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I'm [[wikipedia:meta:user:waldir|User:Waldir]] on several Wikimedia projects and I've been commenting on the blog as "Waldir".
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I'm [[wikipedia:meta:user:waldir|User:Waldir]] on several Wikimedia projects and I started following explainxkcd.com back when it was a blog, where I commented as "Waldir". Due to my Wikimedia background, I was one of several commenters who insisted in turning the blog into a wiki. The move was eventually made, and was [http://wayback.archive.org/web/20120812014246/http://www.explainxkcd.com/2012/07/31/converting-to-a-wiki/ announced on the blog] on 31 July 2012. Two days later, I [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=newusers&page=User%3AWaldir registered my wiki account], and since then I've made {{#cscore:Waldir|changes}} edits.
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My favorite comics:
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* [[:Category:Wikipedia|anything Wikipedia-related]] (because {{w|User:Waldir|I've been editing Wikipedia}} since 2005)
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* [[1292: Pi vs. Tau]] (because {{w|User:Waldir/Tau|I've been a tauist}} since I read the Tau Manifesto in 2010)
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* [[1285: Third Way]] (because I've been [http://waldir.github.io/semantic-linebreaker spreading the word] about it since I first read [http://rhodesmill.org/brandon/2012/one-sentence-per-line/ this blog post])
  
