FaHWiki:Requests for improvement

=Improvements requests=

The wiki in it's current state could use some work. Fixing the older pages and adding new one's.

I do not want to take a leading role in this, people who know me understand without asking why, but I do feel some kind of structure is needed to guide the work. I asked the people who been here for a long time for guidance but been told that there is no BOFH on the fahwiki.

But that is not the intend of guidance and I feel I probably had another one of my lapses in proper communication. The BOFH is a fictional character which tells others what to do, something this wiki can do without.

What this wiki does need in my opinion is an agreed on structure, a road map or layout agreement so to say. A common consensus on where to place a TOC in a page, how to structure new pages in regards to introduction, content and references.

When additions are made, changes can be proposed and discussed on each article's talk page. But, is this the most efficient method of plunging forward? I see articles from a long time ago still having discussions going on about what to change regarding their layout and linking. Is this a result from not enough activity leading to proposed changes not being made and discussions there seeming endless, or is it a cause of not enough activity leading to changes which are proposed not being appleid?

This is not an accusation, nor does it imply any kind of condemnation on those who have been active before. This wiki has been my greatest resource, and it's contributors have been contributing to a cause which I have the greatest admiration for.

But, before we go forward, maybe we, and we does not have to be placed in any context other then describing those who want to contribute in the future, have to look back. Is there a lesson to be learned from the problems facing this wiki now?

Mostly content from the forums, the official guides, and any source which has no copyright attachements!?! ''Should we not first look at the existing templates on this mediwiki and see if we need more? If a page is about a certain client, is it not possible to include the introduction to that client as composite page on all other pages about the client, and add a template toc linking to all other content about that client as composite page?''
 * Should we take care to not link to much to content but instead move relevant content in the wiki itself?
 * Should we not have a more clear template for new pages so they can be started in a way which will lead to the least amount of needed edits later on?

Some things I think might make finding information easier in the future.

I asked the forum once again to take notice of the wiki, and I hope the wiki will get more participants, but the questions I asked above seem important to me so I put this empty page to use and am searching for all your opinions. And with all I do not only mean the active editors/sysops, but the entire community which is why I did not put this in a talk page.

If you're reading this as someone who does not yet have an account, create one and help this wiki grow! If you read this as contributor, either edit this page and make this discussion public like I am trying now, or move the discussion to the talk pages as you see fit. If you're reading this as a sysop the same applies.

I will not be the BOFH, but maybe we need one anyway. Whatever will put things in motion is a good thing with me.

MtM 22:50, 26 September 2010 (UTC)