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I'm very enthusiastic about this wiki - connecting people with the right wiki is a great thing to do. Now, There is something which I think would help WikiIndex be even more useful. | I'm very enthusiastic about this wiki - connecting people with the right wiki is a great thing to do. Now, There is something which I think would help WikiIndex be even more useful. | ||
The broader wikis, such as [[Wikipedia | The broader wikis, such as [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] and [[:Category:Wikibooks|Wikibooks]], have a lot of material on most or all of the [[:Category:Wiki Topic|topics]] listed here. To really make the indexing complete, I think we should list: | ||
*Major topics on Wikipedia - this would mean a category which has an article of the same name, and which has a category on WikiIndex. | *Major topics on Wikipedia - this would mean a category which has an article of the same name, and which has a category on WikiIndex. | ||
*Wikipedia Wikiprojects (collaborations to improve groups of articles) | *Wikipedia Wikiprojects (collaborations to improve groups of articles) | ||
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On a related topic: Perhaps it's also worth having an article which explains how the different wikis & projects link together. Or we could make a point of explaining that in the individual articles. For example, [[Appropedia]] is ''not'' for encyclopedic material, but rather is aiming to complement Wikipedia (not compete with it) by developing project pages, how tos, networks & collaborations, and allowing original research. --[[User:Singkong2005|Chris Watkins/Singkong2005]] <small><sup>[[User talk:Singkong2005|talk]]</sup></small> 07:37, 15 September 2006 (EDT) | On a related topic: Perhaps it's also worth having an article which explains how the different wikis & projects link together. Or we could make a point of explaining that in the individual articles. For example, [[Appropedia]] is ''not'' for encyclopedic material, but rather is aiming to complement Wikipedia (not compete with it) by developing project pages, how tos, networks & collaborations, and allowing original research. --[[User:Singkong2005|Chris Watkins/Singkong2005]] <small><sup>[[User talk:Singkong2005|talk]]</sup></small> 07:37, 15 September 2006 (EDT) | ||
: This wiki is a community effort, so if you've got a plan and want to set up an project to carry it out, by all means, do so. You are also welcome to join us for a [[Happening]] if you'd like to talk things over or present a specific proposal and have a chance to get real-time feedback. Or not. And just get to work! :-) No worries either way. [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 18:02, 15 September 2006 (EDT) | : This wiki is a community effort, so if you've got a plan and want to set up an project to carry it out, by all means, do so. You are also welcome to join us for a [[WikiIndex:Happening|Happening]] if you'd like to talk things over or present a specific proposal and have a chance to get real-time feedback. Or not. And just get to work! :-) No worries either way. [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 18:02, 15 September 2006 (EDT) | ||
::Excellent - will do this. --[[User:Singkong2005|Chris Watkins/Singkong2005]] <small><sup>[[User talk:Singkong2005|talk]]</sup></small> 00:36, 21 September 2006 (EDT) | ::Excellent - will do this. --[[User:Singkong2005|Chris Watkins/Singkong2005]] <small><sup>[[User talk:Singkong2005|talk]]</sup></small> 00:36, 21 September 2006 (EDT) | ||