Gentoo-Wiki redux discussion

thrasher6670 · Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 2:47 pm Post subject: Gentoo-Wiki redux discussion

When I originally made gentoo-wiki.com I had never used mediawiki before and now that I am forced to restart from scratch I am going to fix some of those mistakes, and change the base structure of the website. I am currently working on setting up a test wiki so that we can explore some of these options and get everything setup just right.

I'll post back when the scratch wiki is up and i'll take suggestions for structure. If you have any suggestions right now feel free to post.

Stuck by NeddySeagoon
Unstuck 7 Jan 2010. --timeBandit
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thrasher6670 · Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 2:59 pm Post subject:

http://scratch.gentoo-wiki.com is setup and ready to go, taking suggestions now so that they can be tested. catch me here or on IRC #gentoo-wiki on efnet. I'm hoping to have everything setup late tonight or early tomorrow morning.
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spikes · n00b Joined: 25 Oct 2008 Posts: 3

Hi,
it would be nice, if possible to have some form of recognition for quality postings etc. maybe a voting system if you find a wiki page helpfull.

kernelOfTruth · Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:54 pm Post subject:

thrasher6670 · Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:14 pm Post subject:

Figuring out any namespaces on teh IRC channel right now, so far we have the "Index" namespace so far. any other suggestons?
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AllenJB · Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:46 pm Post subject:

I don't think a voting system would work on a wiki. How do you account for changes to the article? (A change could be a minor correction or a major rewrite)
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thrasher6670 · Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:48 pm Post subject:

thrasher6670 · Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:53 pm Post subject:

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Extensions

help pick out the extensions we plan to use and post the onto the scratch test wiki:

http://scratch.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Extensions
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yngwin · Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:55 pm Post subject:

That's good news, that the wiki is back! I think you are making the right decision with implementing structural changes based on lessons learnt, now that you start more or less from scratch.

thrasher6670 · Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:38 pm Post subject:

pjv · Guru Joined: 02 Jul 2003 Posts: 352 Location: Belgium

Do I understand correctly that no real information has been lost, only the wiki configs? Please reassure me. That would be terrible, all this effort... All those hours of work and such a large amount of knowledge... Maybe Gentoo should step forward at this point (I know they've always said the wiki wasn't official) and team up with Mike to improve and secure things?

cheater512 · Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 10:53 pm Post subject:

pjv all the information was lost.

I have managed to recover basically everything though, but there are no histories or anything like that so its still best to start over.
Head over here if you need a wiki page: http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/

flarets · n00b Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Posts: 6

it's quite amazing to see this community pulling together.
is there a gentoo-portage thread like this? with regards to commenting/uploading photos etc, could the internet archive be useful?
http://web.archive.org/web/20080209114039/gentoo-portage.com/Browse
A feedback or priority system that shows what still needs doing would also allow people to focus their effort - just a thought.

P.S. I really like the idea of using twitter as a changelog

johnm1019 · n00b Joined: 28 Sep 2007 Posts: 23

any thoughts on writing a script to scrape from the google cache of the wiki?

maybe use that to update what you already have for the missing entries.......

deface · Apprentice Joined: 17 Mar 2007 Posts: 205

spikes · n00b Joined: 25 Oct 2008 Posts: 3

just noticed a glaring error, on http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/Help:IRC

down the bottom it mentions appealing against disciplinary action. and the email address used is help@crayola.com why would emails need to be sent to a colouring pencil company??

deface · Apprentice Joined: 17 Mar 2007 Posts: 205

spikes · n00b Joined: 25 Oct 2008 Posts: 3

bad form imo, encouraging spam to a company....

cheater512 · Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 6:27 am Post subject:

'Immature' and 'Childish' come to mind.

thrasher6670 · Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 11:19 am Post subject:

AllenJB · Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 2:35 pm Post subject:

Wasn't me! I wrote the version of the page on scratch but hadn't copied it over yet.
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X-dark · Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 4:18 am Post subject:

I have just seen that you are looking for foreign language admin. I'm french so if you need someone for that language just tell me I would be glad to help.

motosauro · Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:23 am Post subject:

steveL · Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:11 pm Post subject:

Would it be possible to have registered users (similar to forum users)? Even the C wiki now requires login to edit (though if you know a bit of C you can login based on /topic ##c.) I think that would make things a lot better, especially wrt quality of material; people like AllenJB should have a bit more say imo.

Just a suggestion, thanks for the wiki.

aidanjt · Posted: Wed Oct 29, 2008 9:15 pm Post subject:

Mediawiki can require authentication for editing with the right configuration as well.
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