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Waldir: /* Tools */

2012-08-04T13:50:08Z

‎Tools

Waldir: /* Tools */ Simplify -- let's not overwhelm newcomers. These are just general pointers for starting up

2012-08-04T13:49:25Z

‎Tools: Simplify -- let's not overwhelm newcomers. These are just general pointers for starting up

Philosopher: this part of the portal is ready. (discussions will be re-appearing at the appropriate subpages momentarily)

2012-08-04T04:06:31Z

this part of the portal is ready. (discussions will be re-appearing at the appropriate subpages momentarily)

Philosopher: change "check out" note

2012-08-04T04:05:44Z

change "check out" note

Waldir: /* Discussion */

2012-08-03T08:41:35Z

‎Discussion

Waldir: /* Discussion */ suggestion

2012-08-03T08:32:01Z

‎Discussion: suggestion

Philosopher: /* Discussion */ strike part of comment

2012-08-03T02:41:26Z

‎Discussion: strike part of comment

Philosopher: /* Discussion */ reply, imported Template:Tl, please use protocol-relative links

2012-08-03T02:40:09Z

‎Discussion: reply, imported Template:Tl, please use protocol-relative links

Philosopher: /* Changes */ major change to .css and .js

2012-08-03T02:32:01Z

‎Changes: major change to .css and .js

Philosopher: /* Discuss the Wiki */ subheaders

2012-08-03T02:21:24Z

‎Discuss the Wiki: subheaders

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 ==Tools==
 A few tools to start you out:
-* [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Tutorial|Wikipedia's Editing Tutorial]] is a great place to start if you haven't used this kind of wiki before. For testing stuff, you can use the [[Explain XKCD:Sandbox|Sandbox]] or create  [[Special:Mypage/Sandbox|your own, personal, sandbox]].
+* [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Tutorial|Wikipedia's Editing Tutorial]] is a great place to start if you haven't used this kind of wiki before. For testing stuff, you can use our [[Explain XKCD:Sandbox|sandbox]] page, or create  [[Special:Mypage/Sandbox|your own, personal, sandbox]].
 * To upload a new XKCD comic to the wiki, use the "[[Special:Upload|Upload file]]" link in the left sidebar.
 * Whenever you leave a message or comment, don't forget to sign them with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> or by using the button [[File:Button sig.png]] in the toolbar that appears when you're editing a page.

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 ==Tools==
 A few tools to start you out:
-*[[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Tutorial|Wikipedia's Editing Tutorial]] is a great place to start if you haven't used this kind of wiki before.
+* [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:Tutorial|Wikipedia's Editing Tutorial]] is a great place to start if you haven't used this kind of wiki before. For testing stuff, you can use the [[Explain XKCD:Sandbox|Sandbox]] or create  [[Special:Mypage/Sandbox|your own, personal, sandbox]].
-*If you look to the left of your screen, you can see "[[Special:Upload|Upload file]]" - that's where to start if you want to add a new XKCD comic to the wiki!
+* To upload a new XKCD comic to the wiki, use the "[[Special:Upload|Upload file]]" link in the left sidebar.
-*If you just want to test a feature, you can do that at the [[Explain XKCD:Sandbox|Sandbox]] or at your own, personal, sandbox at [[Special:Mypage/Sandbox]].
+* Whenever you leave a message or comment, don't forget to sign them with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> or by using the button [[File:Button sig.png]] in the toolbar that appears when you're editing a page.
-*Use [[Special:Random]] if you just want to see something cool that's already here.
-*[[Special:SpecialPages]] has a list of the other "Special" pages that do cool things.
-*Sign your posts (on talk pages and on this page) with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> or by using [//www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/skins/common/images/button_sig.png this button] (click to view) in the editing toolbar.
-*Check out [[Explain XKCD:Copyrights]] before {{Special:Import|importing}} or {{Special:Upload|uploading}} anything ''other'' than the comics here - you don't want to get in trouble by mistake!

