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==Recent Changes==
==Recent Changes==
[[Help:Recent changes]] and point it to http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Recent_changes, thus utilizing wikis that are already documented.  Do one for tags and other browse functions.
[[Recent changes]] and point it to http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Recent_changes, thus utilizing wikis that are already documented.  Do one for tags and other browse functions.


Recursive Nature of Wiki example.  Having recent changes be more consisted with the site, i.e. template with a wiki on it?  Or have it point to the meta wiki media. or both.
Recursive Nature of Wiki example.  Having recent changes be more consisted with the site, i.e. template with a wiki on it?  Or have it point to the meta wiki media. or both.
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Please see [[WikiIndex talk:Deleting pages]].  Thanks! [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 02:30, 11 Mar 2006 (EST)
Please see [[WikiIndex talk:Deleting pages]].  Thanks! [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 02:30, 11 Mar 2006 (EST)


==RealNames==
==Real names==
I know you're busy.  No hurry.  When you get a chance, could you look in on [[WikiIndex talk:RealNames#RealNames is a given.2C what about pseudo vs ip.3F|the RealNames discussion page]]?  Thanks! [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 14:14, 16 Mar 2006 (EST)
I know you're busy.  No hurry.  When you get a chance, could you look in on [[WikiIndex talk:Real names#RealNames is a given, what about pseudo vs ip?|the real names discussion page]]?  Thanks! [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 14:14, 16 Mar 2006 (EST)


==good idea==
==good idea==
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==[[LocalNames]]==
==[[LocalNames]]==
I think that what you are calling [[LocalNames]] is what the [[MediaWiki.org]] software refers to as an [[interwiki]] or intermap link. I can, for example, user the [[WikiPedia:User talk:BlankVerse]] link on every wiki using the MediaWiki software and that will link to my user page on the [[English Wikipedia]]. I haven't been able to find where the WikiIndex keeps its interwiki map, but it it must have one for that last link to work. The interwiki map for all of the [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] projects is at [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Interwiki_map] and the [[UseMod]]/[[MeatballWiki]] map is at [http://usemod.com/intermap.txt]. Also see [[wikipedia:InterWiki]] and http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?InterMap. [[User:BlankVerse]] | <small>[[User talk:BlankVerse|talk]]</small> 18:38, 29 Mar 2006 (EST)
I think that what you are calling [[LocalNames]] is what the [[MediaWiki.org]] software refers to as an [[interwiki]] or intermap link. I can, for example, user the [[WikiPedia:User talk:BlankVerse]] link on every wiki using the MediaWiki software and that will link to my user page on the [[English Wikipedia]]. I haven't been able to find where the WikiIndex keeps its interwiki map, but it it must have one for that last link to work. The interwiki map for all of the [[:Category:Wikimedia Foundation|Wikimedia Foundation]] projects is at [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Interwiki_map] and the [[:Category:UseModWiki|UseMod]]/[[MeatballWiki]] map is at [http://usemod.com/intermap.txt]. Also see [[wikipedia:Interwiki]] and http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/mb.pl?InterMap. [[User:BlankVerse]] | <small>[[User talk:BlankVerse|talk]]</small> 18:38, 29 Mar 2006 (EST)


