[Webcom] Restructuring the wiki

[Jacolin Yves]

Hi,

Yes it needs to add/setup some change in the config file. Only by SysAdmin at 
this time, and editing directly the config file but the next release of 
mediawiki will allow to do this without editing the config file.

:)

Y.
Le Monday 16 June 2008 11:34:34 Milo van der Linden, vous avez écrit :
> Yves , je vous remercie de la réponse utile! ;-)
>
> I read the topic on namespaces but I am not sure about how this might be
> successfully implemented. Isn't it so that the namespace would require a
> change at php level to the wiki?
>
> If not, I would also like to see if we can put up namespaces for local
> chapters, and/or language
>
> Jacolin Yves wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I read your pdf document :/ Forget the first point of my thought ;) Well
> > the second point is not link directly to your proposal, but can take
> > place into a more global enhancement of the structure.
> >
> > Y.
> >
> > Le Monday 16 June 2008 10:53:01 Jacolin Yves, vous avez écrit :
> >> Hi Milo,
> >>
> >> I followed your change on the wiki this week-end and, even if I did'nt
> >> read your pdf file yet, agree with you. Some thoughts:
> >> * Use the wiki for your proposal will be better ;)
> >> * Why don't use namespace [1] in wiki for Local Chapter?
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Y.
> >> [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Namespace
> >>
> >> Le Monday 16 June 2008 10:22:15 Milo van der Linden, vous avez écrit :
> >>> Hello webcom members.
> >>>
> >>> Lately when querying for core figures about OSGeo (number of active
> >>> members, events etc.) I discovered that the wiki structure can use some
> >>> enhancement because of double entries, double information, trouble
> >>> finding events etc.
> >>>
> >>> I feel that there are 3 important components in the OSGeo wiki:
> >>> - People
> >>> - Articles/Documents
> >>> - Events/Meetings
> >>>
> >>> And that these 3 important components can be structured with cross
> >>> referencing using categories. This will reduce doubling of information
> >>> and reduce information that is out of date and hard to maintain.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I would like to bring in a proposal for restructuring by:
> >>> - Creating a solid base of categories. I set up a proposal for this
> >>> that I would like to discuss. The pdf can be found here:
> >>> <http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Image:Osgeo_wiki_structure_proposal_draft.p
> >>>df
> >>>
> >>>> Please contact me for the odg (open Office drawing)
> >>>
> >>> - Adding the DynamicPageList extension to the mediawiki installation to
> >>> create inline queries for listing in articles.
> >>> This extension can be used to auto generate lists.
> >>> Examples:
> >>> * List Members of the board of directors in (this query would be
> >>> selecting articles that are in both "OSGeo Member" and "Board of
> >>> Directors" categories)
> >>> * List events, future and past that are organized in mexico and which
> >>> are spanish spoken (this query would be: "Past Events" OR "Proposed
> >>> Events" AND "Espanol" AND "Mexico"
> >>>
> >>> - Make good use of the calendar extension and maybe calendar widget to
> >>> show a calendar of all events on the main page.
> >>>
> >>> I strongly believe that introducing language as a category and
> >>> restructuring the local chapters will also help to give non-US OSGeo
> >>> chapters better control over their own section of the wiki, ease to be
> >>> found by people speaking their language and setting a wiki entry point
> >>> for their chapter members.
> >>>
> >>> Please let me know if this proposal sounds good. I am (and am willing
> >>> to be) spending (more) time in restructuring the wiki so it will be
> >>> used even more and better.
> >>>
> >>> Kind regards,
> >>>
> >>> Milo van der Linden
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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