 
==ToDo==
 
==ToDo==
* categorization:
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** [[Special:UncategorizedCategories]]
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; sysop one-time tasks
** [[Special:UncategorizedFiles]]
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* Style the wiki! Example of what can be done: http://setiquest.org/wiki
** [[Special:UncategorizedPages]]
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* Add Menu-to-tabs gadget
** [[Special:WantedCategories]]
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* Add 6tabs gadget
* build the web:
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* Links to add to sidebar: Browse comics (category:comics)
** [[Special:DeadendPages]]
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** [[Special:LonelyPages]]
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; non-sysop one-time tasks
* other
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* Use a local help/FAQ page and link it from the sidebar rather than mediawiki's vanilla help which isn't very friendly.
** [[Special:DoubleRedirects]]
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* {{tl|comic}} should add a zero-padded DEFAULTSORT
** [[Special:UnusedTemplates]]
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** [[Special:WantedPages]]
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; meta content
** Centralize discussion in Community portal by subpages
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* Topics to cover/mention: our [https://twitter.com/explainxkcd twitter account] the xkcd irc channel (and [http://wiki.xkcd.com its wiki]), the blag, the forum, other sites explaining xkcd ([http://xkcdexplained.com/], [http://xkcd.wikia.com], [http://xkcdexplained.wikia.com], [http://xkcdexplainedexplained.tumblr.com/archive], maybe invite members+content of the other wikis in once we're established?), etc.
** [[mw:Extension:Contribution Scores|Extension:Contribution Scores]] to gamify the wiki a little :D
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* make sure the contents of the blog posts in the [http://wayback.archive.org/web/*/http://www.explainxkcd.com/category/wikipedia/ wikipedia category] have all been included in this wiki's pages. Also make sure all such entries are properly categorized under [[:Category:Wikipedia]].
** Style the wiki! Example of what can be done: http://setiquest.org/wiki
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** Topics to cover/mention: our [https://twitter.com/explainxkcd twitter account] the xkcd irc channel (and [http://wiki.xkcd.com its wiki]), the blag, the forum, other sites explaining xkcd ([http://xkcdexplained.com/], [http://xkcd.wikia.com], [http://xkcdexplained.wikia.com], [http://xkcdexplainedexplained.tumblr.com/archive], maybe invite members+content of the other wikis in once we're established?), etc.
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; bot edits:
** all images need to be moved to the [[List of all comics|capitalized versions]]. Also, redirects should be made from the "number.png" format to the titled format.
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* rename comic pages to "number: title" (on hold until consensus in page title format is reached)
** convert [[Special:LinkSearch/en.wikipedia.org|wikipedia links]] to the <nowiki>[[wikipedia:Lorem ipsum]]</nowiki> format
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* rename section "Description" to "Explanation"
** use lowercase xkcd everywhere on the wiki (see [http://xkcd.com/about/ How do I write "xkcd"?])
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* add {{tl|Comic discussion}} to all comic pages
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* remove unused <code>imagesize=</code> parameter from {{tl|comic}} (it's on the documentation in case anyone needs it)
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* add redirects from 1.png, etc, to the actual filenames
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* Add links to original comics from xkcd (and hotlink to images). Also, format image pages in standard fashion (comic images, characters...)
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; server-side:
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* [[mw:Extension:Comments|Extension:Comments]] -- Davidy22 says it introduces quite a bit of meta-pages, being generally messy. Maybe a different solution would be a better choice.
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* [[mw:Extension:Configure|Extension:Configure]] -- need to test it locally first, clean up any rough edges and send them upstream.
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* Try to get a rendered feed of Special:NewPages, instead of [http://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Special:NewPages&feed=rss], filter it to show only comics, and add RSS link on the sidebar.
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* Set up namespaces, e.g. Comic:, Topic:, xkcd:, Meta: (replacing "explain xkcd")
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*: Discussion at [[explain xkcd:Community portal/Coordination#Page names]].
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*: Alternative: only namespacify non-comic pages, that way the main namespace is guaranteed to be only comics (and pages in main are already {{w|mw:Manual:Using custom namespaces#Content namespaces|content pages}} by default -- not that it would be hard to set others up as content namespaces too, since we'd be editing the config to add new namespaces anyway)
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*; Pros
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** Special:NewPages gets filterable by namespace, so we could get only new comics (not sure this is really that useful, though: they have all been created and new ones are now put in place as soon as Randall publishes xkcd, so there's not really a need for a feed / notification system)
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** Special:Random/Comic becomes possible (currently all sorts of pages can be returned. True, most pages ''are'' in the comic namespace, but occasionally people will come across a meta page or something.) In fact, we'd have other specialized "Random X" too (random character, random topic...), as well as the all-inclusive Special:Random.
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** We could embed Special:Allpages/Meta, etc., to get the list of all items in a given namespace, even if they haven't been categorized yet
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*; Cons
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** ?
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* Rename comic pages to use numbers in parenthesis after the name --> "Comic title (number)", e.g. [[Michael Phelps (1092)]]
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*; Pros
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** Using colons in page names is kind of ambiguous, since that's how namespaces are identified.
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** Having the number at front doesn't really help sorting the comic, e.g. in categories. That was kind of a hack anyway. MediaWiki supports category sort keys natively, so we should be taking advantage of them rather than relying on a specific page title format to achieve the same effect.
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** This would allow the use of the {{w|Help:Pipe trick|pipe trick}} when linking to a comic, since content in parenthesis is automatically stripped out: <nowiki>[[Michael Phelps (1092)|]]</nowiki> results in [[Michael Phelps (1092)|Michael Phelps]]
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*; Cons
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** We can't have auto-complete in the search box by typing just the comic number (and people coming from xkcd will likely use the number for search, not the comic title).
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; recurring maintenance tasks:
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* [[Special:UncategorizedCategories]]
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* [[Special:UncategorizedFiles]]
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* [[Special:UncategorizedPages]]
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* [[Special:WantedCategories]]
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* [[Special:DeadendPages]]
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* [[Special:LonelyPages]]
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* [[Special:WantedFiles]]
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* [[Special:DoubleRedirects]]
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* [[Special:UnusedTemplates]]
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* [[Special:WantedPages]]
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* convert [[Special:LinkSearch/en.wikipedia.org|wikipedia links]] to use the {{tl|w}} template.
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* [{{fullurl:Special:RecentChanges|hideanons=1&hidepatrolled=1&from=20121204025000&days=365&limit=1000}} Unpatrolled changes by registered users]
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* [{{fullurl:Special:RecentChanges|hideliu=1&hidepatrolled=1&from=20121204025000&days=365&limit=1000}} Unpatrolled changes by anonymous users]

Revision as of 17:54, 5 March 2014

I'm User:Waldir on several Wikimedia projects and I started following explainxkcd.com back when it was a blog, where I commented as "Waldir". Due to my Wikimedia background, I was one of several commenters who insisted in turning the blog into a wiki. The move was eventually made, and was announced on the blog on 31 July 2012. Two days later, I registered my wiki account, and since then I've made 5,883 edits.

