Difference between revisions of "Talk:Main Page"

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Structure

I can see the main page getting incredibly large if it trioes to be an index to the whole site. Perhaps we need to start thinking about section level indexes? Zexium 22:47, 5 May 2009 (UTC)

It's not really needed just yet, but will likely be required in the future, assuming we get enough development. On a related note, I suggest we post something to frog asking for contributions, and reminding people we're here. I also notice the witch wiki has merged here, we could also invite other wikis to join us. The priest wiki would be a good candidate.. Rehevkor 14:22, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

I think that's a great idea, especially the ones who are currently hosted on sites that may be less than attractive (such as being supported by ads and such). I didn't want to do/suggest it myself because that has the potentiall to look an awful lot like coercion (which certainly wouldn't be the intention). Anyone who wants to merge a wiki here though is quite welcome to beaurocrat status - and I suspect it's more appealing to be one of several in a big wiki as opposed to one alone in a more fragmented wiki. Drakkos 15:29, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Merge "guides & advice" with "useful information"?

I can see the two sections being used for the same things, or people picking one over the other because it's at the top of the page. Wondering if they're similar enough to merge? Zexium 15:57, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

Sounds good to me. Probably best at the top. Rehevkor 19:44, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

OK, 24 hours for objections, and then I'll do this. Zexium 10:17, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Follow up - did this just now Zexium 10:34, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

"DW Mud"

The name of the wiki's a little dull, I propose we expand it a little:

• DW Mud Wiki
• Discworld MUD Wiki
• Unofficial Discworld MUD Wiki
• Discworld Mud Encyclopaedia
• Or something

My vote is for 'Discworld MUD Wiki' (optionally with the 'unofficial' attached--but I think shorter is better, but not too short). -Taepha 01:20, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

Then I guess 'Cut Me Own Throat Dibbler's Entirely Unauthorised Discworld MUD Wiki (With a Thousand Elephants)' wouldn't do?  :/ Drakkos 11:31, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

CMOTDEUDMW (WATE)? Works for me. Rehevkor 16:01, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

DWiki for short? Zexium 02:36, 9 May 2009 (UTC)

Article naming conventions

Why do articles like the guild ones have both words captialised? It makes linking them from other articles quite inconvenient as you either have to include the capitals on the article or use one of those links where the text you click isn't actually the article you go to. Could we use the Wikipedia standard, where article names are only capitalised like that if they're proper nouns (eg. names of TV shows)? Tiggum 05:27, 7 May 2009 (UTC)

I think it's a bit of an accident. The guilds themselves are generally the 'X' Guild' (note apostrophe and capital), *or* they're the Guild of Xs. I'd like to call them just 'Xs' (they're far more like classes than guilds now, particularly with specialisations). -Taepha 10:12, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Guilds -> Game systems

I see "Guilds" as a subset of "Game Systems" with 6 sections, each section having <number of specialisation> subsections. Guilds may even be worth a page of it's own. Zexium 10:21, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

OK, I created a Guilds page under Game Systems, it contains everything from the current guilds section plus links back to the guild pages on atuin (rather vthan duplicating content that's already public on atuin). Suggestion now is to delete the guilds section on the main page. Zexium 10:49, 14 May 2009 (UTC)

Pretty tables and short URLs

I propose that CSS to prettify tables be be added to /skins/common/shared.css (the CSS file shared by all themes) by ye olde wikimaster. It's how basic tables on Wikipedia appear, it matches Monobook well and it doesn't clash awfully with other themes. To use, simply use this to open your table in the Wiki markup:

{| class="wikitable"

And the CSS:

/* wikitable classes for skinning normal tables */
table.wikitable {
    margin: 1em 1em 1em 0;
    background: #f9f9f9;
    border: 1px #aaa solid;
    border-collapse: collapse;
	empty-cells: show;
}
.wikitable th, .wikitable td {
    border: 1px #aaa solid;
    padding: 0.2em;
	vertical-align: top;
	text-align: left;
}
.wikitable th {
    background: #f2f2f2;
    text-align: center;
}
.wikitable caption {
    font-weight: bold;
}

Additionally, http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Short_URL, pretty please! ;)

-Taepha 23:29, 14 May 2009 (UTC)