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	*Sign your posts (on talk pages and on this page) with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> or by using [//www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/skins/common/images/button_sig.png this button] (click to view) in the editing toolbar.		*Sign your posts (on talk pages and on this page) with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> or by using [//www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/skins/common/images/button_sig.png this button] (click to view) in the editing toolbar.
	*Check out [[Explain XKCD:Copyrights]] before {{Special:Import\|importing}} or {{Special:Upload\|uploading}} anything ''other'' than the comics here - you don't want to get in trouble by mistake!		*Check out [[Explain XKCD:Copyrights]] before {{Special:Import\|importing}} or {{Special:Upload\|uploading}} anything ''other'' than the comics here - you don't want to get in trouble by mistake!
−	~~===Advanced===~~
−	*Almost any part of the interface can be edited - drop-down menus, special pages, edit notices, sidebars, the javascript and css, etc. Please leave a note at [[#Discuss the Wiki]], below, if you have a change that should be considered.
−
−	~~==Help==~~
−	~~<!-- Don't know if this is where help will stay or if we'll get a special page like Wikipedia's Help Desk or Village Pump. But why not put it here for now. -->~~
−	Need some help? Ask us! Just make sure you click "watch this page" so you'll know if someone replies! --''[[User:Philosopher\|Philosopher]]'' <sup>[[User talk:Philosopher\|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 08:34, 1 August 2012 (EDT)
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−	~~==Discuss the Wiki==~~
−	~~===Changes===~~
−	~~I created this page. --''[[User:Philosopher\|Philosopher]]'' <sup>[[User talk:Philosopher\|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 08:40, 1 August 2012 (EDT)~~
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−	~~I've also created [[Explain XKCD:Sandbox]]. --''[[User:Philosopher\|Philosopher]]'' <sup>[[User talk:Philosopher\|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 08:40, 1 August 2012 (EDT)~~
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−	I've changed [[MediaWiki:Helppage]] to point here. If we decide to have a local users manual or help desk, it should probably be changed. The default target was [[Help:Contents]]. This also changes where the "Help" link in the sidebar points, so right now we have two different sidebar links pointing to the same place. --''[[User:Philosopher\|Philosopher]]'' <sup>[[User talk:Philosopher\|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 10:30, 1 August 2012 (EDT)
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−	I haven't created [[MediaWiki:Tagline]] yet, but we need to think about what to put there. That's the familiar "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." over at Wikipedia - it appears right under the title of each page. --''[[User:Philosopher\|Philosopher]]'' <sup>[[User talk:Philosopher\|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 10:39, 1 August 2012 (EDT)
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−	I created [[MediaWiki:Common.css]] and [[MediaWiki:Common.js]]. This is one of the "did I break it"-type changes, so let me know if you notice anything strange. The new pages are made up of excerpts from their Wikipedia counterparts - I copied what I thought was potentially useful and left the rest. --''[[User:Philosopher\|Philosopher]]'' <sup>[[User talk:Philosopher\|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 22:32, 2 August 2012 (EDT)
−
−	~~===Discussion===~~
−	I think we should create a separate Discuss the wiki page, so that each discussion can go under its own header. I'd suggest setting up a todo list where people can help out. I'd start with a suggestion:
−	: We should be using [[mw:Manual:Short URL\|cleaner urls]]. Maybe [http://shorturls.redwerks.org/ this tool] can help setting that up. --[[User:Waldir\|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir\|talk]]) 05:46, 2 August 2012 (EDT)
−	:: Whatever we do decide, I've created <nowiki>{{xkcd}}</nowiki> and <nowiki>{{explain}}</nowiki> templates to create links to the xkcd site and other explanations here on this site; that should factor at least those sites (nice central administration) as well as helping us categorize pages that use them. Was thinking of also <nowiki>{{wiki}}</nowiki> for the same benefit, even if there's already a prefix built into mediawiki... the only drawback is the bias toward the en side... [[User:IronyChef\|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef\|talk]]) 10:31, 2 August 2012 (EDT)
−	:::I'm liking the idea of creating a Discuss the wiki page - I'll start one if someone doesn't/hasn't beat me to it and add it to the sidebar. I'd asked for better URLs at [[User talk:Jeff#Robots.txt]], though I didn't know what they were called. --''[[User:Philosopher\|Philosopher]]'' <sup>[[User talk:Philosopher\|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 17:17, 2 August 2012 (EDT)
−	::::I also like the idea of the {{tl\|xkcd}} tags. On a related note, I've [[Special:Import\|imported]] {{tl\|tl}}. :-) <s> I also realize we don't have a secure server here, but I'd support the best practice of beginning URLs with protocol-relative links ( // instead of http:// or https:// ) anyway, especially since the xkcd website ''itself'' appears to be https-compatible.</s><small>Nevermind, it doesn't seem to be. So I guess it doesn't matter.</small> --''[[User:Philosopher\|Philosopher]]'' <sup>[[User talk:Philosopher\|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 22:40, 2 August 2012 (EDT)
−	~~::: Maybe we can create a subpage of the community portal for the wiki discussion. What do you think? --[[User:Waldir\|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir\|talk]]) 04:32, 3 August 2012 (EDT)~~
−	:::: Also one for editing coordination (see [[User:SurturZ/sandbox]] for instance), another for mediawiki assistance (requests to admins perhaps on the same page, or on a separate one). Any other ideas? --[[User:Waldir\|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir\|talk]]) 04:41, 3 August 2012 (EDT)

