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Hi All,
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==Proposal for Contents Lists==
  
Perhaps we should have a discussion about some standard layouts/data for the various topics? Then we'll end up with a house style consistent (hopefully) across the wiki.....[NB]
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Help here for uploading images: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Managing_files  [NB]
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Guiding principles for Pages:
  
Comprehensive Table help here: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Tables  [NB]
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# Always make a page if you want a page, don't wait until there is a good structure to hang it on
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# Every page should (ideally) be reachable by browsing from the main page in 4 clicks or less
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# If the structure starts looking messy, change it (with consultation), don't wait for major clean-ups.
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# Try not to make too many levels.  Only include a heading or page when there's is something in it.  Empty pages are very frustrating.
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:Yes, like it. [[User:Flora1871|DJJ]] 10:38, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
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By the way - I like "other" better than "Misc" but I think we are getting a bit messy on the front page. "Westerly Yachts" seems a strange heading for something about the company and is confusing compared to "Westerly Classes". I'll have a think. [[User:Julian|Julian]] 09:17, 25 November 2011 (UTC)
  
With regard to the Statistics table I think it would be best to fit as many columns across the page as we can.  Otherwise it's going to push the rest of the content off the screen and force people to scroll down.  It would probably also be good to do some Zebra striping on the table but we'll need the stylesheets in place to do this....[NB]
 
  
:Added Windrush to table. Are there any more? [DJJ]
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===At the article level sections could be:===
Need Yanmar and Volvo pages expanding - volunteers? [DJJ]
 
  
I've come to the conclusion that we need a better list of classes than just alphabetical. Probably organised by length with some annotation for Centre Cockpit, Ketch etc, etc.....[NB]
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:1 to n  article specific sections. For example very generally before, during and after sections.
  
Yes would work but think less than 25 ft should be less than 26 feet because Centaur is really in this league. Obviously table is wrong at the moment. [DJJ]
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:Resources Section – containing web links to suppliers of materials or services
  
Tim has added facility for embedded files anmd external links. Can we now upload files?
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:References Section – containing cross reference to WOA Journal issues and Magazine articles
also does any one know what we need to do to establish CSS stylesheets [DJJ]
 
  
David - what do you want CSS for? its probably better to use wiki markup and keep things simple unless you have something specific in mind but I see the CSS extension is installed and the instructions are [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CSS here] [[User:Julian|Julian]] 21:54, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
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This should generate a table of contents if the article structure demands it.
:Nigel suggested we use CSS. Must say so far defaults seem ok [[User:Flora1871|DJJ]] 02:15, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
 
  
With regard to CSS I'm thinking about the stats tables and perhaps doing some zebra striping cleaner with CSS. [[User:Birchn|Birchn]] 07:44, 18 November 2011 (UTC)
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See examples of both above set up under Centaur
  
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== Going Live ==
  
== suggestions for pages ==
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New Sections
  
Bob said to me "I think that a short piece on Robinetta could be appropriate to the wiki in an historical context as it reflects the evolution of Rayner's thinking leading to the creation of Westerly." How about a page called "Before Westerly" that covers Robinetta, the Corvette and Westcoaster? We need to come up with a structure for the front page that allows this, and other historical pages to be linked. [[User:Julian|Julian]] 22:08, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
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Added a header to collect material about lif in the Westerly Yard - "Westerly Yard Scrapbook". Subject was suggested to me by a Boatline member.
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Could provide some fascinating glimpses of the Westerly Yard and maybe some unique pictures.
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Also suggest we add a template for a picture gallery so we can collect and display more pictures about each class.
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[[User:Flora1871|DJJ]] 14:43, 8 December 2011 (UTC)

Latest revision as of 09:12, 11 August 2020

Proposal for Contents Lists

Guiding principles for Pages:

  1. Always make a page if you want a page, don't wait until there is a good structure to hang it on
  2. Every page should (ideally) be reachable by browsing from the main page in 4 clicks or less
  3. If the structure starts looking messy, change it (with consultation), don't wait for major clean-ups.
  4. Try not to make too many levels. Only include a heading or page when there's is something in it. Empty pages are very frustrating.
Yes, like it. DJJ 10:38, 25 November 2011 (UTC)

By the way - I like "other" better than "Misc" but I think we are getting a bit messy on the front page. "Westerly Yachts" seems a strange heading for something about the company and is confusing compared to "Westerly Classes". I'll have a think. Julian 09:17, 25 November 2011 (UTC)


At the article level sections could be:

1 to n article specific sections. For example very generally before, during and after sections.
Resources Section – containing web links to suppliers of materials or services
References Section – containing cross reference to WOA Journal issues and Magazine articles

This should generate a table of contents if the article structure demands it.

See examples of both above set up under Centaur

Going Live

New Sections

Added a header to collect material about lif in the Westerly Yard - "Westerly Yard Scrapbook". Subject was suggested to me by a Boatline member. Could provide some fascinating glimpses of the Westerly Yard and maybe some unique pictures.

Also suggest we add a template for a picture gallery so we can collect and display more pictures about each class. DJJ 14:43, 8 December 2011 (UTC)