TASBot Wiki:Village pump: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 01:51, 3 July 2023

NEED MORE CONTENT in general (historians wanted). Fill out redlinks or add to existing pages (and categories).

Categories are arguably a direct upgrade to articles in that pages can have multiple parent categories and they have a nice UI for navigating to subpages. The longer URI is why you shouldn't just use them for everything.

Embrace hypertext—link to other pages (and also other sites, such as Wikipedia), but do follow Wikipedia's linking guidelines (only link first mention, avoid adjacent links).

Use redirect shorthands as much as you like, with one exception: marking pages with a category will not work if you use a redirect. You may still use the redirect when making a normal/inline link to the category page, such as [[:Category:SGDQ|]] ⟶ SGDQ.

Familiarise yourself with what templates exist. Hit up YoshiRulz on Discord if you want help making new ones.

TODOs:

finish moving event pages to Category namespace
- GDQ (split and/or rename and/or merge w/ Category:Summer Games Done Quick)
- MAGFest (split and/or rename and/or merge w/ Category:Super MAGFest)
- MAGWest Go
use dynamic content, or at least templates, for boxes on main page
infobox for appearances: date/time, location, run/presentation, link to prev/next of type, link to prev/next
infobox for individuals: real name, contributions/specialisations, day job / personal site link
FOR ADMINS:
- Pages to delete (don't mind redlink, you can still see the subpages)
- consider enabling CategoryTree extension

Qs for dwango:

I take it the focus here is on history, so...
- is there any point advertising upcoming events on the main page?
  - CONFIRM ("can't hurt; link to GitHub Project")
- how much technical information should be here vs on TASVideos?
  - "we should put [technical info] on TASVideos. However, I have one pause here; there is a huge barrier to entry for TASVideos at this time [...]"
apart from Ambassadors, how should individuals be categorised?
- "DWYW"
- to that end, a definition of "notability" for inclusion here would be helpful
  - "everyone who was credited for any event/showcase"

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-'''NEED MORE CONTENT''' in general ('''historians wanted''')
+'''NEED MORE CONTENT''' in general ('''historians wanted''').
+[[Special:WantedPages|Fill out redlinks]] or {{plainlinks|1=https://wiki.tas.bot/wiki/Special:AllPages?from=&to=&namespace=0&hideredirects=1|2=add to existing pages}} (and {{plainlinks|1=https://wiki.tas.bot/wiki/Special:AllPages?from=&to=&namespace=14&hideredirects=1|2=categories}}).
-Fill out redlinks: [[Special:WantedPages]]
+Categories are arguably a direct upgrade to articles in that pages can have multiple parent categories and they have a nice UI for navigating to subpages. The longer URI is why you shouldn't just use them for everything.
 Embrace hypertext—link to other pages (and also other sites, such as Wikipedia), but do follow Wikipedia's linking guidelines (only link first mention, avoid adjacent links).
-<span class="plainlinks">[https://wiki.tas.bot/wiki/Special:AllPages?from=&to=&namespace=14 Categories]</span> are arguably a direct upgrade to articles in that they can have subpages. The longer URI is why you shouldn't just use them for everything.
+Use redirect shorthands as much as you like, with one exception: marking pages with a category '''will not work''' if you use a redirect.
+You may still use the redirect when making a normal/inline link to the category page, such as <code><nowiki>[[:Category:SGDQ|]]</nowiki></code> &longrightarrow; [[:Category:SGDQ|SGDQ]].
-Familiarise yourself with what <span class="plainlinks">[https://wiki.tas.bot/wiki/Special:AllPages?from=&to=&namespace=10 templates]</span> exist. Hit up YoshiRulz on Discord if you want help making new ones.
+Familiarise yourself with what {{plainlinks|1=https://wiki.tas.bot/wiki/Special:AllPages?from=&to=&namespace=10|2=templates}} exist. Hit up YoshiRulz on Discord if you want help making new ones.
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 TODOs:
 * finish moving event pages to <code>Category</code> namespace
-** <code>Charity events</code> (as parent category)
+** <code>GDQ</code> (split and/or rename and/or merge w/ [[:Category:Summer Games Done Quick]])
-** <code>Desert Tesla Charity Drive</code>
+** <code>MAGFest</code> (split and/or rename and/or merge w/ [[:Category:Super MAGFest]])
-** <code>GDQ</code> (split and/or rename)
-** <code>MAGFest</code> (split and/or rename)
 ** <code>MAGWest Go</code>
-** <code>RPG Limit Break</code>
 * use dynamic content, or at least templates, for boxes on main page
-* infobox for appearances: date/time, location, game, link to prev/next, link to prev/next of type
+* infobox for appearances: date/time, location, run/presentation, link to prev/next of type, link to prev/next
+* infobox for individuals: real name, contributions/specialisations, day job / personal site link
+* '''FOR ADMINS''':
+** [[:Category:Pages to delete|Pages to delete]] (don't mind redlink, you can still see the subpages)
+** consider [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CategoryTree#Installation enabling CategoryTree extension]
 Qs for dwango:
-* rename <code>SGDQ</code> to <code>Summer Games Done Quick</code> to match others?
-** CONFIRM
-* reverse <code>Médecins Sans Frontières</code> => <code>Doctors Without Borders</code> redirect?
-** CONFIRM ("IDRC")
 * I take it the focus here is on history, so...
 ** is there any point advertising upcoming events on the main page?
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 ** how much technical information should be here vs on TASVideos?
 *** "we should put [technical info] on TASVideos. However, I have one pause here; there is a huge barrier to entry for TASVideos at this time [...]"
-* apart from [[:Category:Ambassadors]], how should individuals be categorised?
+* apart from [[:Category:Ambassadors|Ambassadors]], how should individuals be categorised?
 ** "DWYW"
 ** to that end, a definition of "notability" for inclusion here would be helpful
 *** "everyone who was credited for any event/showcase"