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==I'm not sure this is doing what we want== | ==I'm not sure this is doing what we want== | ||
I'm not sure this is doing what we want. I'm totally down with not wanting the sub-category, but this way [[: | I'm not sure this is doing what we want. I'm totally down with not wanting the sub-category, but this way [[:category: Wikia]] doesn't show up at all in [[:category: Wiki farm]]. [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 01:21, 11 June 2006 (EDT) | ||
:Now that I think of it, maybe all the [[wiki farm]] should be in the [[:Category:Wiki farm| | :Now that I think of it, maybe all the [[wiki farm]]s should be in the [[:Category:Wiki farm|wiki farm]] subcategory, or at least the ones that have wikis for the community... [[MarkDilley]] | ||
Alright, but are we talking about a [[Special:Categories|category]] or a sub-category? In my mind | Alright, but are we talking about a [[Special:Categories|category]] or a sub-category? In my mind wiki farm is a [[:Category:Wiki Topic]] sub-category. Wikia should not be a sub-category of that, I don't think, unless you're suggesting that every wiki farm should be it's own sub-category of [[:category: wiki farm]], yes? [[TedErnst]] | <small>[[User talk:TedErnst|talk]]</small> 13:41, 11 June 2006 (EDT) | ||
:I've taken the liberty of adding a section for this stuff at the top of the page. | :I've taken the liberty of adding a section for this stuff at the top of the page. | ||
: | :Perhaps there should be a [[:Category:Wiki farm|wiki farm category]] and a wikis on wiki farms sub-category, within that category. [[User:David Shepheard|David Shepheard]] ([[User talk:David Shepheard|talk]]) 08:20, 18 February 2013 (PST) | ||
== | ==Vibrant?== | ||
Hi, yes Wikia itself is [[:Category:Vibrant|vibrant]], but not all of the wikia-wikis are vibrant. --[[Special:Contributions/141.52.232.84|141.52.232.84]] 08:50, 20 June 2006 (EDT) | Hi, yes Wikia itself is [[:Category:Vibrant|vibrant]], but not all of the wikia-wikis are vibrant. --[[Special:Contributions/141.52.232.84|141.52.232.84]] 08:50, 20 June 2006 (EDT) | ||
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This article has information about [[:Category:Wikia|Wikia]]. A great deal is critical but there is favourable material as well. Wikia itself tells [[user]]s what is good about their site. Users should know both sides in my opinion. [[User:Proxima Centauri|Proxima Centauri]] 04:53, 18 February 2009 (EST) | This article has information about [[:Category:Wikia|Wikia]]. A great deal is critical but there is favourable material as well. Wikia itself tells [[user]]s what is good about their site. Users should know both sides in my opinion. [[User:Proxima Centauri|Proxima Centauri]] 04:53, 18 February 2009 (EST) | ||
:Hmm. Is [[WikiIndex]] here to '''list''' wikis or to '''review''' them? If information about Wikia's flaws is put up (and I'm not necessarily saying it shouldn't) does that mean that problems with other [[:Category:Wiki farm|wiki farms]] should be listed? Does that mean that problems with [[:Category:All|all wikis]] should be listed? Is criticism actually useful? Should WikiIndex have a "no original criticism" rule, that requires criticism to be citated back to an external source? | :Hmm. Is [[WikiIndex]] here to '''list''' wikis or to '''review''' them? If information about Wikia's flaws is put up (and I'm not necessarily saying it shouldn't) does that mean that problems with other [[:Category:Wiki farm|wiki farms]] should be listed? Does that mean that problems with [[:Category:All|all wikis]] should be listed? Is criticism actually useful? Should WikiIndex have a "no original criticism" rule, that requires criticism to be citated back to an external source? | ||
:BTW: You might be interested to know that a user called [[Special:Contributions/CatherineMunro|CatherineMunro]] edited this page. There is a [[ | :BTW: You might be interested to know that a user called [[Special:Contributions/CatherineMunro|CatherineMunro]] edited this page. There is a [[WikiaSite:User:CatherineMunro|CatherineMunro]] over at Wikia. I personally find her very helpful, and (if this CatherineMunro is the Wikia one) she doesn't seem to have removed any criticism, but it has been snipped a bit. (Mostly the cruft about Wikia being like "New Coke" - which is meaningless to non-Americans anyway - has been cut.) [[User:David Shepheard|David Shepheard]] 21:14, 23 April 2009 (EDT) | ||
::A discussion about the WikiIndex policy on reviews of wikis (or | ::A discussion about the WikiIndex policy on reviews of wikis (or wiki farms like Wikia) has now started. See: [[WikiIndex talk:Community talk#Site reviews]] if you want to be involved in this. [[User:David Shepheard|David Shepheard]] 07:14, 9 May 2009 (EDT) | ||
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:I had been using the parenthetical only to differentiate when there's more than one wiki with the same name. The problem with putting the extra word in the pagename is that it will add an extra step during a search. Instead of taking you right to the page with the name [[Wookiepedia]], if we change it to "Wookiepedia [Wikia]", a person searching for "Wookiepedia" will be presented with search result options and have to choose from those. That seems like bad UI to me. Instead, maybe we could make the Wiki Farm or Hosting Site part of the infobox. --[[User:MarvelZuvembie|MarvelZuvembie]] 12:37, 16 December 2010 (PST) | :I had been using the parenthetical only to differentiate when there's more than one wiki with the same name. The problem with putting the extra word in the pagename is that it will add an extra step during a search. Instead of taking you right to the page with the name [[Wookiepedia]], if we change it to "Wookiepedia [Wikia]", a person searching for "Wookiepedia" will be presented with search result options and have to choose from those. That seems like bad UI to me. Instead, maybe we could make the Wiki Farm or Hosting Site part of the infobox. --[[User:MarvelZuvembie|MarvelZuvembie]] 12:37, 16 December 2010 (PST) | ||
::Is it possible to do an alternate [[:Category:Infobox templates|infobox]], that includes everything from the [[Template:Wiki|standard infobox]], but adds on | ::Is it possible to do an alternate [[:Category:Infobox templates|infobox]], that includes everything from the [[Template:Wiki|standard infobox]], but adds on wiki farm? That would stop all other wikis having some sort of 'None' line.<br><br>Alternatively, would it be possible to have a wiki farm line that vanishes if the line is left blank, but adds [[:category: Wikia]] or whatever, if filled in? [[User:David Shepheard|David Shepheard]] 11:08, 28 February 2011 (PST) | ||
:Both solutions are possible, but I think that the 2nd solution might work better. Otherwise, when we modified the standard infobox, we'd also need to modify the alternate infoboxes. I can easily see them getting out of sync. I've learned but have forgotten the syntax to make an optional parameter that will not appear if not used. I believe it uses some kind of {{{if}}} statement. It already exists in practice in the standard template for the wiki license parameter. --[[User:MarvelZuvembie|MarvelZuvembie]] 14:57, 28 February 2011 (PST) | :Both solutions are possible, but I think that the 2nd solution might work better. Otherwise, when we modified the standard infobox, we'd also need to modify the alternate infoboxes. I can easily see them getting out of sync. I've learned but have forgotten the syntax to make an optional parameter that will not appear if not used. I believe it uses some kind of {{{if}}} statement. It already exists in practice in the standard template for the wiki license parameter. --[[User:MarvelZuvembie|MarvelZuvembie]] 14:57, 28 February 2011 (PST) | ||