User talk:Blahedo

Early talking

so, how do you think the site is moving along? i didn't even advertise this thing. This is all word of mouth.

Also, are there any changes you can suggest? we fixed the libel law page so it had more than wikipedia ... haha

Thanks for taking part in this whole thing. It's getting exciting.Tfooq 23:40, 9 May 2007 (CDT)

I didn't delete it, I moved it to below the useful links. I am really excited about the events calendar, actually. We need a new front page design, for sure, so all these things can be presented properly. I was talking to a web designer alumnus who has been using the wiki fire, and he said he might be able to help out, but I don't know if that will happen. If you have any ideas about how to make the main page more efficient and classier, let me know.Tfooq 17:52, 12 May 2007 (CDT)

Redesign

Check out Redesign:Main Page if you want to experiment. Maybe a third bar could work? I am not sure yet.

I will see you at the terp thing. The "new to the wiki fire" this is a good idea. let's give that a shot.Tfooq 18:51, 12 May 2007 (CDT)

I would like to launch the Redesign:Main Page for tomorrow when I send out an all-campus e-mail. I am writing on all the editors' talk pages to get them to take a look at it. Make changes as you see fit.Tfooq 19:08, 13 May 2007 (CDT)

Policy on people

I moved it to Project:Policy on people to keep it uniform with the other policy pages. I also made a category for the policies and put a link on the Project:About page. I like it. And you (or anybody) can certainly still edit it. I will protect it, but editors can still make changes. Does that make sense?Tfooq 02:44, 14 May 2007 (CDT)

Good points. I made those pages so long ago, I haven't thought to change them. If you see anything else like that, let me know. Some of this stuff is a month old from when i first started playing with the software! That's a lot of time in wiki terms. haha.Tfooq 03:32, 14 May 2007 (CDT)

Regarding Categories

You seem to be doing a lot of categorization, so I thought I pick your brain.

So, it is my understanding that when adding categories to a page, you shouldn't add a category AND something that is a sub category. For example, on the Proof page, it should only have Studio show and not Department of Theatre and Dance since the former is a subcategory of the latter.

I can see where a page would have more than one category, but am I correct in my thinking regarding subcategories? GreatHeights 12:08, 14 May 2007 (CDT)

Info

I was wondering if you could refer me to some info on how to use the different name spaces. For instance, I noticed that the Policy On People draft was under your name space. How did you do that? Also, can you tell me how create/upload templates? I was trying to suggest a merge, but when I tried to use the merge template as suggested in the tutorial on WikiMedia it didn't work. Thanks for any help you can offer. GreatHeights 15:01, 16 May 2007 (CDT)

Is it kosher to copy and paste templates from other Wikis? It didn't seem to me that it should be an issue, but I thought I'd ask you if there was any etiquette regarding this, as you seem to be our resident Wiki expert. Specifically, I'm thinking of deletion, merge, and stub templates. GreatHeights 15:06, 17 May 2007 (CDT)

Deletions

I don't know who I was responding to either, since they didn't sign their comment. I have a tendency to want to "clean up" and organize, and that's why I was deleting some of the superflous pages and redirects. After someone questioned it though, I stopped to think about it, and realized that, like you said, there was really no harm being caused by those pages and no need to delete them. It also prompted my interest in establishing some guildines for deleting pages on TheWikiFire. GreatHeights 15:58, 17 May 2007 (CDT)