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If you have a question about WikiIndex or directed towards all the WikiIndex people,
This will continue until she is removed from this project
and it's not already answered in the [[WikiIndex:FrequentlyAskedQuestions]],
please post it to ... um ...
''(should I tell people to post it here to Talk:Community Portal, or to [[WikiIndex talk:Community talk]] ?)''.
 
==RPG Wiki?==
Does anyone know a Wiki for amature role playing games (like on Yahoo Groups and web forums and such)?  I can't seem to find one.
--[[User:24.172.195.239|24.172.195.239]] 11:57, 24 January 2007 (PST)
 
Yes.
There is an entire [[:Category:Role-playing]] of wiki, such as [[RPG]] and others.
 
== upgrade ==
John, your upgrade plan looks fantastic!  peace, [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 14:44, 4 May 2006 (EDT)
 
== Wow, pulling in another page is fab! ==
 
I love that code on NewPerson and NewWiki (might move to WikiIndex namespace), I was just thinking about something like that today!! Great work John!!! [[MarkDilley]]
 
: Need now to review the front page and the existing add and edit links for conflicting instructions. You guys may also want to look at the [[New Person]] page and the [[NewWiki]] page to standardize what is pulled into each new page. I did the best I could but I was just winging it. May want to have a new template to suck into each new page. [[User:John Stanton|John Stanton]] 18:47, 10 May 2006 (EDT)
 
: The French version needs updating also, my French is very poor :-) [[User:John Stanton|John Stanton]] 18:50, 10 May 2006 (EDT)
:: The [[Template:NewWiki boilerplate]] seems to be '''''old''''' now, it's  miscategorized, we should delete it. --[[Wolf Peuker|Peu]] | <small>[[User talk:Peu|talk]]</small> 15:51, 9 November 2006 (EST)
 
 
I think that's actually the "New Wiki" boilerplate.  New wikis are added all the time.  I've puzzled over the fact that we have two boilerplates that seem the same, but can't make the no-includes and include-onlys work out to combine them. [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 02:49, 10 November 2006 (EST)
: I disagree. You have to use subst: or copy the contents of [[Template:Wiki Boilerplate]] --[[Wolf Peuker|Peu]] | <small>[[User talk:Peu|talk]]</small> 07:54, 10 November 2006 (EST)
 
I don't understand what you're disagreeing with.  If you can make the add wiki button function work properly without an additional copy of the boilderplate, please go ahead and do so.  This is not a philosophical debate.  There simply is a practical reason why we're using it now because we don't know any better.  If you know a better way, please help!  [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 10:58, 10 November 2006 (EST)
: Aha now I see the "Add Wiki"-Button. I used only this two ways to add a Wikis or Wiki-Data
* Search for it, if no found, use the red Link and place URL and <nowiki>{{Add}}</nowiki>
* Search for it, if no found, use the red Link and paste a Wiki Boilerplate copy and type in data
--[[Wolf Peuker|Peu]] | <small>[[User talk:Peu|talk]]</small> 11:17, 12 November 2006 (EST)
 
The Community_Portal page include the “Hosting a Wiki? – Add it to WikiIndex!” section. That section in turn includes the “Create a New Wiki Page” feature/button, which creates an article skeleton that includes <nowiki>{{Size
| wiki_statistics_URL    = No
| wiki_</nowiki>'''size'''<nowiki> = YourWikiSize
}}</nowiki> <BR>But the second field of [[Template:Size]] has been changed from wiki_'''size''' to wiki_'''pages'''. I'm hoping someone knows how to update the “Create a New Wiki Page” function so it does wiki_pages instead of wiki_size. --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 13:45, 26 July 2007 (EDT)
 
:Thank you to whoever updated the “Create a New Wiki Page” feature, it does wiki_pages field now. --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 16:21, 26 July 2007 (EDT)
 
== Wikis with same name ==
 
Is there any policy on how to handle multiple wikis with the same name? When trying to add [http://wiki.hypexr.org/wikka.php?wakka=WikiHomePage Programming Wiki], I found [[Programming Wiki]], which is a Wikia. This must have happened before, so how is that normally handled?
 
