Wiki Index was Re: Wiki editors

Scott Derrick scott at tnstaafl.net
Thu Jul 17 14:33:43 CEST 2008


It appears that th index is already out of date.

I was just looking at this locker program

http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/User:Quicksand#zedlock

looked under software and Nada!

Are we aware it is out of date?   How many other pages aren't listed? 
This is a big problem....

Scott

BrendaWang wrote:
> I am wiki full time editor now.
> Here is the what I done these month.
>
> 1. Openmoko wiki system is Media wiki 1.2, since we upgrade our wiki 
> system, month ago , I start to ask our IT put the extension on wiki.
> For example, category tree extension.
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CategoryTree
> Now , everyone can use the tag, like this
> <categorytree mode=pages>Category name</categorytree>
> 2.About read wiki offline (dump), actually , I already ask our IT do 
> this since 4, July. I will push them. This function is very useful .
> 3. I would like to put the Youtube extension , then we can see the video 
> on wiki. I would like to know if this useful ? Personal opinion , I like 
> to have this.
> 4. I admit that , to the beginner , it is not easy to know how much 
> useful page , they can find on wiki . So, I make a page name Openmoko 
> official Index page.
> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Openmoko_Wiki_Official_Index_Page
> 5. Then , I classify every pages of wiki , put the category on them,
> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Openmoko_Wiki_Categories_Index_Page
>
> 6.It's great that have many people help me to maintain wiki page. In 
> fact , Too many page, hard to verify if this page is out of date? Even , 
> I use google analytic , it just can tell which page is popular , but 
> can't tell if the content is correct or not.
> I plan to put the rating function on wiki. Perhape it can help many 
> people who visit wiki , know how other people think this page is useful 
> or not.
> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:JSKitRating
>
> 7.I would like to have a page like for developer, everyone who is the 
> beginner , want to join and develop software, and use this page to get 
> every material they want .
> It just like a book , and has catalog like this:
>
> Part I Choose your software develop tool
> Part III Running your program
> Part IV Program sharing
> Part V Install
> Part VI Tools used on Openmoko
>
> Here is the page
> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Openmoko_developer_guide
>
>
> Actually , 6,7 is my plan now, have more people edit the wiki page, make 
> content become more correct and useful , will be great help .
>
> Brenda.
>
>
>
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>
> ian douglas ??:
>   
>> Michael Shiloh wrote:
>>   
>>     
>>> I will help support you in any way I can. Yes, we can absolutely set up 
>>> a mailing list for you to coordinate amongst yourselves. I will also 
>>> make myself more immediately available to the wiki editors, so that 
>>> questions can be answered as rapidly as possible.
>>>     
>>>       
>> Hiya Michael,
>>
>> Quick question: what exactly is Brenda's role?
>>
>> http://openmoko.markmail.org/search/?q=brenda#query:brenda%20date%3A200802%20+page:1+mid:cancdihaeug2s7x2+state:results
>> This leads me to believe it's Brenda's full-time job (as in,
>> employment), to be the wiki editor, organize the articles, etc., so we
>> certainly would value her insights and opinions. We certainly aren't
>> trying to muscle in on her territory, but just willing to lend a hand to
>> what is a daunting, gigantic challenge of finding and editing a LOT of
>> information.
>>
>> Secondly, Michael can you coordinate with whoever is in charge of the
>> wiki software to include the plugin I mentioned last night:
>> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:DumpHTML
>>
>> One of my own agenda points as a wiki editor is to get an
>> offline-capable version of the wiki available for download to install on
>> the SD card -- perhaps we could even build it up as an opkg
>> documentation bundle or something. That'd be slick, with "opkg update &&
>> opkg upgrade" being able to upgrade the documentation on the phone.
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> Wiki editors, do you have a request for the list name? How about 
>>> openmoko-wiki-editors?
>>>     
>>>       
>> Since "openmoko" is already in the domain name, perhaps just
>> "wiki-editors at lists.openmoko.org" would be sufficient?
>>
>> -id
>>
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