Talk:Content is King - MetaQuest - Revision history

Jacob: removed wiki link

2007-02-27T02:57:18Z

removed wiki link

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	Well, if users need to know what it is they need to do, that would be found (or should be, as it does need to be updated) on the [[NeoDex:About\|"About"]] page, and there is a [[:Category:Under Construction\|Construction]]/to do list to show what needs to be done, and a list of goals on the [[NeoDex:Community Portal\|community portal]]. Perhaps this page could be redirected to the closest idea of what it is we want?		Well, if users need to know what it is they need to do, that would be found (or should be, as it does need to be updated) on the [[NeoDex:About\|"About"]] page, and there is a [[:Category:Under Construction\|Construction]]/to do list to show what needs to be done, and a list of goals on the [[NeoDex:Community Portal\|community portal]]. Perhaps this page could be redirected to the closest idea of what it is we want?

	Also, the whole ~~[[:Category:Meta\|~~meta]] thing is something i didn't create, and never had a use for it. should all those other pages along with this be taken care of too? If so, certain data from those articles could be placed in their proper selection too. Would like to have all these articles still up before a fate is decided for them all, because rampant editing can be hectic. --[[User:Jacob\|Jacob]] 16:14, 2 Dec 2006 (CST)		Also, the whole "meta" thing is something i didn't create, and never had a use for it. should all those other pages along with this be taken care of too? If so, certain data from those articles could be placed in their proper selection too. Would like to have all these articles still up before a fate is decided for them all, because rampant editing can be hectic. --[[User:Jacob\|Jacob]] 16:14, 2 Dec 2006 (CST)
	:Wikipedia has a series of articles about how Wikipedia works, how it should be used, what syntax is used in certain areas, etc etc etc. Wikipedia's policies, if you will. These articles have the prefix ''Wikipedia:'' to them, such as [[Wikipedia:WP:AGF\|Wikipedia:Assume Good Faith]].		:Wikipedia has a series of articles about how Wikipedia works, how it should be used, what syntax is used in certain areas, etc etc etc. Wikipedia's policies, if you will. These articles have the prefix ''Wikipedia:'' to them, such as [[Wikipedia:WP:AGF\|Wikipedia:Assume Good Faith]].

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	:Oh, and I agree, the Stub page is the best place for this lot, methinks. --[[User:Macbeth\|Macbeth]] 10:44, 4 Dec 2006 (CST)		:Oh, and I agree, the Stub page is the best place for this lot, methinks. --[[User:Macbeth\|Macbeth]] 10:44, 4 Dec 2006 (CST)

			I've removed the wiki link to the category above due to the category no longer existing, and don't want a user to make the mistake of creating it again. --[[User:Jacob\|Jacob]] 20:57, 26 Feb 2007 (CST)

Jacob: fixing wiki link as category doesn't exist anymore, and don't want it appearing in the "wanted pages" page

2007-01-26T13:19:15Z

fixing wiki link as category doesn't exist anymore, and don't want it appearing in the "wanted pages" page

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	Before i became head admin, this page was here, and i honestly don't know what to do with it. I think it's better off not being here, but if something can come from this article, then maybe it can stay. --[[User:Jacob\|Jacob]] 19:10, 1 Dec 2006 (CST)		Before i became head admin, this page was here, and i honestly don't know what to do with it. I think it's better off not being here, but if something can come from this article, then maybe it can stay. --[[User:Jacob\|Jacob]] 19:10, 1 Dec 2006 (CST)
	:A page like this (summarising what you are meant to do on Neodex) could help for new users... But it would need a lot of reworking... --[[User:Macbeth\|Macbeth]] 15:34, 2 Dec 2006 (CST)		:A page like this (summarising what you are meant to do on Neodex) could help for new users... But it would need a lot of reworking... --[[User:Macbeth\|Macbeth]] 15:34, 2 Dec 2006 (CST)
	Well, if users need to know what it is they need to do, that would be found (or should be, as it does need to be updated) on the [[NeoDex:About\|"About"]] page, and there is a [[:Category:Under Construction\|Construction]]/~~[[:Category:To Do List\|~~to do]] list to show what needs to be done, and a list of goals on the [[NeoDex:Community Portal\|community portal]]. Perhaps this page could be redirected to the closest idea of what it is we want?		Well, if users need to know what it is they need to do, that would be found (or should be, as it does need to be updated) on the [[NeoDex:About\|"About"]] page, and there is a [[:Category:Under Construction\|Construction]]/to do list to show what needs to be done, and a list of goals on the [[NeoDex:Community Portal\|community portal]]. Perhaps this page could be redirected to the closest idea of what it is we want?

