Dear all,
It is great to have this new list.
To introduce myself, I have been a wikipedia contributor for a few years and recently started dabbling with Mediawiki.
I have been trying to put together a mediawiki based site for a specific purpose. That's when I discovered that the many things we take for granted on Wikipedia don't come out of the box in a new media wiki installation and need to be added.
For example:
- Templates (especially infobox, which we are so used to on WP, havent figured how to add these) - Having to install Extension cite (for references) and not being out of the box was a surprise. - Addition to addon like Wikilove and WikiEditor. - Extensions I had not heard of like Parser, Validator seem essential - Extensions to manage spam need to be installed additionally
Also I had a few other struggles:
There are so many extensions but still difficult to choose. Wish they were organised better. Also Many don't have links to examples where they are deployed, that would a be very helpful. Help doesn't get installed for a new mediawiki and needs to be copied for from mediawiki.org Also the user manual has so much detail, that it would scare off a new user. I have grouped the help into 4 sets - reader, editor, experienced, advanced editor and admin on my instance to make it easy for new users.
Thought of sharing my experience and seeks any inputs or advise from the more experience folks on the list (Apologies if I am wrong in any of the above).
I found SMW very exciting in terms of capability and impact it could create. I would be keen to connect with folks who are familiar with SMW.
Some suggestions for projects that could be considered:
Base template kit to import for new wikis Create more add on bundles like the Semantic Bundle.
Great to be on this list.
regards Arun
Hey Ram! Welcome to mediawiki-india :)
Agreed on all points, and I see some parts where we could collaborate and start putting together stuff. If I'm reading this right, here are the potential projects that might be done:
1. A default mediawiki installation bundle (MW + A bunch of Extensions) 2. A default 'templatekit' (Commonly used templates from enwiki / other wikis) 3. Better 'levels' of information/deetail on the Manual
Perhaps we could start doing internal hackathons (online, with experienced people from the India MW community pitching in) to do these things? These won't be workshops, but online events for us to get stuff done. Thoughts?
Semantic Mediawiki is a lot of fun (despite a few performance problems that prevent it from being used on large wikis). Nischay is a contributor for SMW from India, but I don't think he's on this list yet. I'll forward this to him and see what we can do about that too!
Thanks!
P.S. I'll forward this to mediawiki-l in a while, since I think it is relevant there too.
Hello folks,
I (once again) came across this issue and googled a bit. I've found out couple of resources, both of which are quite outdated but they might be good starting points (and someone on the list might be interested). I haven't tried any of them. Do post on the list if anyone finds this good. :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Transwiki http://www.etcwiki.org/wiki/How_to_install_template_infobox_in_mediawiki
Best,
On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 3:55 PM, Yuvi Panda yuvipanda@gmail.com wrote:
Hey Ram! Welcome to mediawiki-india :)
Agreed on all points, and I see some parts where we could collaborate and start putting together stuff. If I'm reading this right, here are the potential projects that might be done:
- A default mediawiki installation bundle (MW + A bunch of Extensions)
- A default 'templatekit' (Commonly used templates from enwiki / other
wikis) 3. Better 'levels' of information/deetail on the Manual
Perhaps we could start doing internal hackathons (online, with experienced people from the India MW community pitching in) to do these things? These won't be workshops, but online events for us to get stuff done. Thoughts?
Semantic Mediawiki is a lot of fun (despite a few performance problems that prevent it from being used on large wikis). Nischay is a contributor for SMW from India, but I don't think he's on this list yet. I'll forward this to him and see what we can do about that too!
Thanks!
P.S. I'll forward this to mediawiki-l in a while, since I think it is relevant there too.
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