How few pages would I need to encompass the whole beast that is the policies, practises and implemented MediaWiki software features?
That is if I took the time and effort to commit the present state of them to
a fixed format, such as a "beach-reading" ready computer printout from an old matrix printer, 80 columns, 36 or so lines (the old 2000 characters per page, or so, format)?
A second question. Is there a list which pages I should print out to have in my hands that immensely valuable, but essentially ephemeral object? (it really goes without saying that the reference work would stay current all of minutes or less)
I am carefully not broaching the subject of what I would have to do to comply with the GFDL. That doesn't really interest me at all, or perhaps to put it differently, taht would be a beast of a totally different colour, and is welcome to stay within its own worm-can.
-- Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]]
On 9/21/07, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen cimonavaro@gmail.com wrote:
How few pages would I need to encompass the whole beast that is the policies, practises and implemented MediaWiki software features?
That is if I took the time and effort to commit the present state of them to
a fixed format, such as a "beach-reading" ready computer printout from an old matrix printer, 80 columns, 36 or so lines (the old 2000 characters per page, or so, format)?
A second question. Is there a list which pages I should print out to have in my hands that immensely valuable, but essentially ephemeral object? (it really goes without saying that the reference work would stay current all of minutes or less)
I am carefully not broaching the subject of what I would have to do to comply with the GFDL. That doesn't really interest me at all, or perhaps to put it differently, taht would be a beast of a totally different colour, and is welcome to stay within its own worm-can.
How detailed do you want it to be? I mean, do you want to print out the entire text of each policy, or is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies enough?
Same with the help-files, most features can be summed up in a sentence, but if you want every single detail of how they work, it's going to be much longer. Take images, I can teach you in two seconds how to insert an image but [[Help:Images and other uploaded files]] is the length of a short novella.
--Oskar
On 9/21/07, Oskar Sigvardsson oskarsigvardsson@gmail.com wrote:
On 9/21/07, Jussi-Ville Heiskanen cimonavaro@gmail.com wrote:
How few pages would I need to encompass the whole beast that is the policies, practises and implemented MediaWiki software features?
That is if I took the time and effort to commit the present state of them to
a fixed format, such as a "beach-reading" ready computer printout from an old matrix printer, 80 columns, 36 or so lines (the old 2000 characters per page, or so, format)?
A second question. Is there a list which pages I should print out to have in my hands that immensely valuable, but essentially ephemeral object? (it really goes without saying that the reference work would stay current all of minutes or less)
I am carefully not broaching the subject of what I would have to do to comply with the GFDL. That doesn't really interest me at all, or perhaps to put it differently, taht would be a beast of a totally different colour, and is welcome to stay within its own worm-can.
How detailed do you want it to be? I mean, do you want to print out the entire text of each policy, or is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:List_of_policies enough?
Same with the help-files, most features can be summed up in a sentence, but if you want every single detail of how they work, it's going to be much longer. Take images, I can teach you in two seconds how to insert an image but [[Help:Images and other uploaded files]] is the length of a short novella.
Perhaps I wasn't clear enough. I was thinking about a *complete* reference, of the type that would be considered definitive, if our (english language wikipedia) policies, practises, and software features implemented, weren't a moving target (as they very palpably are).
The argument about what a "short" wikipedia guides length would be is too close to an argument about how long a piece of string is...
-- Jussi-Ville Heiskanen, ~ [[User:Cimon Avaro]]
Perhaps I wasn't clear enough. I was thinking about a *complete* reference, of the type that would be considered definitive, if our (english language wikipedia) policies, practises, and software features implemented, weren't a moving target (as they very palpably are).
The argument about what a "short" wikipedia guides length would be is too close to an argument about how long a piece of string is...
About half the Wikipedia namespace and the whole Help namespace?
The real problem you'll come across is all the unwritten rules, precedent and tradition that govern most of what we do.