Forum:Additions to the wiki

The wiki is growing and growing. Now that it is still doable, I'm trying to make all the wonderful information gathered here slightly more accessible and to organize it more coherently. Also, the wiki has a forum that we have not yet been using, so I've kick-started it :)

Wiki forum
The wiki has an in-built forum, the Watercooler, which I have activated. It might be a good place to meet, hang out and have discussions. On the other hand, we already have some discussions via the ... It looks as if the forum is easier to follow than the blog postings are, but if not: we can always dump the forum again :)

Help desk
The new Help desk forum will certainly be useful. Most people have been putting their questions on Werthead's talk page, but a public help desk is much easier to follow. Plus this way, more people can help to provide answers!

Top menu
The drop-down menus at the top of the page have been slightly altered. Both and   now have subcategories instead of just a few names, and the Community portal has been expanded. There are now links to the Help desk, to all blog postings etc.

Using categories
The wiki already has more than hundred different categories (the full list is here). I'm slowly grouping them into overall categories and subsets, weeding out doubles, changing infobox templates so that they automatically generate the appropriate categories, etc.

For those who don't know how to use categories, I've written a small introduction explaining why they are so terribly useful, and how to add or remove them. I'm also working on a general overview of all categories that shows their use and their relations: what parents, siblings and children does a category have?

More to do?
If you have any suggestions, comments or questions about the wiki: don't hesitate to reply to this!

- KarinS 03:34, July 2, 2011 (UTC)