ErfWiki:Wiki Organization - Revision history

199.90.157.11: /* Goals */

2012-03-26T19:19:01Z

Goals

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	**There should be an intuitive path from the main page to most of the contents, without being specifically aware of the contents already.		**There should be an intuitive path from the main page to most of the contents, without being specifically aware of the contents already.
	*Categories should be categorized. Each [[Special:Categories\|Category]] should have a browsable number of pages and sub-categories		*Categories should be categorized. Each [[Special:Categories\|Category]] should have a browsable number of pages and sub-categories
-	*Pages should not have redundant categories. For instance is some thing is a [[stat]] and a mechanic, it only needs to be included in the [[:Category:Stats\|stat category]]; because that category itself is within mechanics and implies it's members are to.	+	*Pages should not have redundant categories. For instance if some thing is a [[stat]] and a mechanic, it only needs to be included in the [[:Category:Stats\|stat category]]; because that category itself is within mechanics and implies it's members are to.

	==Paradigms==		==Paradigms==

199.90.157.11 at 19:18, 26 March 2012

2012-03-26T19:18:25Z

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	Currently page are sorted into one of 113 [[Special:Categories\|Categories]]. Of those 16 are not subcategories (see [[Special:UncategorizedCategories]]).		Currently page are sorted into one of 113 [[Special:Categories\|Categories]]. Of those 16 are not subcategories (see [[Special:UncategorizedCategories]]).

-	The wiki is organized according to a Tree System with the main page as a root. Each page about something general has links to things more specific. i.e. [[Main Page]] -> [[mechanics]] -> [[~~Erfworld Mechanics\|~~magic]] -> [[thinkamancy]] -> [[thinkagram]]. We use redundant trees to organize by multiple paradigms.	+	The wiki is organized according to a Tree System with the main page as a root. Each page about something general has links to things more specific. i.e. [[Main Page]] -> [[Erfworld Mechanics\|mechanics]] -> [[magic]] -> [[thinkamancy]] -> [[thinkagram]]. We use redundant trees to organize by multiple paradigms.

	==Goals==		==Goals==

199.90.157.11 at 19:17, 26 March 2012

2012-03-26T19:17:43Z

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	Currently page are sorted into one of 113 [[Special:Categories\|Categories]]. Of those 16 are not subcategories (see [[Special:UncategorizedCategories]]).		Currently page are sorted into one of 113 [[Special:Categories\|Categories]]. Of those 16 are not subcategories (see [[Special:UncategorizedCategories]]).

-	The wiki is organized according to a Tree System with the main page as a root. Each page about something general has links to things more specific. i.e. [[Main Page]] -> [[mechanics]] -> [[magic]] -> [[thinkamancy]] -> [[thinkagram]]. We use redundant trees to organize by multiple paradigms.	+	The wiki is organized according to a Tree System with the main page as a root. Each page about something general has links to things more specific. i.e. [[Main Page]] -> [[mechanics]] -> [[Erfworld Mechanics\|magic]] -> [[thinkamancy]] -> [[thinkagram]]. We use redundant trees to organize by multiple paradigms.

	==Goals==		==Goals==

199.90.157.11: /* Current Organization */

2012-03-26T19:15:47Z

Current Organization

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	Currently page are sorted into one of 113 [[Special:Categories\|Categories]]. Of those 16 are not subcategories (see [[Special:UncategorizedCategories]]).		Currently page are sorted into one of 113 [[Special:Categories\|Categories]]. Of those 16 are not subcategories (see [[Special:UncategorizedCategories]]).

-	The wiki is organized according to a Tree System with the main page as a root. Each page about something general has links to things more specific. i.e. [[Main ~~page~~]] -> [[mechanics]] -> [[magic]] -> [[thinkamancy]] -> [[thinkagram]]. We use redundant trees to organize by multiple paradigms.	+	The wiki is organized according to a Tree System with the main page as a root. Each page about something general has links to things more specific. i.e. [[Main Page]] -> [[mechanics]] -> [[magic]] -> [[thinkamancy]] -> [[thinkagram]]. We use redundant trees to organize by multiple paradigms.

