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I am liking the emerging convention of having a front level [[:Category:Namespace|namespace]] attached to a link to you [[WikiIndex:Talk | I am liking the emerging convention of having a front level [[:Category:Namespace|namespace]] attached to a link to you [[WikiIndex:Talk pages for wiki people|user talk page]]. [[User:MarkDilley|MarkDilley]] | ||
: It's a little unusual though actually. The conventional convention :-) on [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] sites, is to have user pages under the '[[User]]' namespace. It's less easy to link to, which I guess is why you're preferring the [[CamelCase]] [[ | : It's a little unusual though actually. The conventional convention :-) on [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] sites, is to have user pages under the '[[User]]' namespace. It's less easy to link to, which I guess is why you're preferring the [[CamelCase]] [[wiki way]]. | ||
: The advantage is that [[user page]]s are separate from other [[article]]s. This is handy if the wiki gets big, or if people are allowed to use nicknames, which might then get confused for real articles. It's essential on big wikis such as [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], but might also be useful here, since we have quite a lot of obscure page names in the main namespace, even without user nicknames muddled in. I think for those of us using real names, it's less of an issue, but the question is, should we tell all new joiners to do it this way? Setting up the [[redirect]]s is a little messy too -- [[User:Harry Wood|Harry Wood]] 15:16, 29 Jan 2006 (EST) | : The advantage is that [[user page]]s are separate from other [[article]]s. This is handy if the wiki gets big, or if people are allowed to use nicknames, which might then get confused for real articles. It's essential on big wikis such as [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], but might also be useful here, since we have quite a lot of obscure page names in the main namespace, even without user nicknames muddled in. I think for those of us using real names, it's less of an issue, but the question is, should we tell all new joiners to do it this way? Setting up the [[redirect]]s is a little messy too -- [[User:Harry Wood|Harry Wood]] 15:16, 29 Jan 2006 (EST) | ||
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:::So if I've understood you correctly, users can use any title for their [[user page]]s, not necessarily their [[username]]? In my opinion, it would make more sense to keep all user pages in the User namespace, since it is less confusing for newbies (who know Wikipedia or other MediaWiki wikis) and helps searching for users, since you can limit your search to the User namespace. --[[Special:Contributions/Denise|Denise]] 06:04, 30 May 2007 (EDT) | :::So if I've understood you correctly, users can use any title for their [[user page]]s, not necessarily their [[username]]? In my opinion, it would make more sense to keep all user pages in the User namespace, since it is less confusing for newbies (who know Wikipedia or other MediaWiki wikis) and helps searching for users, since you can limit your search to the User namespace. --[[Special:Contributions/Denise|Denise]] 06:04, 30 May 2007 (EDT) | ||
::::You are correct about naming your page, and we really encourage the use of real names here. This wiki was originally intended to be as much about wiki people as it is about wiki sites, and if you navigate to [[:category: Wiki | ::::You are correct about naming your page, and we really encourage the use of real names here. This wiki was originally intended to be as much about wiki people as it is about wiki sites, and if you navigate to [[:category: Wiki people]], you will see that. The path that most of us have taken is to create our personal pages in the main namespace and to redirect our user page(s) to the main namespace page. You can see that on my page, [[John Stanton]], and you can see that pictures are also encouraged. If you choose to put a picture up, we will eventually generate a digital caricatures by the very talented [[Rhoda Grossman]]. To have a caricature generated make sure you have a '''<nowiki>[[Category:NeedsCharicature]]</nowiki>''' tag on your page. [[User:John Stanton|John]] 22:32, 30 May 2007 (EDT) | ||
==This is crazy== | ==This is crazy== | ||
This makes no sense. If you start from the [[Welcome|main page]], every human is being invited to make a page here for them-self. Fortunately, most of them have declined the invite... We need a discussion of the guidelines about who would be appropriate to be here. And under what conditions, if any, anyone else should create or [[edit]] an [[article]] about someone else. [[:Category:Wikipedia|WP]] teaches us that this will be a giant can of worms, if this website ever becomes a success. Are the [[admin]]s prepared to cope with this? What are you thinking? --[[Special:Contributions/69.87.193.65|69.87.193.65]] 05:40, 2 February 2007 (PST) | This makes no sense. If you start from the [[Welcome|main page]], every human is being invited to make a page here for them-self. Fortunately, most of them have declined the invite... We need a discussion of the guidelines about who would be appropriate to be here. And under what conditions, if any, anyone else should create or [[edit]] an [[article]] about someone else. [[:Category:Wikipedia|WP]] teaches us that this will be a giant can of worms, if this website ever becomes a success. Are the [[admin]]s prepared to cope with this? What are you thinking? --[[Special:Contributions/69.87.193.65|69.87.193.65]] 05:40, 2 February 2007 (PST) | ||
: ''Wikipedia is a wiki about [[:Category:Encyclopedia|encyclopedic]] information. This is a [[wiki]] about [[WhatIsWiki|wikis]], [[:Category: | : ''Wikipedia is a wiki about [[:Category:Encyclopedia|encyclopedic]] information. This is a [[wiki]] about [[WhatIsWiki|wikis]], [[:Category:Wiki idea|wiki ideas]] and [[:Category:Wiki people|wiki people]]. Don't think of this wiki and it software in the way that you think about Wikipedia. There are namespaces here because of the software, not because of the need for them. [[MarkDilley]]'' | ||