Also, is this the right place to ask such questions? [[User:Ahy1|Ahy1]] 19:09, 13 August 2006 (EDT)
 
 
Hello Arild,
 
We do not have a good way to communicate on this wiki.  For those of us who read it daily, it works fine, but for weekly or occasional folks it is a wee bit confusing.  Any suggestions would help.  Second, we have been using [[disambiguation]] pages for multiple wiki with the same name.  We also have tried placing two templates on the same page, but no decisions have been made.  Will try to find you examples.  Best, [[MarkDilley]]
 
: I've started a page for your Wikka Wakka programming wiki here:[[Programming Wiki (hypexr.org)]] [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 15:05, 14 August 2006 (EDT)
 
:: It is not my wiki. I just found it and tried to add it to WikiIndex. Now I know what to do next time I run in to multiple wikis with the same name. Thanks. [[User:Ahy1|Ahy1]] 15:18, 14 August 2006 (EDT)
 
== merge request ==
=== singular versus plural ===
 
I fail to see any significant difference between [[:Category:Languages]] and [[:Category:Language]].
Could we merge those pages somehow?
Preferably under the singular form, to avoid the [http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiNamePluralProblem WikiNamePluralProblem].
--[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 22:36, 3 September 2006 (EDT)
 
Please David, go ahead and make this wiki better!! Best, [[MarkDilley]]
 
OK, I made [[:Category:Languages]] redirect to [[:Category:Language]].
Then I obsessively removed all references to [[:Category:Languages]].
Anything else I should do about that?
While I was doing that, I noticed [[:Category:constructed languages]] and [[:Category:ConLang]].
Should I merge those as well? Under which name? Or perhaps [[:Category:constructed language]], since I have this anti-plural vendetta?
--[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 10:21, 24 September 2006 (EDT)
 
:Is there a policy on plural/singular? Wikipedia uses plurals for categories, which makes sense to me... the important things are to do what is most intuitive for users of this wiki (linking from pages about wikis), and to be consistent. --[[User:Singkong2005|Chris Watkins/Singkong2005]] <small><sup>[[User talk:Singkong2005|talk]]</sup></small> 00:28, 19 December 2006 (PST)
 
::Is there now a policy for whether to have categories as singular or plural? At [[:Category talk:Weblogs]] I asked about two categories and the reply was “Please condense the two categories! .., redirect the singular to the plural? ..” --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 16:20, 9 August 2007 (EDT)
 
::: No, exactly the opposite:
::: There is a policy of using a singular name if at all possible -- to solve the [[wiki:WikiNamePluralProblem]] -- on the original wiki (for technical reasons that may not apply here).
::: There's currently no policy here on WikiIndex.
::: I prefer using the singular -- perhaps because I became comfortable using the singular everywhere on the original wiki.
::: --[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 20:57, 5 September 2007 (EDT)
 
== category name ==
 
There are several wiki that talk *about* wiki is emphatically on-topic.
It's a kind of meta-discussion.
The original wiki is *not* such a wiki -- people at the original wiki try to push such conversations
to Meatball ( [[Wiki:WikiOnWiki]] ).
 
I want to tag those wiki (but not the original wiki) with an appropriate category tag.
 
What should I name this category? [ [category:wiki on wiki] ]? [ [category:metadiscussion] ]? [ [category:self-analysis] ]? Something else?
 
--[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 10:21, 24 September 2006 (EDT)
 
== broken template ==
 
The [[wiki]] template
(used on most pages of the wikiindex) is broken.
 
Since it effects many pages, should we move the discussion here to [[Talk:Community Portal]],
or leave the discussion to where we started it
at [[Talk:PlanetMath]]?
 
Today I see that someone (?) fixed the "RecentChanges" part of the [[wiki]] template,
but now the
"wiki_wikinode_URL ="
part of the template is broken.
For example,
* [[Visual]] -- there is a valid-looking wikinode URL passed as a parameter to the template, but it doesn't get displayed in the normal page view.
* [[Hooze]] -- has no wikinode (yet).
 
