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== Advertisements == | == Advertisements == | ||
Joe, I'm happy to see that the site is back up. I see that you've implemented some animated GIF advertisements. Shane and I had previously discussed some other alternatives. Is there a currently open discussion on site support? --[[User: | Joe, I'm happy to see that the site is back up. I see that you've implemented some animated GIF advertisements. Shane and I had previously discussed some other alternatives. Is there a currently open discussion on site support? --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 16:06, 11 November 2006 (CST) | ||
: Peter: [[Battlestar Wiki talk:Site support/Proposals]]. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 00:12, 12 November 2006 (CST) | : Peter: [[Battlestar Wiki talk:Site support/Proposals]]. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 00:12, 12 November 2006 (CST) | ||
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== In Lieu Of == | == In Lieu Of == | ||
"In lieu of" means "instead of". I think the expression you're looking for is "in light of". --[[User: | "In lieu of" means "instead of". I think the expression you're looking for is "in light of". --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 17:48, 21 November 2006 (CST) | ||
: Yes, that's the expression I was looking for. I wondered where it had got to. ;-) Thanks for the catch! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 17:51, 21 November 2006 (CST) | : Yes, that's the expression I was looking for. I wondered where it had got to. ;-) Thanks for the catch! -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 17:51, 21 November 2006 (CST) | ||
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== Requested Pages == | == Requested Pages == | ||
Joe, I don't think you should create requested pages if you don't have anything to fill them with. The red links encourage people to start articles - they don't see that nothing's there, they have no reason to contribute anything. --[[User: | Joe, I don't think you should create requested pages if you don't have anything to fill them with. The red links encourage people to start articles - they don't see that nothing's there, they have no reason to contribute anything. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 01:43, 14 December 2006 (CST) | ||
:The {{tl|requested}} tag however adds things to the [[Battlestar Wiki:Community Portal|Community Portal]], which people can then see to add pages for. By adding the requested tag things are actually listed rather than only appearing on the "broken links" page --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 03:50, 14 December 2006 (CST) | :The {{tl|requested}} tag however adds things to the [[Battlestar Wiki:Community Portal|Community Portal]], which people can then see to add pages for. By adding the requested tag things are actually listed rather than only appearing on the "broken links" page --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 03:50, 14 December 2006 (CST) | ||
::[[Special:Wantedpages]] serves the same function, and is the better choice, IMO. --[[User: | ::[[Special:Wantedpages]] serves the same function, and is the better choice, IMO. --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 14:00, 14 December 2006 (CST) | ||
: Actually, the reason for ''requesting'' (as opposed to merely linking and thus having to deal with the "red link" effect) is for the benefit of [[Battlestar Wiki:Tasks]]. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 17:30, 14 December 2006 (CST) | : Actually, the reason for ''requesting'' (as opposed to merely linking and thus having to deal with the "red link" effect) is for the benefit of [[Battlestar Wiki:Tasks]]. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 17:30, 14 December 2006 (CST) | ||
::And why is this worth losing the red links? --[[User: | ::And why is this worth losing the red links? --[[User:Peter Farago|Peter Farago]] 06:00, 15 December 2006 (CST) | ||
:::I think that having a list of pages wanted on the community portal might entice people to actually create those pages rather than wading though the red links. The majority of the red links are French anyway or direct links to images. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 06:47, 15 December 2006 (CST) | :::I think that having a list of pages wanted on the community portal might entice people to actually create those pages rather than wading though the red links. The majority of the red links are French anyway or direct links to images. --[[User:Mercifull|Mercifull]] <sup>([[User talk:Mercifull|Talk]]/[[Special:Contributions/Mercifull|Contribs]])</sup> 06:47, 15 December 2006 (CST) | ||
:::As Mercifull rightfully points out, a majority of the red links are mainly links in articles being translated, as well as defunct image and talk pages that do not exist yet. Also, [[Special:Wantedpages]] isn't particularly user friendly for those uninitiated in the ways of the wiki, and I say that viewing the wantedpages listing using a "customer" or non-technical user POV. The wantedpages feature on Mediawiki is very much structured to be used by the veterans or wiki-inclined. The ultimate goal is to make things as user friendly as possible. Any articles that '''really''' need to be created are deeply buried in the 700+ red links on that page. On a related note, I've noted that [[MemoryAlpha:Special:Recentchanges|Memory Alpha's RC page]] has a brief task list at the top. I feel that we would only benefit from having something similar as well. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:54, 15 December 2006 (CST) | :::As Mercifull rightfully points out, a majority of the red links are mainly links in articles being translated, as well as defunct image and talk pages that do not exist yet. Also, [[Special:Wantedpages]] isn't particularly user friendly for those uninitiated in the ways of the wiki, and I say that viewing the wantedpages listing using a "customer" or non-technical user POV. The wantedpages feature on Mediawiki is very much structured to be used by the veterans or wiki-inclined. The ultimate goal is to make things as user friendly as possible. Any articles that '''really''' need to be created are deeply buried in the 700+ red links on that page. On a related note, I've noted that [[MemoryAlpha:Special:Recentchanges|Memory Alpha's RC page]] has a brief task list at the top. I feel that we would only benefit from having something similar as well. -- [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]] <sup>[[User talk:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|So say we all]] - [[Battlestar Wiki:Site support|Donate]]</sup> 15:54, 15 December 2006 (CST) | ||