User talk:Aussiepete
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The template stuff is much easier to understand when you can see an example (like on this page)! --Twz 01:58, 23 June 2007 (EST)
- (Sorry to mess up your clean talk page again)
Hey AussiePete, I added PHP connection to mysql databases in the MySQL article and just wanted to confirm that this is the best place to put it (if at all). Is it OK if I update the article into the Cpanel 11 method of creating databases and add how to add users?
Thanks DedDerek 22:35, 6 July 2007 (EST)
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Staff merge
I noticed you've redirected User:Kim to the staff page. Other old staff pages Adam, Craig, etc were in the main namespace and were rightly deleted, but shouldn't pages in User: namespace be kept? --Twz 12:50, 23 June 2007 (EST)
- I'm not sure about this one, simply because the original staff wiki accounts were redirected to the individual staff pages (which I don't think was necessary but it was). Now that these articles don't exist the individual articles should be deleted and the user accounts are broken redirects and either need to redirect to the staff article or be replaced with the standard user page text. Aussiepete 15:45, 23 June 2007 (EST)
- I guess it doesn't really matter if the staff aren't using their user page --Twz 17:17, 23 June 2007 (EST)
Collaboration of the week
I've started a few articles, templates and categories to begin a "collaboration of the week" idea which I'd like you to contribute to to see if it might work. The concept is that users vote for articles they'd like contribution to (many people making edits helps it get done quicker or in a less biased manner). Please see the article WAG:Collaboration and place your vote(s) under the existing or a new one of choice for us to focus on. Articles can be popular, stubs or non existent just state your reason. The article with the most votes can become the next collaborative article. Please also note the current article of focus is Glossary of Terms (besides our sub projects on other articles which is perfectly fine, I'm not wanting to discourage this!). I'm interested in thoughts or comments, maybe even making it collaboration of the month, this just draws out the process a bit too much. Aussiepete 21:53, 26 June 2007 (EST)
- I like the idea, but I'm wondering if it is premature. At this stage, many people making edits is still a dream (though Scott_T is certainly making a difference). Perhaps a few people making many edits is almost as good! I'll check out the collaboration page --Twz 22:06, 26 June 2007 (EST)
- I do agree that it is premature because there's still not enough active interest, but I guess the 4 main contributors so far could still use this process to focus efforts (although we all have our own interests and work is still getting done. I just find the best work and contribution comes with collaboration and bouncing ideas off each other. I could go ahead and structure something up which isn't liked by anyone, or come to an agreement with a majority consensus. Aussiepete 22:17, 26 June 2007 (EST)
- This could certainly help with getting people to the wiki but I believe that people could be possibly scared off by the process of editing things - All these things are a little overwhelming at first (but you do quickly get used to them). Things like 'What's the standard here?', 'How do I do this?', 'How should I set it out?' and so on due to the fear (?) of 'will they like it?' as if the place is in a way hostile. There is possibly reluctance to even correct the odd typo let alone add a whole paragraph or a structural change. Hope I'm not O/T too much (:p) but do we need a good way for people to get their footing? --Scott T 22:48, 26 June 2007 (EST)
- Yeah, by all means if there are other methods of getting users comfortable with wiki editing go for it. The actual voting process might be confusing, but if people see that an article is a collaborative article and are encouraged to make changes, hopefully they will. Aussiepete 22:50, 26 June 2007 (EST)
- [EDIT CONFLICT!] Yes, do we spend more time on the Help: pages (eg Help:Editing or Help:DummiesGuide_1) at the expense of main articles in the short term? - I suspect that this won't help though if people just aren't interested. --Twz 22:54, 26 June 2007 (EST)
- Another good point, but maybe not really going to change how people use it if they don't see those pages. (sorry, the edit conflict happens when two people are editing at the same time, which can be an issue with a collaborative article. Aussiepete 23:02, 26 June 2007 (EST)
Jumba Services
Can you offer your thoughts on the Jumba_Services page? see the Proposed_talk:Jumba_Services#Decision_on_this_article --Twz 00:24, 3 July 2007 (EST)
Jumba Forums
This is weird - User:OllHxu looks like a spam account, but as far as I can tell has only changed 1 character in Jumba Forums - not sure what to do about this (if anything) --Twz 15:05, 9 July 2007 (EST)
- It's a spammer, another few have done the same thing, for some reason they remove a plus sign, that's it. I think any suspicion block it, and if it's a legitimate account, there's means of contacting Jumba, admin users, forum users to unblock it easily enough. Aussiepete 15:18, 9 July 2007 (EST)
Questions for an expert
Hey there,
Sorry I am completely new to this and wanted to ask a few questions. Can you help? Thanks :)
- After I install mediawiki will there be a template already in place?
- Can I make it manditory to source information or would tihs need to be in entry business rules?
- Is there a way to link on both ends? Instead of viewing link endings by "What Links Here", can there be a section at the
bottom that says "Links"?
- Can you make it manditory to source information using wiki? Or would that need to be done using Business Rules?
- I have responded to (not actually answered) these questions on User:Wonderwoman's page --Twz 12:40, 30 September 2007 (EST)
Things for deletion
I've been compiling a list of things that can probably be deleted (a few templates, images and so on). How should they be marked (for discussion or while I weed out where they are being used still, etc)? --Scott T 23:22, 1 February 2008 (EST)
- Thanks for that. Currently I'm just looking for a way to tag them as I don't have privileges for deletion --Scott T 11:23, 2 February 2008 (EST)
Sysop
Wow. Thanks for the privilege :) Korske mentioned it in a PM yesterday but I wasn't expecting anything for a little bit longer. Do the admin actions (delete, block, revert, etc) have confirmation pages? I'd hate to accidentally click one. --Scott T 13:22, 2 February 2008 (EST)
