SCWiki talk:User guidelines
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If you've read the Forum on Scottish Climbs you will know that Mike and the others are keen to get everyone using the "wiki". One of the points made was about the freedom we all now have to edit, add and delete content from the site and how that could be abused.[1]
It was suggested that we as the users could compile these guidelines. That way no-one can complain and we all know how to conduct ourselves in a way that wont annoy others.
- My first suggestion would be that no-one edits anyone elses "My Page" I feel that it should only be edited by its owner.
--Al 15:23, 8 May 2006 (BST)
I think that it's poor form to edit something that someone has written in the first person. I think that a factual style of writing is probably better for a wiki (then people can edit the facts), but there are issues that demand opinions (like bolts) and it might be better for people to write (and potentially sign) their own opinion alongside others rather than having editing wars over a couple of sentences.
Perhaps the article page could remain quite factual (for example: "There are some wide ranging and differing (and strong!) views on the use of bolts in the Scottish Highlands - see the discussion page for some opinions") and the discussion page is the place for these opinions.
Any thoughts?
Sounds good! It would mean that artistic liscence may go out the window a little (a bad thing?) but would keep discussions open and sensible.
--Al 16:40, 8 May 2006 (BST)
There's no reason why an article can't be locked once it's been submitted. This might happen for all stuff on what I'd describe as the static part of the site - News and Articles. Needless to say, we'll be keeping a very close eye on what happens and make decisions like these as they need to be made.
Mike Lauder 09:45, 9 May 2006 (BST)
Any non-minor edits (especially when deleting stuff) should be accompanied by a note.
Mike Lauder 14:53, 9 May 2006 (BST)
Dear Mike, Thanks for the amendments to my page and keeping me right! Leaving a note seems the best way to do it, straightforward enough!
--Al 19:06, 13 May 2006 (BST)
What is the concensus on creating "branch pages" from My Page even if it has a unique name? I've read the Wikipedia help guide, will i be allowed to use the wikipedia namespace i.e. Alan McDonald* as its off SCwiki??
*[[wikipedia:Alan McDonald|Alan McDonald]]
--Al 19:09, 13 May 2006 (BST)
Using the wikipedia namespace still has the same problems as using the main namespace, multiple folk can't have the same name for a page. The best solution, as far as Mark and I can work out, is to create what mediawiki call subpager, although they aren't really subpages, they're just pages with your name (or whatever) appended to the start of the name.
If you wanted to create a page for your favourite routes you'd do this: Here are my favourite routes.
[[User:Al/favourite routes|favourite routes]]
Doing that means that everyone can have a subpage called favourite routes.
On a related note, we'd really like to encourage everyone to have a blog style page, with as many subpages as you like, so long as they use the above convention.
Mike Lauder 23:20, 13 May 2006 (BST)
Where is the content of the wiki stored? Is there/will there be a limit on the amount of content on peoples personal pages?
Blog pages should always be amended from the top-down so the most recent news is top of the page.
Al 13:11, 16 May 2006 (BST)
Re: blog style pages
While we're very happy for this to be on the site, the very important thing to remember is that it's still a wiki - so anyone can edit those pages, just like the rest of it.
So, I don't advise putting anything personal that you're too precious about on your personal pages. Until now there has been no vandalism, but the wiki is young and it will almost certainly happen.
Mike and I discussed the possiblity of having (real, secure) user blogs for SC3. I'm not sure if we plan on doing this now though.
Have fun! :)
Mark Somerville 17:01, 16 May 2006 (BST)
I think that all external links should be aggregated at the bottom of a page so that they're easy to identify. Wikipedia does this and it seams to work well for me.
Mike Lauder 16:08, 20 May 2006 (BST)
