Talk:Welcome to Appropedia/Archive

[edit] Adding a "useful tip" to ask questions?

(archived by --CurtB 13:55, 2 November 2006 (PST)))

I added the "request" link, which may be counter to what folks want. (Perhaps I've guaranteed "Main Page III" :-) Let me know. We can start gathering ideas on this discussion page for what the next rev will look like. Right now, I'm thinking I'll add a "useful tip" that says, "If you have a general question about Appropedia, please click on 'Ask Questions'" or similar. (stamp of this comment: 06:26, 10 October 2006 (PDT))

Also, I'm going to take this moment (probably early tomorrow morning) to blog yet again about Appropedia, and will also re-announce it on Omidyar.net, etc. One question: I just realized I'm assuming others will be adding the "create new page" template to the various high level category pages, and that may not be a good assumption. Hmm. So now I have to decide just how much I want to promote. Joy. Well, I'll sleep on it... --Curtbeckmann 21:49, 9 October 2006 (PDT)

Hi Curt, Could you further clarify this question about the "create new page" template? --Lonny 23:39, 14 October 2006 (PDT)

Actually, I was just curious if anyone regarded the "create new page" template as being on their to-do list. If not on someone else's list, then I'd have to decide if I was willing to go there, or content to start promotion. As it happens, I decided that I was willing to start promotion. I've been away (from the home AND the internet!) for a long weekend, but before leaving sent out 7 emails to different EWB groups. So, the answer is, I'm promoting. I've also noticed a lot of work on the newpageresource template, so I'm figuring that's today's answer to "createnewpage"...but haven't investigated yet... --Curtbeckmann 15:16, 16 October 2006 (PDT)

My own feeling is that promoting is really important - partly because the larger the community, the more effectively we can tackle the various technical and maintenance challenges. So except when there's major problems with how Appropedia is working and looking, I'd say keep up the good work with promotion! Personally I'm trying to spend an occasional bit of time on the "meta" Appropedia issues (e.g. thinking about the newpageresource template) but more time on content and promotion. Though I've been delaying my promo a little - thinking about creating some good submissions first and then going hard. See my comment at Appropedia talk:Promotion of Appropedia#Create submissions for sites and newsletters. --Singkong2005 · talk 19:02, 16 October 2006 (PDT)

[edit] Nav bar discussion

(archived by --CurtB 13:55, 2 November 2006 (PST)))

I poked through the MediaWiki Manual stuff and am now aware of the (serious) contraints on what can be done with the navbar link appearance. Bummer. I think just plain "Projects" might be preferable. Another option (which you may already have tried?) would be "P R O J E C T S" or "P r o j e c t s" or "P_R_O_J_E_C_T_S", but I imagine none will look any better. <b>HTML</b> doesn't work, right? --Curtbeckmann 17:30, 2 October 2006 (PDT)

I still am uncomfortable with the current "Projects" link on the "areas" section of the nav bar. I think we should use other schemes, like main page text or formatting, to focus attention on Projects, or get really serious and add some kind of icons or other complexity to the nav bar. For now, can we just go back to "Projects"? I'd do it myself, but I don't have the permissions... (Or tell me you like it too much and I'll keep quiet.) --Curtbeckmann 21:36, 9 October 2006 (PDT)

Hi Curt, How do you feel about the Project link in the navbar now? I was thinking about trying just ALLCAPS. --Lonny 23:43, 14 October 2006 (PDT)

Hi. I think I would prefer all caps or even simply "Project". I think we can use other mechanisms (like "highlighted project") to accentuate the importance of that area. --Curtbeckmann 15:18, 16 October 2006 (PDT)

[edit] Question about 'Creating Orgs' hints

(archived by --CurtB 13:55, 2 November 2006 (PST)))

Lonny recently added some guiding words on the Category:Organizations page to guide people to copy/paste the tag on their page. But the Main Page hints for Organization (and Project) creators doesn't mention this. My inclination (which I'll act on as soon as I have more time, if no one objects) is to move all the hints for creation to the category page, and on the Main Page simply direct creators to the appropriate Category page for "easy to follow directions on adding a page". --Curtbeckmann 17:26, 29 September 2006 (PDT)

Great idea Curt. Maybe one section on how easy it is too start. Then links to the different category pages. I am currently working on the template {{Createnewpage}} to generalize the instructions for starting a page. Although this template made me realize (becuase it would read better) another reason for making the areas as singular categories, e.g. Organization vs Organizations. So we will create one Create a page box on the Main page with links to the different main categories. Thank you --Lonny 03:20, 1 October 2006 (PDT)