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.)

Example: Ekopedia/en

→ 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)

Hi Speckmade. This proposal seems reasonable to me. I'd like to know if there are any disadvantages, though.

Here are my thoughts. Subpages automatically have a link back to the main page right at the top. Would breadcrumb navigation back to the main page still be helpful or would it be redundant? Also, do most wiki engines calculate legitimate content pages for each language separately or do they calculate them all in the aggregate? I presume we would link from the main page to the subpages. If so, I would hope that the link to the each language's subpage includes its name, even if we use the ISO code for the actual {{PAGENAME}} of the subpage. I doubt most people would recognize a language by its ISO code alone.

--MarvelZuvembie 16:31, 13 March 2009 (EDT)

I can't think of disadvantages at the moment...

With the "Subpages automatically [...] link[ing] back to the main page right at the top" you refer to my example implementation? If so, actually this is the (simulation of) the breadcrumb navigation...

content page counters: If each language version of a wiki runs on its own wiki installation, then they usually get counted seperately. My proposal was thought for that case.

And of course we should link from the main page to the language version pages - and of course we should make the links readable for humans; the ISO code thing is just to have a clear naming scheme for those subpages.--Speckmade 12:57, 2 May 2009 (EDT)

Internal page names

• Currently we are CamelCase or Free links or both (As a note, MediaWiki is inherently confused on internal page naming)
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