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-Welcome to Explain XKCD - the wiki!  As you've probably noticed, things are a bit different from the blog.  But feel free to try things out!
+{{Community portal}} __NOTOC__
 ==Tools==
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 *[[Special:SpecialPages]] has a list of the other "Special" pages that do cool things.
 *Sign your posts (on talk pages and on this page) with <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki> or by using [//www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/skins/common/images/button_sig.png this button] (click to view) in the editing toolbar.
-*Check out [[Explain XKCD:Copyrights]] before bringing anything ''other'' than the comics here - you don't want to get in trouble by mistake!
+*Check out [[Explain XKCD:Copyrights]] before {{Special:Import|importing}} or {{Special:Upload|uploading}} anything ''other'' than the comics here - you don't want to get in trouble by mistake!
 ===Advanced===
 *Almost any part of the interface can be edited - drop-down menus, special pages, edit notices, sidebars, the javascript and css, etc.  Please leave a note at [[#Discuss the Wiki]], below, if you have a change that should be considered.

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	::::I also like the idea of the {{tl\|xkcd}} tags. On a related note, I've [[Special:Import\|imported]] {{tl\|tl}}. :-) <s> I also realize we don't have a secure server here, but I'd support the best practice of beginning URLs with protocol-relative links ( // instead of http:// or https:// ) anyway, especially since the xkcd website ''itself'' appears to be https-compatible.</s><small>Nevermind, it doesn't seem to be. So I guess it doesn't matter.</small> --''[[User:Philosopher\|Philosopher]]'' <sup>[[User talk:Philosopher\|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 22:40, 2 August 2012 (EDT)		::::I also like the idea of the {{tl\|xkcd}} tags. On a related note, I've [[Special:Import\|imported]] {{tl\|tl}}. :-) <s> I also realize we don't have a secure server here, but I'd support the best practice of beginning URLs with protocol-relative links ( // instead of http:// or https:// ) anyway, especially since the xkcd website ''itself'' appears to be https-compatible.</s><small>Nevermind, it doesn't seem to be. So I guess it doesn't matter.</small> --''[[User:Philosopher\|Philosopher]]'' <sup>[[User talk:Philosopher\|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 22:40, 2 August 2012 (EDT)
	::: Maybe we can create a subpage of the community portal for the wiki discussion. What do you think? --[[User:Waldir\|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir\|talk]]) 04:32, 3 August 2012 (EDT)		::: Maybe we can create a subpage of the community portal for the wiki discussion. What do you think? --[[User:Waldir\|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir\|talk]]) 04:32, 3 August 2012 (EDT)
		+	:::: Also one for editing coordination (see [[User:SurturZ/sandbox]] for instance), another for mediawiki assistance (requests to admins perhaps on the same page, or on a separate one). Any other ideas? --[[User:Waldir\|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir\|talk]]) 04:41, 3 August 2012 (EDT)