	Also, the whole [[:Category:Meta\|meta]] thing is something i didn't create, and never had a use for it. should all those other pages along with this be taken care of too? If so, certain data from those articles could be placed in their proper selection too. Would like to have all these articles still up before a fate is decided for them all, because rampant editing can be hectic. --[[User:Jacob\|Jacob]] 16:14, 2 Dec 2006 (CST)		Also, the whole [[:Category:Meta\|meta]] thing is something i didn't create, and never had a use for it. should all those other pages along with this be taken care of too? If so, certain data from those articles could be placed in their proper selection too. Would like to have all these articles still up before a fate is decided for them all, because rampant editing can be hectic. --[[User:Jacob\|Jacob]] 16:14, 2 Dec 2006 (CST)

Macbeth at 16:44, 4 December 2006

2006-12-04T16:44:08Z

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	On what else you said: The NeoDex hopes to one day have it's own collection of how-to pages as wikipedia does, and official NeoDex namespaces. and no, the "about" page you speak of isn't "the one", as [http://www.pinkpt.com/neodex/index.php?title=Special%3AAllpages&from=&namespace=4 there are already many more] in the NeoDex namespace. --[[User:Jacob\|Jacob]] 21:57, 3 Dec 2006 (CST)		On what else you said: The NeoDex hopes to one day have it's own collection of how-to pages as wikipedia does, and official NeoDex namespaces. and no, the "about" page you speak of isn't "the one", as [http://www.pinkpt.com/neodex/index.php?title=Special%3AAllpages&from=&namespace=4 there are already many more] in the NeoDex namespace. --[[User:Jacob\|Jacob]] 21:57, 3 Dec 2006 (CST)

			:By "about", I meant that the pages were called 'about' in the top left hand tab, whereas they are 'project' pages on Wikipedia. I wasn't refering just to [[Neodex:About]]... Heh.

			:Oh, and I agree, the Stub page is the best place for this lot, methinks. --[[User:Macbeth\|Macbeth]] 10:44, 4 Dec 2006 (CST)

Jacob: a resolution

2006-12-04T03:57:48Z

a resolution

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	:Wikipedia has a series of articles about how Wikipedia works, how it should be used, what syntax is used in certain areas, etc etc etc. Wikipedia's policies, if you will. These articles have the prefix ''Wikipedia:'' to them, such as [[Wikipedia:WP:AGF\|Wikipedia:Assume Good Faith]].		:Wikipedia has a series of articles about how Wikipedia works, how it should be used, what syntax is used in certain areas, etc etc etc. Wikipedia's policies, if you will. These articles have the prefix ''Wikipedia:'' to them, such as [[Wikipedia:WP:AGF\|Wikipedia:Assume Good Faith]].

	On the NeoDex, there are similar prefixes available, such as ''NeoDex:'' (interestingly, these are counted as 'About' pages, not 'Project' pages as Wikipedia's are. Haven't the faintest idea why, but it is irrelevant). I see no reason why we cannot create our own policies under ''NeoDex:'' as Wikipedia has done. Likely based on Wikipedia's policies in places, yes. --[[User:Macbeth\|Macbeth]] 20:37, 3 Dec 2006 (CST)		:On the NeoDex, there are similar prefixes available, such as ''NeoDex:'' (interestingly, these are counted as 'About' pages, not 'Project' pages as Wikipedia's are. Haven't the faintest idea why, but it is irrelevant). I see no reason why we cannot create our own policies under ''NeoDex:'' as Wikipedia has done. Likely based on Wikipedia's policies in places, yes. --[[User:Macbeth\|Macbeth]] 20:37, 3 Dec 2006 (CST)
			<nowiki></nowiki>snaps fingers i just figured out where to place the information on this page, and what to do with it. When a page doesn't have much content, what is it called? a [[Help:Stub\|Stub]]. we redirect the content here onto the stub page, and update it with new information. Sound good? I'm amazed it's taken me this long to come up with this. :o

			On what else you said: The NeoDex hopes to one day have it's own collection of how-to pages as wikipedia does, and official NeoDex namespaces. and no, the "about" page you speak of isn't "the one", as [http://www.pinkpt.com/neodex/index.php?title=Special%3AAllpages&from=&namespace=4 there are already many more] in the NeoDex namespace. --[[User:Jacob\|Jacob]] 21:57, 3 Dec 2006 (CST)

