WikiCleanup

WikiCleanup
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Created	03/11/2017‎
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Type	Hackspace Infrastructure
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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 There are pages for tools we no longer have, outdated pages on tools we do have, and a lack of information on newer tools and on our teams and how the space works. The plan is to bring this wiki back up to date, and make it a resource that all ~600 of our members can count on.

Its worth mentioning that our Wiki is probably one of the better ones, when compared with other Hackspaces in the UK.

Proposals

Reorganisation of projects

Maybe have separate subcategories for projects that of large 'Projects (by team)' and ones that are more or less solo 'Projects (by member).

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 their functions Help: Category: etc. (partially done at Help:Quick reference#Namespaces)

Encourage use of edit comments.

Encourage wikilinking (orphan and unlinked templates?), for example Volunteering lists all the Teams, but doesn't link to their pages.

Naming conventions 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.

Style

Make infoboxes' top text white on dark green (like boxes on front page). For example, Template:Tool.

Front page

A nice table taken from the front page of CoMakingspace Hackspace wiki in Germany

• Convert 'list boxes' into template.
• Tidy alignment.
• Highlight featured pages.
• Make it easier to find task like tidying/ cleaning
• Make it clear how to contribute to the wiki

Rule pages

Rules are no longer updated on wiki (since 2016), make template for rule pages saying historical and pointing to rules.nottinghack.org.uk.

Encouraging wiki editors

Welcome template.

Meetup for editors.

Update MediaWiki software/settings to allow thanking for contributions. Enable WYSIWYG editing?

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.

Categorise all uncategorised pages

Categorise all uncategorised pages. Especially useful for template pages, as it avoids making a template that already exists. We could make a tag for uncategorised pages. See Special:SpecialPages:

• Special:UncategorizedCategories  Done (December 2018)
• Special:UncategorizedTemplates  Done (December 2018)
• Special:UncategorizedPages (136)
• Special:UncategorizedFiles (~1,316)

Remove unused categories if no longer useful.

List of tasks

• Add Template:Project infobox to projects.

75 Projects are using it as of 06/02/2019

Close out old projects by marking them as Complete or Dormant

• Add Template:Tool infobox to Tools & Equipment

12 Tools are using it as of 24/01/2019

• Write About:History Page

(Category:Featured - our story pages may help)

• Write About:The Space Page

• Add categories to Widget: pages

• Sort out :Category:Featured

It currently contains an article that should be moved to Featured

• Change the sidebar links so that they link to Pages (Or Portals like this?), Not categories

• Encourage Teams to update their [[Team:]] pages with current contacts/ members

• Update Hackspace 2.5.

This is quite a big one that it feels like people want to see more about.

• Encourage general membership to post projects.

Even just a picture is ok, big essays are not necessary :)

Resources

• London Hackspace wiki - potential source of templates
• comakingspace.de - A nice wiki from a German Hackspace - Written in English mostly