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:I don't agree with adding the founder/author keys to the general template wiki. Each wiki has a founder/outhor but would you browse after it or make a desicion depending on authors? There may be Wikis that are more than only wiki, maybe like a wiki-based online game, in such cases authors will be interesting, but for ''normal wikis'' I cannot believe. So let's have an extra About template --[[Wolf Peuker|Peu]] | <small>[[User talk:Peu|talk]]</small> 09:20, 30 October 2006 (EST) | :I don't agree with adding the founder/author keys to the general template wiki. Each wiki has a founder/outhor but would you browse after it or make a desicion depending on authors? There may be Wikis that are more than only wiki, maybe like a wiki-based online game, in such cases authors will be interesting, but for ''normal wikis'' I cannot believe. So let's have an extra About template --[[Wolf Peuker|Peu]] | <small>[[User talk:Peu|talk]]</small> 09:20, 30 October 2006 (EST) | ||
:: The more I think about this, the more I agree with Wolf that author or founder should '''not''' go in the structured data. Of course you're free to put that information in the body of the description, but that's simply not information that makes sense as a category or way to search, nor is there even anything to link to, other than that person's name page on the wiki in question, but why would that be useful, in general? Every wiki has it's own structure, and to highlight one particular structure with a GodKing at the head doesn't make a lot of sense to me, as a rule. [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 12:23, 30 October 2006 (EST) | :: The more I think about this, the more I agree with Wolf that author or founder should '''not''' go in the structured data. Of course you're free to put that information in the body of the description, but that's simply not information that makes sense as a category or way to search, nor is there even anything to link to, other than that person's name page on the wiki in question, but why would that be useful, in general? Every wiki has it's own structure, and to highlight one particular structure with a GodKing at the head doesn't make a lot of sense to me, as a rule. [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 12:23, 30 October 2006 (EST) | ||
::: I think this sort of information may be more relevant on standalone wikis, where someone may be hunting for the person who can ban spammers. On Wikia, problems with the wiki can be sorted out by Wikia staff. They can even make a new person into the 'owner' of an abandoned wiki. Maybe a link to a page that lists all of the wiki's admin staff might be more useful (if that is available). | |||
::: On Wikia, the applications for wikis get put onto the Central Wikia namespace, so you could theoretically find out more about their wikis there (including the original 'mission statement'). I'm not sure the information would be relivant to everyone. | |||
::: Rather than changing the stats, I think it might be more useful to add a few headings to the boilerplate of the page. Headings like: 'Description', 'History', 'Administrators', 'Size' and the like, could encourage people to make standardised entries for wikis. More importantly, if you add headings (rather than have a long page with no headings) people can make direct links to a wikis size (or whatever). [[User:David Shepheard|David Shepheard]] 06:28, 10 May 2009 (EDT) | |||
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