--[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 12:20, 3 October 2006 (EDT)
 
:: [[User:Smiddle]], [[Sean Fennel]] and I have all had our hands in this template, both breaking and trying to fix it.  For the time being, I've simply reverted it to the last copy that we know was working properly.  I'd guess [[User:Smiddle]] will give it another try at some point.  Thanks for helping to sluth it out, David!  [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 12:30, 3 October 2006 (EDT)
 
== Categorising by licence ==
 
It's a surprising ommission, but from what I can tell you aren't categorising sites by licence. Any thoughts on doing that? --[[User:Kingboyk|Kingboyk]] 14:02, 27 October 2006 (EDT)
 
: This is a community generated site, so if you'd like to work on categorizing by license, please feel warmly welcomed to do so. [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 16:56, 27 October 2006 (EDT)
 
== license discussion ==
 
I see that discussions about "What license should we use for our wiki?" are scattered across thousands of wiki.
I keep thinking that having one central place to summarize all the arguments and facts about copyrights and licenses (as they apply to wiki) would be much better.
Perhaps [[wiki license]] ?
* [[WikiIndex_talk:Copyrights]]
* [http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:The_Wiki_License Gutenberg:The Wiki License]
* [http://wikiangela.com/wiki/GNU_Wiki_License the mysterious GNU Wiki License.]
* [http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/5344 the mysterious Creative Commons wiki license]
* [http://tunes.org/wiki/Tunes_FAQ the TUNES wiki uses the bugroff license]
* [[Proposal:License]]
* [http://communitywiki.org/CommunityWikiLicense] [[CommunityWiki:CommunityWikiLicense]]
* [http://www.nabble.com/Documentation-wiki:-license-requirement--t3458163.html what license does the OOo wiki use?]
* [http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000833.html "Pick a License, Any License" ] has a nice chart comparing the most popular software licenses. DavidCary would like a similar chart comparing the most popular wiki licenses -- but not a thousand slightly-different versions of such a chart.
 
On a related note, what about talking about licenses in general? Is there some wiki (other than WikiIndex) where discussing software licenses, music licenses, etc. would be more on-topic ?
 
--[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 11:04, 11 April 2007 (PDT)
 
== cooperative research ==
 
Is http://cooperativeresearch.org/ a wiki ?
 
:It seems like it, but I'd ask them just to make sure.
 
== the other wiki index ==
 
You can see how easy it would be for people intending to type one of these to accidentally type the other:
* http://wikindex.com/
* http://wikiindex.com/
 
Now I'm sure the first thing that comes to your mind is that we need to launch some sort of "defensive counter-attack" responding their "attack on our identity".
Naturally that involves high-powered ...
 
Or, I suppose, we could Do the Right Thing. Promote [[wiki:WikiPeace]].
 
So, what specifically is the Right Thing to do?
 
--[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 11:02, 27 June 2007 (EDT)
 
::Hi.  I just discovered wikiindex.org-- I am the creator of wikindex.com, and obviously it looks like we had similar ideas.  This site has gone the route of having a wiki page for each wiki out there, while we merely spider the statistics.  I thought of doing what this site has, but opted for the more simple 'one-page-of-just-statistics' thing.  I don't think we 'compete' really-- neither of us are going to make big dollars here.  I would hope that we could cooperate and coexist.  Thanks --[[User:Davejenk1ns|Davejenk1ns]] 10:19, 10 July 2007 (EDT)
 
[[DavidCary]], I am going to call and talk to Dave Jenkins soon, reminds me that it would be great to talk to you too!  Best, [[MarkDilley]]
 
== spot of vandalism. over to you ==
 
There was some vandalism which I reverted (I didn't look through all the recent changes, so there might be some I missed). I'm heading out for a day or so, so hope others will be on lookout for vandalism. --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 19:34, 27 June 2007 (EDT)
 
== no logo ==
 
Some pages on a wiki currently have "no" logo specified.
(Perhaps because that wiki doesn't have a logo yet).
However, today all those pages (incorrectly) show a "logo" that says "nadimo wiki".
What's the best way to revert to displaying the generic "no logo specified" message when no logo has been specified?
(And only the page about the nadimo wiki displays the "nadimo wiki" logo?)
--[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 18:06, 30 June 2007 (EDT)
 
Hi David, looks like the problem got fixed!  I didn't see it and I didn't see it get fixed :-)  I love wiki!!! [[MarkDilley]]
 
== Wikimania ==
 
I'm lucky enough to be in Taiwan for Wikimania 2007. If any other WikiIndexers are around, hopefully we can run into each other. I don't have a mobile that works here, but leave a message at my [[User talk:Singkong2005|Appropedia user page]] if you're around. (Note I usually go by the username Chriswaterguy... the Singkong2005 is an old name which I haven't changed here yet). --[[User:Singkong2005|Chris Watkins/Singkong2005]] <small><sup>[[User talk:Singkong2005|talk]]</sup></small> 04:40, 30 July 2007 (EDT)
 
