Hi Jason, I am surprised that you allow just anyone to edit your pages. I would have expected a log in of some sort so that you can keep track of who is saying what and being able to stop nuisance/malicious edits.
PeterS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Armistead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:52 PM Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Introducing www.ausgliding.com ! > All > > Gus is still wrangling with getting the Help pages migrated across from > Mediawiki's main site. I'm trying to lend a hand as time permits - I > worked mainly on an earlier version of the software that did things a > little differently to the way it's done right now. Hopefully this will be > resolved in less than a week. In the meantime, look at the Help link on > the left hand side of http://en.wikipedia.org/ to get some guidance. > > One of the VERY IMPORTANT things is to understand how a Wiki is supposed to > work in order to extract maximum benefit out of it. > > Wiki contributors write Articles, and then they are added to Categories by > putting appropriate [[Category:category-name-here]] tags at the (normally) > end of the article. > > Categories automatically "collect" articles. Apart from a brief bit of > introductory text, there's nothing more to add. > > So, if I was writing an article about my local club, Southern Cross Gliding > Club in Camden, NSW, I might add some tags at the bottom of the article to > include it in Australian Gliding Clubs and NSW Gliding Clubs categories. > > In fact, that's just what I did. > > See > > http://www.ausgliding.com/wiki/index.php/Southern_Cross_Gliding_Club > > and notice the links to two Categories at the bottom of the page. > > You might also notice that there's a link to Camden Airport and in my web > browser (Internet Explorer 6) it appears as having red text for the > hyperlink (or some other shade if you're colourblind like my dad !). That > means no article currently exists - articles which do exist appear to have > blue links to me. If you follow the red link you can then edit the > article, thus creating a brand new one. That's one of the neat things with > wikis. People can add links to articles they'd like to see written, but > perhaps don't have the time, or would like to do it later on (or even right > after finishing the current article). This is as simple as putting a word > or phrase inside a pair of double square brackets e.g. [[Camden Airport]] > create the link mentioned in this paragraph. > > If you also click on the Recent Changes link on the left hand side of the > page, you will notice that the Southern Cross Gliding Club article, and its > categories, have been recently added/edited by me. > > I'll try to keep an eye on new articles that appear on the Wiki and provide > guidance as appropriate, or simply "wikify" them bit by bit. > > Cheers > > Jason > > At 07:09 PM 24/01/2006, you wrote: > >Gus Stewart wrote: > >> > >>Although only in its very infancy and barely configured, I've decided to > >>go live on the new Australian gliding site www.ausgliding.com > >><http://www.ausgliding.com/>. > >To get things rolling, I have added a new category (Meteorology) in the > >"General" area, adding a link to my article about using the SkewT/LogP > >diagram and the NASA site which provides (predictions) at any lat/long in > >the world. > > > >I also added DDSC to the gliding clubs section. > > > >In both cases, I used a link to point out at the sites that host the info. > > > >-- > >Robert Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >+61 (0)438 385 533 http://www.hart.wattle.id.au > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Aus-soaring mailing list > >Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > >To check or change subscription details, visit: > >http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > > > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring > _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
