpingstationone.org/user:your_user_name into your browser | ||
| + | *Click the create button in the upper right corner | ||
| + | *Edit your page with your info, tools you know, things you want to learn, and any applicable categories | ||
*Users who are interested in wiki maintenance can edit their user page and add this text to their User page: <nowiki>[[Category:WikiGnomes]]</nowiki> | *Users who are interested in wiki maintenance can edit their user page and add this text to their User page: <nowiki>[[Category:WikiGnomes]]</nowiki> | ||
| + | *If you want to be fancy you can create a redirect by making a new page (with your name or nickname) as the page title and then type REDIRECT#[[User:(your user name)]] | ||
==Links to important pages== | ==Links to important pages== | ||
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* [[User:Wikibot]] and [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Wikibot Wikibot manual] | * [[User:Wikibot]] and [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Wikibot Wikibot manual] | ||
*candidates for deletion | *candidates for deletion | ||
| − | *orphans: [[Special:LonelyPages]] | + | *orphans: [[Special:LonelyPages]] - read this wiki [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Orphan#What_if_I_can.27t_de-orphan_it.3F article] about how to de-orphan. Do not de-orphan just for its own sake. |
* Oldest pages: [[Special:AncientPages]] | * Oldest pages: [[Special:AncientPages]] | ||
* [[Special:BrokenRedirects]] | * [[Special:BrokenRedirects]] | ||
* [[The Wiki]] | * [[The Wiki]] | ||
| − | * [[Category:Broken Equipment]] | + | * [[:Category:Broken Equipment]] |
| + | * [[:Category:Candidates_for_deletion]] see category page for syntax - adds marked for deletion | ||
| + | * [[:Category:Outdated_pages]] | ||
| + | * [[:Category:NeedsUpdate]] - see category page for syntax - adds needs update banner | ||
| + | * [[Spaceops]] | ||
| + | *[https://www.semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki Documentation for Semantic Mediawiki Extension] | ||
| + | *[[Wiki Editing]] | ||
| + | * [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLAPWFk6Q9aTdIusqKyCdErpuRe2WDgToz YouTube Tutorial Videos] | ||
==Tasks to do== | ==Tasks to do== | ||
| − | *develop strategy for determining orphan pages, and linking them. | + | *develop strategy for determining orphan pages, and linking them. Lots of pages are categorized but not linked (any way to differentiate?) |
*Talk to Dave about including categories and special pages bar, or coming up with a better search in general | *Talk to Dave about including categories and special pages bar, or coming up with a better search in general | ||
*de-duplicating information | *de-duplicating information | ||
*who can edit the wiki infrastructure? Toba, Hef, Daniel P, Doorman Dave | *who can edit the wiki infrastructure? Toba, Hef, Daniel P, Doorman Dave | ||
| − | *who wants to get access to edit the infrastructure? Ron O | + | *who wants to get access to edit the infrastructure? Ron O |
*remove pages for deletion | *remove pages for deletion | ||
| + | *orphaned pages should exclude pages that are linked via categories | ||
| + | *figure out if [[Special:Wantedcategories]] that do not have category: pages should be removed from the linking pages or created | ||
| + | *fix [[:Category:EquipmentPageErrorNoAreahost]] so that all equipment belongs to an area host or member | ||
| + | *add [[:Category:Retired_Equipment]] Equipment to equipment that has wiki pages but is deprecated for some reason | ||
| + | **I'd like to create a new template very similar to the candidates marked for deletion that has a reason or link to a new machine | ||
| + | *add [[:Template:NeedsUpdate]] to pages with old, incorrect, or missing information | ||
| + | *roll duplicated information into less pages | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Ideas for improvement== | ||
| + | *email digest to google groups/area host a list of broken tools automatically based on broken tool list | ||
| + | *correlate member pages to list of current members, tag their user page as such | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==Wiki Overhal== | ||
| + | [[User:Carlfk/meeting_notes]] | ||
| + | * Rename wiki to not have a colon in <code><nowiki>{{SITENAME}}</nowiki></code> | ||
[[Category:WikiGnomes]] | [[Category:WikiGnomes]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:12, 22 March 2020
This is the start of the Wiki Maintenance Group
Some ideas:
Goals
- Introduce new members to the process of editing the wiki
- create equipment labels and wiki pages
- add authorization details
- navigation principles
- basic syntax
- Have a monthly meeting to edit the wiki
- Update equipment pages
- Help inventory
- Category and template creation
- Introduce members to Special:SpecialPages
- Networking Staging Page Networking Reorg Staging Page
General Wiki guidelines and etiquette will go here
finding candidates for deletion
Candidates for deletion are pages that haven't been updated in a long time, are incomplete, abandoned. A question you may ask yourself: is the deletion improving clarity or wiki structure?