:These live in the 'interwiki' table on the MySQL database; there is an [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special_page_to_work_with_the_interwiki_table extension] available for MW1.5+ to allow them to be edited directly from a [[special:interwiki]] page.  
:These live in the 'interwiki' table on the MySQL database; there is an [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special_page_to_work_with_the_interwiki_table extension] available for MW1.5+ to allow them to be edited directly from a [[special:interwiki]] page.  
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[10:50pm] MarkDilley: and I am not sure exactly what you mean, I know what you are saying I think
[10:50pm] MarkDilley: and I am not sure exactly what you mean, I know what you are saying I think
[10:50pm] MarkDilley: I mean, I think I understand the problem
[10:50pm] MarkDilley: I mean, I think I understand the problem
[10:51pm] MarkDilley: Please put on the wiki your ideas about how to do this...?
[10:51pm] MarkDilley: Please put on the wiki your ideas about how to do this...?</pre>
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==Thanks==
==Thanks==
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So it wouldn't bother you at all if I never logged in?  You don't hold my edits to a different standard than an anon?  You know I'm asking because it's '''all about me!''' :-)  No, actually, what I'm saying is that when I know it's you, when I see your name, even if I disagree with something you're doing, there's an automatic cutting of slack.  If I see an IP, I don't know who it is.  I'm more likely to simply revert.  Someone not invested enough here to sign their work hasn't earned the right to ruffle feathers, I'd say.  I don't have any reason to this this person will be back to answer questions I might ask about their actions.  Someone with a login has something invested.
So it wouldn't bother you at all if I never logged in?  You don't hold my edits to a different standard than an anon?  You know I'm asking because it's '''all about me!''' :-)  No, actually, what I'm saying is that when I know it's you, when I see your name, even if I disagree with something you're doing, there's an automatic cutting of slack.  If I see an IP, I don't know who it is.  I'm more likely to simply revert.  Someone not invested enough here to sign their work hasn't earned the right to ruffle feathers, I'd say.  I don't have any reason to this this person will be back to answer questions I might ask about their actions.  Someone with a login has something invested.


And just to be clear, you and I agree on [[RealNames]] as the standard.  Where we disagree (I think), is on IP vs psuedo.  For me, an IP is not a person, it's a machine or an anoyance or a spammer.  A psuedo is a person.  I'd rather know their name and interact with them that way, but it is a person to me.  It's less of a person than someone using their [[RealName]], for sure, but way more of a person to me than is an IP. [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 11:45, 12 Apr 2006 (EDT)
And just to be clear, you and I agree on [[real name]]s as the standard.  Where we disagree (I think), is on IP vs psuedo.  For me, an IP is not a person, it's a machine or an anoyance or a spammer.  A psuedo is a person.  I'd rather know their name and interact with them that way, but it is a person to me.  It's less of a person than someone using their [[real name]], for sure, but way more of a person to me than is an IP. [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 11:45, 12 Apr 2006 (EDT)


''No it would never bother me if you never logged in.  I would learn the IPs that you posted from.  So we agree on [[RealNames]] - but we have a big gap on the Ip vs Psudonym.  I feel the opposite, an psudonym is a jokester, someone who I don't think this that seriously, not a person. I feel it is a trap to think of a psudonym as an identity.  An IP to me can represent the beautiful anonymity that the wiki can provide.  I read IP and psudonym edits in similar light, content.  I am not inclinded to [[revert]] anything that anyone has done, unless it is obvious [[spam]], because I want them to explore their ideas, however simple they may be, or however I may not understand them yet.''
''No it would never bother me if you never logged in.  I would learn the IPs that you posted from.  So we agree on [[real name]]s - but we have a big gap on the Ip vs Psudonym.  I feel the opposite, an psudonym is a jokester, someone who I don't think this that seriously, not a person. I feel it is a trap to think of a psudonym as an identity.  An IP to me can represent the beautiful anonymity that the wiki can provide.  I read IP and psudonym edits in similar light, content.  I am not inclinded to [[revert]] anything that anyone has done, unless it is obvious [[spam]], because I want them to explore their ideas, however simple they may be, or however I may not understand them yet.''


''Much of what I have been thinking about in regards to some of our ([[diff]]s) is in the BalancingProcessAndProduct realm, if that makes any sense. I am still groking it.  Thanks for your thoughtfullness Ted.  Best, MarkDilley''
''Much of what I have been thinking about in regards to some of our ([[diff]]s) is in the BalancingProcessAndProduct realm, if that makes any sense. I am still groking it.  Thanks for your thoughtfullness Ted.  Best, MarkDilley''


