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==== Organizational Tools of MediaWiki ==== | ==== Organizational Tools of MediaWiki ==== | ||
* | * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Categories | ||
* | * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Subpages | ||
* | * https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Namespaces | ||
==== Rough plans for using these tools with our wiki ==== | |||
Thoughts on the wiki organization: I think we'll have basically 4 different types of content: Meeting minutes, Tools, How To (not tool related), and Misc. | |||
Sarah mentions the sidebar - how do we customize this | Meeting minutes already has a namespace <code>Minutes:</code>. | ||
I suggest we add a <code>Tool:</code> namespace and a <code>HowTo:</code> namespace. | |||
I think basically anything that exists physically in the space is a tool of some sort - even if it just kind of loosely falls into that category (cleaning supplies are still probably tools). | |||
In most cases I think tool articles should be fairly generic - like, <code>Tool:Laser Cutter</code> as opposed to <code>Tool:My Fancy Laser Cutter Brand 3000</code> | |||
In cases where we have a few different kinds of a particular tool, and we want to list tool specific things, I think we should use subpages, like <code>Tool:CNC Machine/Shapeoko</code> and <code>Tool:CNC Machine/Roland</code>. But the idea would be to make it main tool page (<code>Tool:CNC Machine</code>) as useful as possible. | |||
In the case of the <code>HowTo:</code> namespace it would contain pretty much any kind of procedure for doing something (other than running a tool) at the space. | |||
* <code>HowTo:Be A Good Member</code> | |||
* <code>HowTo:Run A Shift</code> | |||
* <code>HowTo:Schedule an Event</code> | |||
* <code>HowTo:Use The Wiki</code> | |||
I think that covers basically everything I can think of that needs to be on the wiki, but we still have the main namespace for generic stuff, like maybe bylaws, organizational documents, and other things. | |||
==== Things that might make it easier for people to make new pages/navigate ==== | |||
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Templates | |||
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Navigation | |||
* https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Searching | |||
==== Thoughts from other folks in the meeting ==== | |||
Nora mentions i3 and landing pages - how do we make our landing page easier/better. Ours is busy and it's hard to find relevant information. | |||
Sarah mentions the sidebar - how do we customize this to put links in there that are relevant to our members and the general public. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Interface/Sidebar | |||
== Action Items == | == Action Items == | ||
Pick one (or more) wikis from https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/ and when we meet again we can discuss the cool things we've found. | Pick one (or more) wikis from https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/ and when we meet again we can discuss the cool things we've found. | ||
Revision as of 20:51, 11 January 2023
Meeting begins: 1815
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Meeting attendees: Nate Y., Sarah B., James K., Nora B.
Minutes
Organizational Tools of MediaWiki
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Categories
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Subpages
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Namespaces
Rough plans for using these tools with our wiki
Thoughts on the wiki organization: I think we'll have basically 4 different types of content: Meeting minutes, Tools, How To (not tool related), and Misc.
Meeting minutes already has a namespace Minutes:.
I suggest we add a Tool: namespace and a HowTo: namespace.
I think basically anything that exists physically in the space is a tool of some sort - even if it just kind of loosely falls into that category (cleaning supplies are still probably tools).
In most cases I think tool articles should be fairly generic - like, Tool:Laser Cutter as opposed to Tool:My Fancy Laser Cutter Brand 3000
In cases where we have a few different kinds of a particular tool, and we want to list tool specific things, I think we should use subpages, like Tool:CNC Machine/Shapeoko and Tool:CNC Machine/Roland. But the idea would be to make it main tool page (Tool:CNC Machine) as useful as possible.
In the case of the HowTo: namespace it would contain pretty much any kind of procedure for doing something (other than running a tool) at the space.
HowTo:Be A Good MemberHowTo:Run A ShiftHowTo:Schedule an EventHowTo:Use The Wiki
I think that covers basically everything I can think of that needs to be on the wiki, but we still have the main namespace for generic stuff, like maybe bylaws, organizational documents, and other things.
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Templates
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Navigation
- https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Searching
Thoughts from other folks in the meeting
Nora mentions i3 and landing pages - how do we make our landing page easier/better. Ours is busy and it's hard to find relevant information.
Sarah mentions the sidebar - how do we customize this to put links in there that are relevant to our members and the general public. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Interface/Sidebar
Action Items
Pick one (or more) wikis from https://wiki.hackerspaces.org/ and when we meet again we can discuss the cool things we've found.