All hands on deck: wiki update & transfer

Jc · Post by Jc » May 20th, 2009, 11:08 am

There has long been some talks of updating the wiki, and using a wiki software that's easier, and more user-friendly. Well, this was made possible thanks to our sysadmin (Dan)!
We now have a brand new wiki software up ( http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/Main_Page ), and all that's missing is the content!

It would be very nice if people could pitch in and start creating the pages. What we need is to take the pages from the old wiki, review and update them, and reformat them to make them compatible with the new wiki. It's not that complicated, it's mostly just some tags that need to be changed.

Also, a different way of organizing the pages might be helpful to make finding the info easier. I have suggested a new arrangement here: http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/Tentative_Index_Page Feel free to make comments and suggestions.

For the moment, the new wiki has been locked down to avoid spam, so if you want to help out, please PM me and I will create an account for you. (Please mention the username you want).

Thanks a lot!!

EDIT:

As per Chris's (icyjumbo) suggestion, in order to avoid having 2 people transferring the same page at the same time, please follow these steps:
1. Go to this page: http://librivox.org/wiki/moin.cgi/AllPages (taken from TitleIndex, I removed the user pages) and put a note beside the page you want to work on, with your forum name so that people might know who's working on it in case they need to contact you.
2. Leave a note on the top of the page you are working on, such as "this page is being moved" or "this page has been moved"
3. when done, strike the page name from the list (code: 2 dashes +parentheses around what you want to strike: --(PageTitle)-- )

Things to keep in mind:
- Every page should be accessible from the index page. If you don't know in which category to put it, insert the link at the bottom of the page, so that we know the page is there.
- Do no be afraid to edit a page if you think you can present the info in a simpler way.
- If page A contains a link to a page B that hasn't been created yet, please put a link to B in the index, below the link to A (see example for Newbie Guide to Recording). It'll be helpful to keep track of the structure of the Wiki.

We're aiming for user-friendliness.

(and yes, it's normal to find a page you've never heard about in the old Wiki)
PS: all page names in the AllPages list are correct. if the link isn't active, just copy/paste it in the browser address bar.

Cori · Post by **Cori** » May 20th, 2009, 11:31 am

Aye aye, Cap'n! (I can't do much tonight, just catching up on foruming before zooming out again, but I will be in as soon as possible.)

Jc · Post by Jc » May 20th, 2009, 2:02 pm

thanks a lot, Cori!

I've added some more info to the first post.

RuthieG · Post by **RuthieG** » May 20th, 2009, 2:48 pm

I will try and do some tomorrow - you really don't want me wiki-ing late at night. My brain dies.

Ruth

Jc · Post by Jc » May 20th, 2009, 4:37 pm

Great1 Thanks, Ruth!

I just came across this section while editing: http://librivox.org/wiki/moin.cgi/Audacity#head-de7a0ea2a854cf2334724e68b5217fb3f81c79ab

Is anyone using the 2nd method, and does it really make a difference? (Or is it more likely to confuse the readers?)

Post by **hugh** » May 21st, 2009, 6:23 am

Ok I will try to get some of this done in the next 2 days.

good job JC!

Post by **chocoholic** » May 21st, 2009, 6:57 am

Jc wrote:I just came across this section while editing: http://librivox.org/wiki/moin.cgi/Audacity#head-de7a0ea2a854cf2334724e68b5217fb3f81c79ab

Is anyone using the 2nd method, and does it really make a difference? (Or is it more likely to confuse the readers?)

I think that whole section is confusing! I like the Noise Cleaning page much better. Could we just link the noise cleaning page instead?

icyjumbo · Post by **icyjumbo** » May 21st, 2009, 8:23 am

In fact, that second method seems rather odd to me. Surely reducing the amount of noise-cleaning applied (the first slider in the dialog box) will achieve the same effect? The method even alludes to that when it says "When actually doing the noise removal, use a very low setting on the slide-bar."

Jc · Post by Jc » May 22nd, 2009, 2:11 pm

"Advice From" pages: move or drop?

I was thinking of dropping them, and replace them with Categories (eg: Category:User Advice)
They,re not particularly useful anyway, since they're pretty empty...

Cori · Post by **Cori** » May 22nd, 2009, 2:38 pm

The one I'm looking at (Readers) is pretty astonishing ... telling me how to configure my WinXP startup routine and automatic updates. Umm, not that it's not interesting, but I'm struggling to find it LibriVoxy. I think these are a starting place to collect ideas, but that perhaps the stuff could usefully be rolled into other pages (after all, the whole wiki is "Advice from", really.)

Cori · Post by **Cori** » May 22nd, 2009, 2:44 pm

The more I look at it, the more I love that index.

Wondering where to fit in pages for the Sci-fi Short Story index (lists all the stories which folks might read for that collection, since Gutenberg doesn't allow searches by length.) Resources? What about the UK chapter's page and the Community Podcast. Do these fit under a new index heading of 'Community' or somewhere better..?

Jc · Post by Jc » May 22nd, 2009, 2:46 pm

Hmmm... maybe an "advanced" section for more tech savvy people?

CarlManchester · Post by **CarlManchester** » May 23rd, 2009, 10:29 am

This page is displaying weirdly.

The tabs at the top are little, and the left hand menu is right at the bottom.

http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/LibriVox_in_the_News

Cheers,
Carl.

Jc · Post by Jc » May 23rd, 2009, 11:47 am

OMG you broke the WIKI!!

Just kidding.

I took out all the <div> tags, and it's OK now. (there were single <div> tags. You may have forgotten to close them, or they didn't need to be there/wrong tag)

icyjumbo · Post by **icyjumbo** » May 23rd, 2009, 2:12 pm

Jc wrote:OMG you broke the WIKI!!

ROTFL.

That was much funnier than the real answer. We should do that more often.

(I may have had slightly too much to drink this evening.)