	==Goals==		==Goals==

199.90.157.11: /* Current Organization */

2012-03-26T19:15:15Z

Current Organization

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	==Current Organization==		==Current Organization==
-	Currently page are sorted into one of 81 [[Special:Categories\|Categories]]. Of those 16 are not subcategories (see [[Special:UncategorizedCategories]]).	+	Currently page are sorted into one of 113 [[Special:Categories\|Categories]]. Of those 16 are not subcategories (see [[Special:UncategorizedCategories]]).

-	The wiki is organized according to a Tree System with the main page as a root. Each page about something general has links to things more specific. i.e. Main page -> mechanics -> magic -> thinkamancy -> thinkagram. We us redundant trees to organize by multiple paradigms.	+	The wiki is organized according to a Tree System with the main page as a root. Each page about something general has links to things more specific. i.e. [[Main page]] -> [[mechanics]] -> [[magic]] -> [[thinkamancy]] -> [[thinkagram]]. We use redundant trees to organize by multiple paradigms.

	==Goals==		==Goals==

Paper Golem: Completly restructured page to reflect changes/improvements to the page over the past several months.

2009-11-19T23:57:03Z

Completly restructured page to reflect changes/improvements to the page over the past several months.

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	==Current Organization==		==Current Organization==
-	Currently page are sorted into one of 74 [[Special:Categories\|Categories]]	+	Currently page are sorted into one of 81 [[Special:Categories\|Categories]]. Of those 16 are not subcategories (see [[Special:UncategorizedCategories]]).

-	~~==Problems==~~	+	The wiki is organized according to a Tree System with the main page as a root. Each page about something general has links to things more specific. i.e. Main page -> mechanics -> magic -> thinkamancy -> thinkagram. We us redundant trees to organize by multiple paradigms.
-	*Without knowing the wiki~~'s contents well, it can be difficult~~ to ~~get~~ a ~~sense of what's here.~~	+
-	**There is no intuitive path from the main page to ~~most of the contents, without being specifically aware of the contents already.~~	+
-	*Categories are uncategorized. ~~The [[Special:Categories\|Categories]]~~ page ~~has too many entires for easy browsing~~.	+

-	==~~Proposed systems~~==	+	==Goals==
-	*~~Tree System~~	+	*Without knowing the wiki's contents well, it should be easy to get a sense of what's here.
-	**~~The~~ main page ~~would be~~ the ~~root~~	+	**There should be an intuitive path from the main page to most of the contents, without being specifically aware of the contents already.
-	**Each page about something general would point have links to things more specific. ~~i.e. Main page~~ -~~>mechanics -> magic -> thinkamancy -> thinkagram~~	+	*Categories should be categorized. Each [[Special:Categories\|Category]] should have a browsable number of pages and sub-categories
-	**Redundant trees could be ~~added for multiple paradigms~~.	+	*Pages should not have redundant categories. For instance is some thing is a [[stat]] and a mechanic, it only needs to be included in the [[:Category:Stats\|stat category]]; because that category itself is within mechanics and implies it's members are to.

-	==~~=Potential Structure=~~==	+	==Paradigms==
-	~~In looking through~~ the ~~categories already extent~~ in the wiki~~, there are only~~ a ~~handful~~ of ~~top-level~~ categories ~~for content:~~	+	These are the paradigms in use to organize the wiki. With each paradigm is a short list of example categories to provide an idea of how the paradigm characterizes the pages.

		+	===Subject based===
		+
		+	* [[:Category:Wiki]] (Containing page about the maintenance, improvement, and structure of this wiki)
	* [[:Category:Comic]] (containing actual comic pages, comic structure, and creator bios)		* [[:Category:Comic]] (containing actual comic pages, comic structure, and creator bios)
	* [[:Category:Erfworld Mechanics]] (purporting to encapsulate anything that covers the "physics" of Erfworld)		* [[:Category:Erfworld Mechanics]] (purporting to encapsulate anything that covers the "physics" of Erfworld)
	* [[:Category:Erfworld Culture]] (an umbrella under which the social and cultural dynamics of Erfworld live)		* [[:Category:Erfworld Culture]] (an umbrella under which the social and cultural dynamics of Erfworld live)
	* [[:Category:History of Erfworld]] (potential home for battle analysis and events pages/cats]]		* [[:Category:History of Erfworld]] (potential home for battle analysis and events pages/cats]]
-	* [[:Category:Fanon]] (~~surprisingly well organized compared~~ to the ~~rest of the wiki~~)	+	* [[:Category:Fanon]] (Listed twice because it's subjects seem to be kept separate from other origins' subjects)
		+	* [[:Category:Characters]] (Containing pages about the characters)