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	:::I'm liking the idea of creating a Discuss the wiki page - I'll start one if someone doesn't/hasn't beat me to it and add it to the sidebar. I'd asked for better URLs at [[User talk:Jeff#Robots.txt]], though I didn't know what they were called. --''[[User:Philosopher\|Philosopher]]'' <sup>[[User talk:Philosopher\|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 17:17, 2 August 2012 (EDT)		:::I'm liking the idea of creating a Discuss the wiki page - I'll start one if someone doesn't/hasn't beat me to it and add it to the sidebar. I'd asked for better URLs at [[User talk:Jeff#Robots.txt]], though I didn't know what they were called. --''[[User:Philosopher\|Philosopher]]'' <sup>[[User talk:Philosopher\|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 17:17, 2 August 2012 (EDT)
	::::I also like the idea of the {{tl\|xkcd}} tags. On a related note, I've [[Special:Import\|imported]] {{tl\|tl}}. :-) <s> I also realize we don't have a secure server here, but I'd support the best practice of beginning URLs with protocol-relative links ( // instead of http:// or https:// ) anyway, especially since the xkcd website ''itself'' appears to be https-compatible.</s><small>Nevermind, it doesn't seem to be. So I guess it doesn't matter.</small> --''[[User:Philosopher\|Philosopher]]'' <sup>[[User talk:Philosopher\|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 22:40, 2 August 2012 (EDT)		::::I also like the idea of the {{tl\|xkcd}} tags. On a related note, I've [[Special:Import\|imported]] {{tl\|tl}}. :-) <s> I also realize we don't have a secure server here, but I'd support the best practice of beginning URLs with protocol-relative links ( // instead of http:// or https:// ) anyway, especially since the xkcd website ''itself'' appears to be https-compatible.</s><small>Nevermind, it doesn't seem to be. So I guess it doesn't matter.</small> --''[[User:Philosopher\|Philosopher]]'' <sup>[[User talk:Philosopher\|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 22:40, 2 August 2012 (EDT)
		+	::: Maybe we can create a subpage of the community portal for the wiki discussion. What do you think? --[[User:Waldir\|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir\|talk]]) 04:32, 3 August 2012 (EDT)

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 :: Whatever we do decide, I've created <nowiki>{{xkcd}}</nowiki> and <nowiki>{{explain}}</nowiki> templates to create links to the xkcd site and other explanations here on this site; that should factor at least those sites (nice central administration) as well as helping us categorize pages that use them.  Was thinking of also <nowiki>{{wiki}}</nowiki> for the same benefit, even if there's already a prefix built into mediawiki... the only drawback is the bias toward the en side...  [[User:IronyChef|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef|talk]]) 10:31, 2 August 2012 (EDT)
 :::I'm liking the idea of creating a Discuss the wiki page - I'll start one if someone doesn't/hasn't beat me to it and add it to the sidebar.  I'd asked for better URLs at [[User talk:Jeff#Robots.txt]], though I didn't know what they were called. --''[[User:Philosopher|Philosopher]]''&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Philosopher|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 17:17, 2 August 2012 (EDT)
-::::I also like the idea of the {{tl|xkcd}} tags.  On a related note, I've [[Special:Import|imported]] {{tl|tl}}.  :-)  I also realize we don't have a secure server here, but I'd support the best practice of beginning URLs with protocol-relative links ( // instead of http:// or https:// ) anyway, especially since the xkcd website ''itself'' appears to be https-compatible.  --''[[User:Philosopher|Philosopher]]''&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Philosopher|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 22:40, 2 August 2012 (EDT)
+::::I also like the idea of the {{tl|xkcd}} tags.  On a related note, I've [[Special:Import|imported]] {{tl|tl}}.  :-)  <s> I also realize we don't have a secure server here, but I'd support the best practice of beginning URLs with protocol-relative links ( // instead of http:// or https:// ) anyway, especially since the xkcd website ''itself'' appears to be https-compatible.</s><small>Nevermind, it doesn't seem to be.  So I guess it doesn't matter.</small>  --''[[User:Philosopher|Philosopher]]''&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Philosopher|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 22:40, 2 August 2012 (EDT)

