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== | == How's MediaWiki going? == | ||
* | * Recently upgraded to the latest stable upstream version | ||
* | * The wiki is much spunker than MoinMoin | ||
== | == Yet, we have problems == | ||
* | * Search still sucks | ||
** | * Organization is somewhat haphazard, at best | ||
* ''People don't realize that the wiki is the best place for documentation'' | |||
=== Explaining the first two... === | |||
* They're directly related | |||
* When we finish the transition to the new naming standard, the search will work as it was built | |||
** To do this, we must flatten the page levels, and create new, more intricate levels using '''categories''' | |||
=== Explaining the third... === | |||
* Karsten has said[http://iquaid.org/2009/01/06/the-outside-and-inside-of-documentation-or-why-arent-you-publishing-on-the-fedora-wiki/] that people aren't publishing their documentation on our wiki because the documentation for writing documentation is poor | |||
** We're working on it | |||
* In the mean time: | |||
** '''Be bold in your editing''' -- do things as you see fit | |||
** '''If there isn't a rule, default to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Policies_and_guidelines Wikipedia's rules]''' | |||
** '''Categorize it properly''' -- if a category doesn't exist for your document, make one! | |||
== A good example to start with == | |||
* [[Fonts]] SIG | |||
* Everything is categorized | |||
* Every page name is flat | |||
* Fully searchable | |||
== What needs to be done? == | |||
* For the Docs Project: | |||
** Finish moving existing pages | |||
** Educate the community more about the availability of the wiki | |||
* For current wiki contributors: | |||
** Help the Docs Project with the reorganization of your sub-project's pages | |||
** If a page is hard to follow, give it some wikilove | |||
** Be '''bold''' | |||
** If you need help, just let us know | |||
== Q & A == | |||
woo questions woo | |||
Revision as of 21:33, 6 January 2009
State of the Wiki
Ian Weller <ianweller@fedoraproject.org>
FUDCon F11, Sat Jan 10 2009
How's MediaWiki going?
- Recently upgraded to the latest stable upstream version
- The wiki is much spunker than MoinMoin
Yet, we have problems
- Search still sucks
- Organization is somewhat haphazard, at best
- People don't realize that the wiki is the best place for documentation
Explaining the first two...
- They're directly related
- When we finish the transition to the new naming standard, the search will work as it was built
- To do this, we must flatten the page levels, and create new, more intricate levels using categories
Explaining the third...
- Karsten has said[1] that people aren't publishing their documentation on our wiki because the documentation for writing documentation is poor
- We're working on it
- In the mean time:
- Be bold in your editing -- do things as you see fit
- If there isn't a rule, default to Wikipedia's rules
- Categorize it properly -- if a category doesn't exist for your document, make one!
A good example to start with
- Fonts SIG
- Everything is categorized
- Every page name is flat
- Fully searchable
What needs to be done?
- For the Docs Project:
- Finish moving existing pages
- Educate the community more about the availability of the wiki
- For current wiki contributors:
- Help the Docs Project with the reorganization of your sub-project's pages
- If a page is hard to follow, give it some wikilove
- Be bold
- If you need help, just let us know
Q & A
woo questions woo