== "Society Gardens" for wikis focused on the more serious side of life. ==
 
I like the idea of [[Wikia:Society Gardens|Wikia's Society Gardens]] which:
* promotes and celebrates Wikia focused on the more serious side of life
* values longevity
* explores opportunities for collaboration
 
However, I think this would work much better on WikiIndex, where we're not restricted to Wikia sites. What should we call it? (Society Gardens would be just copying, and perhaps there's something more suitable.)
 
Note the talk page, though - inappropriate wikis have been added, though it's been handled well and no conflict has arisen. It will be good to have clear criteria for inclusion and allow editors to remove obviously inappropriate ones without a lengthy process. --[[User:Singkong2005|Chris Watkins a.k.a. Chriswaterguy]] <small><sup>[[User talk:Singkong2005|talk]]</sup></small> 04:50, 30 July 2007 (EDT)
 
Interesting. Thank you for pointing it out.
Perhaps the WikiIndex version of it could be called something like "Wiki of the Long Now"?
(Alluding to the [[Wikipedia:Long Now Foundation]] and the [[wiki:WikiNow]] ).
--[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 23:21, 7 August 2007 (EDT)
 
== ComicBookDB? ==
 
Is http://www.comicbookdb.com considered a wiki? (Comic info editable by anyone with an account, but system structure only editable by admins) --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 12:28, 7 August 2007 (EDT)
:Looks like a very nicely set up Content Management System, but not a wiki in my mind. --[[User:Tiberius|Tiberius]] 14:57, 20 November 2007 (EST)
 
== Wiki City Rome ==
 
[http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2007/wikicity-0830.html "'Wiki City Rome' to draw a map like no other"] by Greg Frost and Patti Richards 2007
 
It sounds interesting -- put a little yellow dot on a big screen, showing the location of every cell phone in the city in real time.
But what is the connection to "wiki"?
--[[User:DavidCary|DavidCary]] 21:56, 5 September 2007 (EDT)
: '' looks interesting, but I agree with you David... not seeing the wiki... ~~ [[MarkDilley]]''
 
== Custom Wiki engines ==
 
I just found a wiki were they claim to use a custom engine, which has no name and has not been released as such. Should there be a Custom category under Wiki Engines? [[Felix Pleşoianu]] | <small>[[User talk:Felix|talk]]</small> 13:16, 9 September 2007 (EDT)
::That sounds like a good plan [[User:John Stanton|John]] 23:09, 11 September 2007 (EDT)
 
== pin wiki? ==
 
There a wiki about pins? (The kind of pins with words and/or images on them. Examples: [http://zinewiki.com/index.php?title=One_Inch_Buttons One Inch Buttons], Campaign buttons and Award pins) --[[User:EarthFurst|EarthFurst]] 21:26, 13 December 2007 (EST)
 
== Non wiki pages - used as their wiki ==
 
Hi Folks, what do people think about pages like [[The face of jam]] - my first instinct is to request they move somewhere else, like [[AboutUs]] or a [[WikiFarm]] - what are other folks ideas? Best, [[MarkDilley]]
 
== DramaWiki URL blocking updates ==
 
I decided it might be a good idea to edit a few of the WikiIndex pages with high page counts and change the old size template (without the wikiFactor) to the new size template (with the wikiFactor). I tried to edit [[DramaWiki]] but got the following message:
 
:'''Spam protection filter'''
 
:The page you wanted to save was blocked by the spam filter. This is probably caused by a link to an external site.
 
:The following text is what triggered our spam filter: ''I've had to remove this, as it is stopping me post here - it was the base URL of DramaWiki''
 
:Return to Welcome.
 
Please would an admin sort this out. The best thing would be to pull this wiki URL out of the spam filter, but if you can't permanantly remove this from the spam filter, at least remove it temporarily and edit the page before you put it back. (And if you '''really''' need to put it back, I think you should make the page a protected page and add a message on the talk page, because anyone else who tries to edit it will get dumped onto the Spam protection filter page too.) [[User:David Shepheard|David Shepheard]] 15:35, 18 May 2009 (EDT)

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