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:The [[Special:Namespace]]s page was something that appeared briefly in one fork (1.6-wikidata) of [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]]. It allowed [[WikiIndex:Bureaucrats|bureaucrats]] to take control of the list of namespaces directly from the web interface instead of editing LocalSettings.php. The {{Mw|Extension:Simple namespaces|version currently on uncyclopedia.info}} is just a kludge based on the [[Special:Interwiki]] extension. | :The [[Special:Namespace]]s page was something that appeared briefly in one fork (1.6-wikidata) of [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]]. It allowed [[WikiIndex:Bureaucrats|bureaucrats]] to take control of the list of namespaces directly from the web interface instead of editing LocalSettings.php. The {{Mw|Extension:Simple namespaces|version currently on uncyclopedia.info}} is just a kludge based on the [[Special:Interwiki]] extension. | ||
:As for the namespaces themselves? The actual descriptions of each individual [[wiki]] in this index should be in a separate namespace from vanity articles about [[:Category:Wiki | :As for the namespaces themselves? The actual descriptions of each individual [[wiki]] in this index should be in a separate namespace from vanity articles about [[:Category:Wiki people|people]], user pages or anything else that isn't an actual wiki description. JMHO. YMMV. --[[User:Carlb|Carlb]] 13:33, 15 December 2006 (EST) | ||
==Still stuck== | ==Still stuck== | ||
re: ''Generally, administrative "[[:Category:Meta|meta]]" pages like this one, which provide supporting information about the task of building WikiIndex, are in the "project" namespace, so people wanting to browse by using the "[[Special:Random|random page]]" button will find [[wiki]]s or [[:Category:Wiki | re: ''Generally, administrative "[[:Category:Meta|meta]]" pages like this one, which provide supporting information about the task of building WikiIndex, are in the "project" namespace, so people wanting to browse by using the "[[Special:Random|random page]]" button will find [[wiki]]s or [[:Category:Wiki people|people]], not instructions or discussions.'' | ||
I think that there are conversations and 'meta' pages that I would like to see in the main namespace. ~~ [[MarkDilley]] | I think that there are conversations and 'meta' pages that I would like to see in the main namespace. ~~ [[MarkDilley]] | ||
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Do you mean that it's not a general [[:Category:Encyclopedia|encyclopedia]], or that it's not even an encyclopedia of [[wiki]]s? When I think of an encyclopedia, I think of a site that, even though it may restrict its scope to certain topics, will cover those topics thoroughly (hence the name "encyclopedia"; "encyclopedic" mean "comprehensive in terms of information"). [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] deletes a lot of articles for non-notability, but once it decides to have an article on a topic, it tends to go all-out; e.g. {{Wp|White & Nerdy#Music video}} contains a lot of information that could be considered [[cruft]] (they've actually dialed it back a bit, because it used to contain even more information; but still, there's a lot of stuff there that could be considered trivia). | Do you mean that it's not a general [[:Category:Encyclopedia|encyclopedia]], or that it's not even an encyclopedia of [[wiki]]s? When I think of an encyclopedia, I think of a site that, even though it may restrict its scope to certain topics, will cover those topics thoroughly (hence the name "encyclopedia"; "encyclopedic" mean "comprehensive in terms of information"). [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]] deletes a lot of articles for non-notability, but once it decides to have an article on a topic, it tends to go all-out; e.g. {{Wp|White & Nerdy#Music video}} contains a lot of information that could be considered [[cruft]] (they've actually dialed it back a bit, because it used to contain even more information; but still, there's a lot of stuff there that could be considered trivia). | ||
But it seems like WikiIndex wants to limit its entries to basic facts about the [[WhatIsWiki|wikis]] and [[:Category:Wiki | But it seems like WikiIndex wants to limit its entries to basic facts about the [[WhatIsWiki|wikis]] and [[:Category:Wiki people|wiki people]] in question. (There aren't a lot of articles here about [[:Category:Wiki idea|wiki ideas]], and none of those articles are very long, so there's not much precedent to show how a lengthy article about a wiki idea would be handled; but we've had a few long articles about wikis and wiki people, which were cut down). The solution is usually, in the case of pages about wikis, to link to an off-wiki [[about page]]; or in the case of wiki people, to link to an off-wiki [[user page]]. | ||
If that's the direction you want to go in, fine. The site is, after all, Wiki "Index"; an index usually only contains very short blurbs, with a few statistics, about its subject matter. But we should clarify this in the about page, so people know. | If that's the direction you want to go in, fine. The site is, after all, Wiki "Index"; an index usually only contains very short blurbs, with a few statistics, about its subject matter. But we should clarify this in the about page, so people know. | ||