Macbeth at 02:37, 4 December 2006

2006-12-04T02:37:13Z

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	Also, the whole [[:Category:Meta\|meta]] thing is something i didn't create, and never had a use for it. should all those other pages along with this be taken care of too? If so, certain data from those articles could be placed in their proper selection too. Would like to have all these articles still up before a fate is decided for them all, because rampant editing can be hectic. --[[User:Jacob\|Jacob]] 16:14, 2 Dec 2006 (CST)		Also, the whole [[:Category:Meta\|meta]] thing is something i didn't create, and never had a use for it. should all those other pages along with this be taken care of too? If so, certain data from those articles could be placed in their proper selection too. Would like to have all these articles still up before a fate is decided for them all, because rampant editing can be hectic. --[[User:Jacob\|Jacob]] 16:14, 2 Dec 2006 (CST)
			:Wikipedia has a series of articles about how Wikipedia works, how it should be used, what syntax is used in certain areas, etc etc etc. Wikipedia's policies, if you will. These articles have the prefix ''Wikipedia:'' to them, such as [[Wikipedia:WP:AGF\|Wikipedia:Assume Good Faith]].

			On the NeoDex, there are similar prefixes available, such as ''NeoDex:'' (interestingly, these are counted as 'About' pages, not 'Project' pages as Wikipedia's are. Haven't the faintest idea why, but it is irrelevant). I see no reason why we cannot create our own policies under ''NeoDex:'' as Wikipedia has done. Likely based on Wikipedia's policies in places, yes. --[[User:Macbeth\|Macbeth]] 20:37, 3 Dec 2006 (CST)

Jacob: what should be done?

2006-12-02T22:14:24Z

what should be done?

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	Before i became head admin, this page was here, and i honestly don't know what to do with it. I think it's better off not being here, but if something can come from this article, then maybe it can stay. --[[User:Jacob\|Jacob]] 19:10, 1 Dec 2006 (CST)		Before i became head admin, this page was here, and i honestly don't know what to do with it. I think it's better off not being here, but if something can come from this article, then maybe it can stay. --[[User:Jacob\|Jacob]] 19:10, 1 Dec 2006 (CST)
	:A page like this (summarising what you are meant to do on Neodex) could help for new users... But it would need a lot of reworking... --[[User:Macbeth\|Macbeth]] 15:34, 2 Dec 2006 (CST)		:A page like this (summarising what you are meant to do on Neodex) could help for new users... But it would need a lot of reworking... --[[User:Macbeth\|Macbeth]] 15:34, 2 Dec 2006 (CST)
			Well, if users need to know what it is they need to do, that would be found (or should be, as it does need to be updated) on the [[NeoDex:About\|"About"]] page, and there is a [[:Category:Under Construction\|Construction]]/[[:Category:To Do List\|to do]] list to show what needs to be done, and a list of goals on the [[NeoDex:Community Portal\|community portal]]. Perhaps this page could be redirected to the closest idea of what it is we want?

			Also, the whole [[:Category:Meta\|meta]] thing is something i didn't create, and never had a use for it. should all those other pages along with this be taken care of too? If so, certain data from those articles could be placed in their proper selection too. Would like to have all these articles still up before a fate is decided for them all, because rampant editing can be hectic. --[[User:Jacob\|Jacob]] 16:14, 2 Dec 2006 (CST)

Macbeth at 21:34, 2 December 2006

2006-12-02T21:34:43Z

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	==Delete Article?==		==Delete Article?==
	Before i became head admin, this page was here, and i honestly don't know what to do with it. I think it's better off not being here, but if something can come from this article, then maybe it can stay. --[[User:Jacob\|Jacob]] 19:10, 1 Dec 2006 (CST)		Before i became head admin, this page was here, and i honestly don't know what to do with it. I think it's better off not being here, but if something can come from this article, then maybe it can stay. --[[User:Jacob\|Jacob]] 19:10, 1 Dec 2006 (CST)
			:A page like this (summarising what you are meant to do on Neodex) could help for new users... But it would need a lot of reworking... --[[User:Macbeth\|Macbeth]] 15:34, 2 Dec 2006 (CST)

Jacob: should we delete?

2006-12-02T01:10:24Z

should we delete?

New page

==Delete Article?==
Before i became head admin, this page was here, and i honestly don't know what to do with it. I think it's better off not being here, but if something can come from this article, then maybe it can stay. --[[User:Jacob|Jacob]] 19:10, 1 Dec 2006 (CST)

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	Well, if users need to know what it is they need to do, that would be found (or should be, as it does need to be updated) on the [[NeoDex:About\|"About"]] page, and there is a [[:Category:Under Construction\|Construction]]/to do list to show what needs to be done, and a list of goals on the [[NeoDex:Community Portal\|community portal]]. Perhaps this page could be redirected to the closest idea of what it is we want?		Well, if users need to know what it is they need to do, that would be found (or should be, as it does need to be updated) on the [[NeoDex:About\|"About"]] page, and there is a [[:Category:Under Construction\|Construction]]/to do list to show what needs to be done, and a list of goals on the [[NeoDex:Community Portal\|community portal]]. Perhaps this page could be redirected to the closest idea of what it is we want?