My favorite comics:

ToDo

sysop one-time tasks
  • Style the wiki! Example of what can be done: http://setiquest.org/wiki
  • Add Menu-to-tabs gadget
  • Add 6tabs gadget
  • Links to add to sidebar: Browse comics (category:comics)
non-sysop one-time tasks
  • Use a local help/FAQ page and link it from the sidebar rather than mediawiki's vanilla help which isn't very friendly.
  • {{comic}} should add a zero-padded DEFAULTSORT
meta content
  • Topics to cover/mention: our twitter account the xkcd irc channel (and its wiki), the blag, the forum, other sites explaining xkcd ([1], [2], [3], [4], maybe invite members+content of the other wikis in once we're established?), etc.
  • make sure the contents of the blog posts in the wikipedia category have all been included in this wiki's pages. Also make sure all such entries are properly categorized under Category:Wikipedia.
bot edits
  • rename comic pages to "number: title" (on hold until consensus in page title format is reached)
  • rename section "Description" to "Explanation"
  • add {{Comic discussion}} to all comic pages
  • remove unused imagesize= parameter from {{comic}} (it's on the documentation in case anyone needs it)
  • add redirects from 1.png, etc, to the actual filenames
  • Add links to original comics from xkcd (and hotlink to images). Also, format image pages in standard fashion (comic images, characters...)
server-side
  • Extension:Comments -- Davidy22 says it introduces quite a bit of meta-pages, being generally messy. Maybe a different solution would be a better choice.
  • Extension:Configure -- need to test it locally first, clean up any rough edges and send them upstream.
  • Try to get a rendered feed of Special:NewPages, instead of [5], filter it to show only comics, and add RSS link on the sidebar.
  • Set up namespaces, e.g. Comic:, Topic:, xkcd:, Meta: (replacing "explain xkcd")
    Discussion at explain xkcd:Community portal/Coordination#Page names.
    Alternative: only namespacify non-comic pages, that way the main namespace is guaranteed to be only comics (and pages in main are already content pages by default -- not that it would be hard to set others up as content namespaces too, since we'd be editing the config to add new namespaces anyway)
    Pros
    • Special:NewPages gets filterable by namespace, so we could get only new comics (not sure this is really that useful, though: they have all been created and new ones are now put in place as soon as Randall publishes xkcd, so there's not really a need for a feed / notification system)
    • Special:Random/Comic becomes possible (currently all sorts of pages can be returned. True, most pages are in the comic namespace, but occasionally people will come across a meta page or something.) In fact, we'd have other specialized "Random X" too (random character, random topic...), as well as the all-inclusive Special:Random.
    • We could embed Special:Allpages/Meta, etc., to get the list of all items in a given namespace, even if they haven't been categorized yet
    Cons
    •  ?
  • Rename comic pages to use numbers in parenthesis after the name --> "Comic title (number)", e.g. Michael Phelps (1092)
    Pros
    • Using colons in page names is kind of ambiguous, since that's how namespaces are identified.
    • Having the number at front doesn't really help sorting the comic, e.g. in categories. That was kind of a hack anyway. MediaWiki supports category sort keys natively, so we should be taking advantage of them rather than relying on a specific page title format to achieve the same effect.
    • This would allow the use of the pipe trick when linking to a comic, since content in parenthesis is automatically stripped out: [[Michael Phelps (1092)|]] results in Michael Phelps
    Cons
    • We can't have auto-complete in the search box by typing just the comic number (and people coming from xkcd will likely use the number for search, not the comic title).
recurring maintenance tasks