WikiIndex:Naming conventions

WikiIndex page names for wiki pages

If you want to Add a Wiki to WikiIndex, the new page should be named according to the following naming conventions:

First of all, don't worry if you get it wrong! We can rename pages.

• We normally have the page at WikiIndex the same as the wiki being referenced.
• We normally don't include the '.com' or '.org' or other TLD.

Example names

• Wikitravel
• KayakWiki
• Homestar Runner Fanstuff Wiki
• ReefPedia
• Protocolinfo

However, you will notice that our own wiki has its own internal naming conventions confusion. WikiIndex and Wiki Index. Cheers!

multiple language versions

Proposal:

Wiki sites with separate wikis for individual languages should get a separate page for each language version in the catalogue here.

(Advantages: Clear and differentiated information on the wiki with individual size/statistics measures for example.)

I propose to have one main page for the whole thing and a subpage to that - one for each language version. For the subpages I suggest a unified naming pattern: ISO language codes. Then there should be an automatically generated breadcrumb navigation that leads you back to the main page.
(Advantages: logical, machine friendly structure. (- Appending three characters to the path/URL of a wikis main page gives you the appropriate subpage for a special language version.) At least the naming may be understood without knowledge of the particular language.)

→ Please comment! especially objections to making this the new standard/recommendation - either here, on the talk page here - or maybe even on my talk page... ←

--Speckmade 17:32, 29 January 2009 (EST)

Internal page names

• Currently we are CamelCase or Free links or both (As a note, MediaWiki is inherently confused on internal page naming)
  • Recent changes – Special:Recentchanges
  • Community Portal – Community_Portal
  • Current Events – Current_events