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Codex Reorganization Update
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2006-12-03 22:13:28
Moving discussion to -docs.

Meeting:
Thursday 9 PM CET (Noon PST), would that work for you?

MediaWiki specifics:
Is zimzat still around? He seems to have investigated these
things.

 - Andy

Christian Mohn wrote:
> See inline comments.
> Andy Staudacher wrote:
> > One of the larger tasks of the Gallery project is
reorganization of 
> > the codex and since there have been so many
discussions 
> over the last 
> > year, I felt it was time to create a document that
shows 
> exactly what 
> > has been agreed on and what still needs to be
discussed.
> > 
> > This is the result:
> > http://codex.gallery2.org/index.php/Codex:Reorganization

> 
> Thank you, you did a tremendous job gathering all the
email 
> discussions there.
> 
> > Let me highlight 2 sections:
> > 1. The new Main Page
> > http://codex.gallery2.org/index.php/Codex:Reor
ganization#Main_Page
> > (there's a pretty good agreement on this, please
comment)
> 
> 
> That seems to be a pretty good set of top-level links,
as 
> I've noted before.
> Having a "Getting Started" section there
would also be a good 
> idea, it could link to a new "landing" page
with links to 
> basic installation and administration tasks.
>  
> > 2. What's left to do?
> > http://codex.gallery2.org/index.php/Codex:Reorganiz
ation#TODO
> > 
> > So one of the most visible things, the new main
page of the 
> codex, is 
> > almost there.
> > All we need is to have a final vote in a meeting.
> 
> We should have a meeting. The normal meeting time on 
> thursdays is not good for me, if we could do it a few
hours 
> later than that i'd be all set.
> 
> > I hope this document helps to keep an overview of
the whole topic. 
> > It's the result of going through emails from the
last
> > 12 months and I hope I have collected both, all
noteworthy 
> opinions as 
> > well as the latest alternatives that have been
agreed on.
> > 
> > I have no intention to take the lead of the codex
reorg task. 
> > But if there is noone else, I will try to harass
people to move 
> > forward in small steps.
> > And in that spirit...
> 
> My biggest "concern" right now is my own lack
of 
> understanding how Mediawiki categories/namespaces work.
I 
> can't seem to get a proper grasp on how that is
supposed to 
> work and subsequently don't really understand how we
should 
> organize the content after a category/namespace domain
has 
> been settled. If someone on the list has some
pointers/input 
> on how Mediawiki works in that regard, please speak up.
> 
>  Christian


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