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	:: Whatever we do decide, I've created <nowiki>{{xkcd}}</nowiki> and <nowiki>{{explain}}</nowiki> templates to create links to the xkcd site and other explanations here on this site; that should factor at least those sites (nice central administration) as well as helping us categorize pages that use them. Was thinking of also <nowiki>{{wiki}}</nowiki> for the same benefit, even if there's already a prefix built into mediawiki... the only drawback is the bias toward the en side... [[User:IronyChef\|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef\|talk]]) 10:31, 2 August 2012 (EDT)		:: Whatever we do decide, I've created <nowiki>{{xkcd}}</nowiki> and <nowiki>{{explain}}</nowiki> templates to create links to the xkcd site and other explanations here on this site; that should factor at least those sites (nice central administration) as well as helping us categorize pages that use them. Was thinking of also <nowiki>{{wiki}}</nowiki> for the same benefit, even if there's already a prefix built into mediawiki... the only drawback is the bias toward the en side... [[User:IronyChef\|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef\|talk]]) 10:31, 2 August 2012 (EDT)
	:::I'm liking the idea of creating a Discuss the wiki page - I'll start one if someone doesn't/hasn't beat me to it and add it to the sidebar. I'd asked for better URLs at [[User talk:Jeff#Robots.txt]], though I didn't know what they were called. --''[[User:Philosopher\|Philosopher]]'' <sup>[[User talk:Philosopher\|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 17:17, 2 August 2012 (EDT)		:::I'm liking the idea of creating a Discuss the wiki page - I'll start one if someone doesn't/hasn't beat me to it and add it to the sidebar. I'd asked for better URLs at [[User talk:Jeff#Robots.txt]], though I didn't know what they were called. --''[[User:Philosopher\|Philosopher]]'' <sup>[[User talk:Philosopher\|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 17:17, 2 August 2012 (EDT)
		+	::::I also like the idea of the {{tl\|xkcd}} tags. On a related note, I've [[Special:Import\|imported]] {{tl\|tl}}. :-) I also realize we don't have a secure server here, but I'd support the best practice of beginning URLs with protocol-relative links ( // instead of http:// or https:// ) anyway, especially since the xkcd website ''itself'' appears to be https-compatible. --''[[User:Philosopher\|Philosopher]]'' <sup>[[User talk:Philosopher\|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 22:40, 2 August 2012 (EDT)

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	I haven't created [[MediaWiki:Tagline]] yet, but we need to think about what to put there. That's the familiar "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." over at Wikipedia - it appears right under the title of each page. --''[[User:Philosopher\|Philosopher]]'' <sup>[[User talk:Philosopher\|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 10:39, 1 August 2012 (EDT)		I haven't created [[MediaWiki:Tagline]] yet, but we need to think about what to put there. That's the familiar "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." over at Wikipedia - it appears right under the title of each page. --''[[User:Philosopher\|Philosopher]]'' <sup>[[User talk:Philosopher\|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 10:39, 1 August 2012 (EDT)
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		+	I created [[MediaWiki:Common.css]] and [[MediaWiki:Common.js]]. This is one of the "did I break it"-type changes, so let me know if you notice anything strange. The new pages are made up of excerpts from their Wikipedia counterparts - I copied what I thought was potentially useful and left the rest. --''[[User:Philosopher\|Philosopher]]'' <sup>[[User talk:Philosopher\|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 22:32, 2 August 2012 (EDT)

	===Discussion===		===Discussion===

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 ==Discuss the Wiki==
 I created this page.  --''[[User:Philosopher|Philosopher]]''&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Philosopher|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 08:40, 1 August 2012 (EDT)
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 I haven't created [[MediaWiki:Tagline]] yet, but we need to think about what to put there.  That's the familiar "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia." over at Wikipedia - it appears right under the title of each page.  --''[[User:Philosopher|Philosopher]]''&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Philosopher|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 10:39, 1 August 2012 (EDT)
-----
 I think we should create a separate Discuss the wiki page, so that each discussion can go under its own header. I'd suggest setting up a todo list where people can help out. I'd start with a suggestion:
 : We should be using [[mw:Manual:Short URL|cleaner urls]]. Maybe [http://shorturls.redwerks.org/ this tool] can help setting that up. --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 05:46, 2 August 2012 (EDT)
 :: Whatever we do decide, I've created <nowiki>{{xkcd}}</nowiki> and <nowiki>{{explain}}</nowiki> templates to create links to the xkcd site and other explanations here on this site; that should factor at least those sites (nice central administration) as well as helping us categorize pages that use them.  Was thinking of also <nowiki>{{wiki}}</nowiki> for the same benefit, even if there's already a prefix built into mediawiki... the only drawback is the bias toward the en side...  [[User:IronyChef|IronyChef]] ([[User talk:IronyChef|talk]]) 10:31, 2 August 2012 (EDT)
 :::I'm liking the idea of creating a Discuss the wiki page - I'll start one if someone doesn't/hasn't beat me to it and add it to the sidebar.  I'd asked for better URLs at [[User talk:Jeff#Robots.txt]], though I didn't know what they were called. --''[[User:Philosopher|Philosopher]]''&nbsp;<sup>[[User talk:Philosopher|Let us reason together.]]</sup> 17:17, 2 August 2012 (EDT)