Proposal:WikiIndex Pages on indexed Wikis

In my Opinion, it would be very helpful to suggest WikiNode-like pages within the Wikis we list here as an entry point to manage the actuality of our contents by the users of these wikis themself.

They an we will be better supported

• Wiki Name - detect whether the wiki in question is listed or not and under wich name
• Wiki Data - Sometimes the engines are so strange that we can not retrieve size or statistics or edit mode and so on... (for instance page count for DokuWiki engine based wikis).

I started a test on DseWiki[1] that was accepted.

What do you think about it? (please correct my lousy english whenever nessesary) --Wolf | talk 07:02, 3 October 2007 (EDT)

Let me get this straight: you are suggesting we create a Wiki Index page on each of those wikis, so people will see them and become interested in updating their own entries back here.

Sounds like a good idea to me. I assume we'll have a standard page, like for WikiNodes? -- Felix Pleşoianu | talk 08:08, 3 October 2007 (EDT)

Yes, that's what I want to say. --Wolf | talk 15:03, 3 October 2007 (EDT)

I like this idea.

Let the people at that wiki update their own information, without having to come over to the unfamiliar-to-them WikiIndex.

So are you saying that, after the people at that wiki update their version of the page, sometime later the page about that wiki at WikiIndex would be completely replaced with their version?

Initially this could be done manually ... and it shouldn't be too difficult for anyone to create a "bot" that would do this if the remote wiki uses the MediaWiki syntax. (A little bit harder to translate if the remote wiki uses some other syntax).

Although I think it is a good idea, and I don't see any reason not to start implementing it right away, I have a few minor questions:

What happens when the remote wiki temporarily goes offline?

What happens if the wiki (or just its Wiki Index page) is temporarily read-only, and someone wants to write a comment on WikiIndex about it (perhaps about the fact that it is temporarily read-only)?

Each WikiNode begins with a brief description of the wiki it is on, and most pages here at WikiIndex also have a brief description of the wiki. Would it make sense to re-use the standard WikiNode page for this purpose, rather that inventing another standard name and trying to maintain several versions of the description?

--DavidCary 01:32, 4 October 2007 (EDT)

I would not duplicate wikiindex stuff to the indexed wikis. A page on each wiki with the title WikiIndex would be enough. Each active contributor of the remote wiki can skip to wikiindex and check if updates to the wikiindex entry are needed. Maybe we could provide a boilerplate for the remote wikiindex articles (maybe in the remote wiki syntax, one for each wiki engine) and they can copy 'n' paste. The content of the page should be mainly on wikiindex and some infos on the entry there (=here!). We could introduce a backlink on each wikiindex article if the described wiki has a link to it. We could start with some pages in open edit wikis. Step by step they will "get" it, and the rest will be done distributed (I hope so). --Wolf | talk 02:30, 4 October 2007 (EDT)