Mark, I just had a brainstorm and came here to tell you about it and found your comment.  I'll give you my brainstorm first and then see if I have more to add in terms of your comment.  My brainstorm has to do with the login procedure.  Why do we have a UserName?  Shouldn't it just be a Name?  If it was a Name, would that not encourage more people to use [[RealNames]]?  This will require John's help, of course.  What do you think?  Worth pursuing?  [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 16:36, 12 Apr 2006 (EDT)
Mark, I just had a brainstorm and came here to tell you about it and found your comment.  I'll give you my brainstorm first and then see if I have more to add in terms of your comment.  My brainstorm has to do with the login procedure.  Why do we have a UserName?  Shouldn't it just be a Name?  If it was a Name, would that not encourage more people to use [[real name]]s?  This will require John's help, of course.  What do you think?  Worth pursuing?  [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 16:36, 12 Apr 2006 (EDT)


:That would probably mean forking MediaWiki, which I don't think the [[GPL]] lets you do too easily. Though we ''could'' just edit the login screen to mention all this. I forget the name of the actual page, but it's somewhere in the MediaWiki: namespace. &mdash;[[Sean Fennel|<span style="font-family: Kristen ITC, Times New Roman;">User:Sean Fennel</span>]][[User talk:Sean Fennel|<span style="font-family: Kristen ITC, Times New Roman;">@</span>]] 20:24, 16 Apr 2006 (EDT)
:That would probably mean forking MediaWiki, which I don't think the [[:Category:Wiki GNU General Public License|GPL]] lets you do too easily. Though we ''could'' just edit the login screen to mention all this. I forget the name of the actual page, but it's somewhere in the MediaWiki: namespace. &mdash;[[Sean Fennel|<span style="font-family: Kristen ITC, Times New Roman;">User:Sean Fennel</span>]][[User talk:Sean Fennel|<span style="font-family: Kristen ITC, Times New Roman;">@</span>]] 20:24, 16 Apr 2006 (EDT)


Sean and Ted, I think that is a great idea Ted!  I have asked John to look into changing the title of '''Article''' to '''Wiki''' because that is basically what it is.  I don't understand the problem with making those tweaks Sean, so if you could find a path to your suggestion, that would be fab!
Sean and Ted, I think that is a great idea Ted!  I have asked John to look into changing the title of '''Article''' to '''Wiki''' because that is basically what it is.  I don't understand the problem with making those tweaks Sean, so if you could find a path to your suggestion, that would be fab!
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==UseMod==
==UseMod==
Mark, I see you're tidying up the UseModWiki / UseMod issue.  I haven't looked at many of your edits, but I'm confused about [http://wikiindex.org/index.php?title=BlogWiki&curid=1208&diff=11378&oldid=11360&rcid=19357 this one].  In fact, forget that, the categories themselves are confused.  See this: [[:Category:UseMod]] which hard redirects to [[UseModWiki]] which in turn soft redirects to [[:Category:UseModWiki]].  Confusing!  How should it be laid out? [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 12:03, 14 Apr 2006 (EDT)
Mark, I see you're tidying up the UseModWiki / UseMod issue.  I haven't looked at many of your edits, but I'm confused about [http://wikiindex.org/index.php?title=BlogWiki&curid=1208&diff=11378&oldid=11360&rcid=19357 this one].  In fact, forget that, the categories themselves are confused.  See this: Category:UseMod which hard redirects to [[UseModWiki]] which in turn soft redirects to [[:Category:UseModWiki]].  Confusing!  How should it be laid out? [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 12:03, 14 Apr 2006 (EDT)


Teaked it a little, it is still messy.  This is the whole category as wiki thing I am trying to figure out. The categories get messy.  Will try to look at it later.  Best, [[MarkDilley]]
Teaked it a little, it is still messy.  This is the whole category as wiki thing I am trying to figure out. The categories get messy.  Will try to look at it later.  Best, [[MarkDilley]]
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Mark:  Thanks for the welcome and updating of my pages.
Mark:  Thanks for the welcome and updating of my pages.


[[David Spencer]], [[ChristianMedia.ca]]
[[David Spencer]], ChristianMedia.ca


[[WikiIndex]] is a very helpful site!  [[David Spencer]], Canada
[[WikiIndex]] is a very helpful site!  [[David Spencer]], Canada
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Thanks for the welcome Mark. [[Michael Misovec]]
Thanks for the welcome Mark. [[Michael Misovec]]