- Some equipment pages may be candidates for deletion, but if there is valuable information in them consider making them historical pages.
- If there is some information that would be useful or historical in a page consider moving that content to a more appropriate page or making the page historical.
- Do not delete pages in user namespaces.
linking orphans
add redirects
- create redirects to single tool pages based on terms you would search to find that tool.
- If there is more than one tool redirect to a disambiguation page or a subsection that lists all those tools.
To add a redirect to an existing page (not another redirect) create a new page and add the following text
- #REDIRECT [[the page you'd like to redirect to]]
change incorrect redirects
- all redirects should go to a specific page. If a redirect is relevant to another page or equipment make sure that is redirects there.
deleting redirects
- do no delete redirects in user namespaces
- don't delete redirects unless the following are all true:
- the redirect goes to another redirect or creates a loop or leads to a page or redirect that doesn't exist
- and there are no pages linking to that redirect
locking pages
undeleting pages
commenting edits
- when edits are made you should can use the signature button (second button to the right in the edit)--Rtystgeeke (talk) 16:54, 19 November 2016 (CST)
- you can also type ~~~~ characters together to insert a timestamped signature when typing Skm (talk) 14:40, 3 December 2016 (CST)
creating your own user page
- Log into the wiki
- Typing wiki.pumpingstationone.org/user:your_user_name into your browser
- Click the create button in the upper right corner
- Edit your page with your info, tools you know, things you want to learn, and any applicable categories
- Users who are interested in wiki maintenance can edit their user page and add this text to their User page: [[Category:WikiGnomes]]
- If you want to be fancy you can create a redirect by making a new page (with your name or nickname) as the page title and then type REDIRECT#User:(your user name)
Links to important pages
- Special:SpecialPages
- User:Wikibot and Wikibot manual
- candidates for deletion
- orphans: Special:LonelyPages - read this wiki article about how to de-orphan. Do not de-orphan just for its own sake.
- Oldest pages: Special:AncientPages
- Special:BrokenRedirects
- The Wiki
- Category:Broken Equipment
- Category:Candidates_for_deletion see category page for syntax - adds marked for deletion
- Category:Outdated_pages
- Category:NeedsUpdate - see category page for syntax - adds needs update banner
- Spaceops
- Documentation for Semantic Mediawiki Extension
- Wiki Editing
- YouTube Tutorial Videos
Tasks to do
- develop strategy for determining orphan pages, and linking them. Lots of pages are categorized but not linked (any way to differentiate?)
- Talk to Dave about including categories and special pages bar, or coming up with a better search in general
- de-duplicating information
- who can edit the wiki infrastructure? Toba, Hef, Daniel P, Doorman Dave
- who wants to get access to edit the infrastructure? Ron O
- remove pages for deletion
- orphaned pages should exclude pages that are linked via categories
- figure out if Special:Wantedcategories that do not have category: pages should be removed from the linking pages or created
- fix Category:EquipmentPageErrorNoAreahost so that all equipment belongs to an area host or member
- add Category:Retired_Equipment Equipment to equipment that has wiki pages but is deprecated for some reason
- I'd like to create a new template very similar to the candidates marked for deletion that has a reason or link to a new machine
- add Template:NeedsUpdate to pages with old, incorrect, or missing information
- roll duplicated information into less pages
Ideas for improvement
- email digest to google groups/area host a list of broken tools automatically based on broken tool list
- correlate member pages to list of current members, tag their user page as such
Wiki Overhal
- Rename wiki to not have a colon in
{{SITENAME}}