	Also, the whole ~~[[:Category:Meta\|~~meta]] thing is something i didn't create, and never had a use for it. should all those other pages along with this be taken care of too? If so, certain data from those articles could be placed in their proper selection too. Would like to have all these articles still up before a fate is decided for them all, because rampant editing can be hectic. --[[User:Jacob\|Jacob]] 16:14, 2 Dec 2006 (CST)		Also, the whole "meta" thing is something i didn't create, and never had a use for it. should all those other pages along with this be taken care of too? If so, certain data from those articles could be placed in their proper selection too. Would like to have all these articles still up before a fate is decided for them all, because rampant editing can be hectic. --[[User:Jacob\|Jacob]] 16:14, 2 Dec 2006 (CST)
	:Wikipedia has a series of articles about how Wikipedia works, how it should be used, what syntax is used in certain areas, etc etc etc. Wikipedia's policies, if you will. These articles have the prefix ''Wikipedia:'' to them, such as [[Wikipedia:WP:AGF\|Wikipedia:Assume Good Faith]].		:Wikipedia has a series of articles about how Wikipedia works, how it should be used, what syntax is used in certain areas, etc etc etc. Wikipedia's policies, if you will. These articles have the prefix ''Wikipedia:'' to them, such as [[Wikipedia:WP:AGF\|Wikipedia:Assume Good Faith]].

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	:Oh, and I agree, the Stub page is the best place for this lot, methinks. --[[User:Macbeth\|Macbeth]] 10:44, 4 Dec 2006 (CST)		:Oh, and I agree, the Stub page is the best place for this lot, methinks. --[[User:Macbeth\|Macbeth]] 10:44, 4 Dec 2006 (CST)

			I've removed the wiki link to the category above due to the category no longer existing, and don't want a user to make the mistake of creating it again. --[[User:Jacob\|Jacob]] 20:57, 26 Feb 2007 (CST)

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	:Wikipedia has a series of articles about how Wikipedia works, how it should be used, what syntax is used in certain areas, etc etc etc. Wikipedia's policies, if you will. These articles have the prefix ''Wikipedia:'' to them, such as [[Wikipedia:WP:AGF\|Wikipedia:Assume Good Faith]].		:Wikipedia has a series of articles about how Wikipedia works, how it should be used, what syntax is used in certain areas, etc etc etc. Wikipedia's policies, if you will. These articles have the prefix ''Wikipedia:'' to them, such as [[Wikipedia:WP:AGF\|Wikipedia:Assume Good Faith]].

	On the NeoDex, there are similar prefixes available, such as ''NeoDex:'' (interestingly, these are counted as 'About' pages, not 'Project' pages as Wikipedia's are. Haven't the faintest idea why, but it is irrelevant). I see no reason why we cannot create our own policies under ''NeoDex:'' as Wikipedia has done. Likely based on Wikipedia's policies in places, yes. --[[User:Macbeth\|Macbeth]] 20:37, 3 Dec 2006 (CST)		:On the NeoDex, there are similar prefixes available, such as ''NeoDex:'' (interestingly, these are counted as 'About' pages, not 'Project' pages as Wikipedia's are. Haven't the faintest idea why, but it is irrelevant). I see no reason why we cannot create our own policies under ''NeoDex:'' as Wikipedia has done. Likely based on Wikipedia's policies in places, yes. --[[User:Macbeth\|Macbeth]] 20:37, 3 Dec 2006 (CST)
			<nowiki></nowiki>snaps fingers i just figured out where to place the information on this page, and what to do with it. When a page doesn't have much content, what is it called? a [[Help:Stub\|Stub]]. we redirect the content here onto the stub page, and update it with new information. Sound good? I'm amazed it's taken me this long to come up with this. :o

			On what else you said: The NeoDex hopes to one day have it's own collection of how-to pages as wikipedia does, and official NeoDex namespaces. and no, the "about" page you speak of isn't "the one", as [http://www.pinkpt.com/neodex/index.php?title=Special%3AAllpages&from=&namespace=4 there are already many more] in the NeoDex namespace. --[[User:Jacob\|Jacob]] 21:57, 3 Dec 2006 (CST)