-	~~There is also, at present, a second, parallel tree structure~~ based ~~on content type and "value":~~	+	===Origin based===

	* [[:Category:Canon]]		* [[:Category:Canon]]
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	* [[:Category:Analysis]]		* [[:Category:Analysis]]
	* [[:Category:Disambiguation]]		* [[:Category:Disambiguation]]
-		+	* [[:Category:Fanon]] (surprisingly well organized compared to the rest of the wiki)
-	~~So, there are two existing paradigms under which most of~~ the ~~regular content pages live. As such, perhaps it is just an issue~~ of ~~codifying and enforcing those paradigms more effectively.~~	+

	[[Category:Wiki]]		[[Category:Wiki]]

MisterB777: /* Proposed systems */ analysis of existing Cat structure based on tree-based paradigms.

2009-11-06T00:03:52Z

Proposed systems: analysis of existing Cat structure based on tree-based paradigms.

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	**Each page about something general would point have links to things more specific. i.e. Main page ->mechanics -> magic -> thinkamancy -> thinkagram		**Each page about something general would point have links to things more specific. i.e. Main page ->mechanics -> magic -> thinkamancy -> thinkagram
	**Redundant trees could be added for multiple paradigms.		**Redundant trees could be added for multiple paradigms.
		+
		+	===Potential Structure===
		+	In looking through the categories already extent in the wiki, there are only a handful of top-level categories for content:
		+
		+	* [[:Category:Comic]] (containing actual comic pages, comic structure, and creator bios)
		+	* [[:Category:Erfworld Mechanics]] (purporting to encapsulate anything that covers the "physics" of Erfworld)
		+	* [[:Category:Erfworld Culture]] (an umbrella under which the social and cultural dynamics of Erfworld live)
		+	* [[:Category:History of Erfworld]] (potential home for battle analysis and events pages/cats]]
		+	* [[:Category:Fanon]] (surprisingly well organized compared to the rest of the wiki)
		+
		+	There is also, at present, a second, parallel tree structure based on content type and "value":
		+
		+	* [[:Category:Canon]]
		+	* [[:Category:Proposed Canon]]
		+	* [[:Category:Speculation]]
		+	* [[:Category:Real World References]]
		+	* [[:Category:Analysis]]
		+	* [[:Category:Disambiguation]]
		+
		+	So, there are two existing paradigms under which most of the regular content pages live. As such, perhaps it is just an issue of codifying and enforcing those paradigms more effectively.

	[[Category:Wiki]]		[[Category:Wiki]]

Hajo: /* Problems */ Typo

2009-10-22T00:18:18Z

Problems: Typo

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	==Problems==		==Problems==
-	*Without knowing the wiki's contents well it can be difficult to get a sense of what's here.	+	*Without knowing the wiki's contents well, it can be difficult to get a sense of what's here.
-	**There is no intuitive path from the main page to most the contents, without being specifically aware of the contents already	+	**There is no intuitive path from the main page to most of the contents, without being specifically aware of the contents already.
	*Categories are uncategorized. The [[Special:Categories\|Categories]] page has too many entires for easy browsing.		*Categories are uncategorized. The [[Special:Categories\|Categories]] page has too many entires for easy browsing.

Calebchiam: moved Wiki Organization to ErfWiki:Wiki Organization: Doesn't belong in mainspace

2009-10-16T03:53:44Z

moved Wiki Organization to ErfWiki:Wiki Organization: Doesn't belong in mainspace

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Revision as of 03:53, 16 October 2009

Paper Golem: /* Proposed systems */

2009-09-07T00:56:04Z

Proposed systems

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	**Each page about something general would point have links to things more specific. i.e. Main page ->mechanics -> magic -> thinkamancy -> thinkagram		**Each page about something general would point have links to things more specific. i.e. Main page ->mechanics -> magic -> thinkamancy -> thinkagram
	**Redundant trees could be added for multiple paradigms.		**Redundant trees could be added for multiple paradigms.
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		+	[[Category:Wiki]]