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This wiki has been in place since at least 2012, and many pages have not been updated in years. There are pages for [[:category:Tools and Equipment (defunct)|tools we no longer have]], outdated pages on tools we do have, and a lack of information on newer tools and on our teams and how the space works. I plan to bring this wiki back up to date, and make it a resource that all ~600 of our members can count on. | This wiki has been in place since at least 2012, and many pages have not been updated in years. There are pages for [[:category:Tools and Equipment (defunct)|tools we no longer have]], outdated pages on tools we do have, and a lack of information on newer tools and on our teams and how the space works. I plan to bring this wiki back up to date, and make it a resource that all ~600 of our members can count on. | ||
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===Reorganisation=== | ===Reorganisation=== | ||
Move projects to the User namespace (like I have with this). Projects should still be assigned to the Project category so they can be browsed as a list, but the User namespace clearly shows the Project owner. Most project pages here are either long out of date or only relevant to at most a handful of people, I'd like the Project: namespace to be used for larger infrastructure projects as opposed to personal ones (e.g. [[Project:Hackspace 2.5]]). | Move projects to the User namespace (like I have with this). Projects should still be assigned to the Project category so they can be browsed as a list, but the User namespace clearly shows the Project owner. Most project pages here are either long out of date or only relevant to at most a handful of people, I'd like the Project: namespace to be used for larger infrastructure projects as opposed to personal ones (e.g. [[Project:Hackspace 2.5]]). | ||
Revision as of 15:30, 18 December 2018
This wiki has been in place since at least 2012, and many pages have not been updated in years. There are pages for tools we no longer have, outdated pages on tools we do have, and a lack of information on newer tools and on our teams and how the space works. I plan to bring this wiki back up to date, and make it a resource that all ~600 of our members can count on.
Proposals
Reorganisation
Move projects to the User namespace (like I have with this). Projects should still be assigned to the Project category so they can be browsed as a list, but the User namespace clearly shows the Project owner. Most project pages here are either long out of date or only relevant to at most a handful of people, I'd like the Project: namespace to be used for larger infrastructure projects as opposed to personal ones (e.g. Project:Hackspace 2.5).
Deletion
The wiki is fairly old and has a lot of pages that haven't been updated in years. I'll categorise as Category:CleanupDelete any page that I feel should be gone.
New pages
Page for each area
As part of a wider documentation project in the hackspace I'd like to create a page for each area of the space, and keep all relevant information on the wiki for members and guests to view.
Add area infobox with map showing location.
Tools and equipment
I'd like to move all information on Tools and Equipment to the Tools: Namespace, Events to the Events: namespace, Teams to the Teams: namespace and information about the hackspace to the About: namespace.
Add tool infobox.
Wiki documentation
List all the namespaces and there function Help: Category: etc.
Encourage use of edit comments.
Name convention and categories
Have a naming convention for categories template etc. - for example, only capitalise first letter unless proper noun. Start with category type word first, for example, 'Category:Templates emoji' rather than 'Emoji templates'.
Move articles that have been placed at the top of a category pages, for example Category:Rules and previously Category:Network. Move them back to article space.
Adding dates
A lot of the information on the wiki is lacking dates. This can be helped by adding date= parameter to any relevant template. Also categories like Category:Project started in 2012, Category:Tools and Equipment acquired in 2013 etc. could help.
Rule pages
Rules are no longer updated on wiki (since 2016), make template for rule pages saying historical and pointing to [1].
Encouraging wiki editors
Welcome template.
Meetup for editors.
Photos
Photos needed of areas and tool, can tag pages with Template:Photo. Also, many photos are on the flickr, unfortunately a lot don't have descriptive titles.
To write list
- Write About:History Page
- Write About:The Space Page
List of task
Make list of tasks maybe with priority rating.