Talk:Main Page/Archive 1

request for categories to be added to the "About this Wiki" box

Would it be possible to have the Articles in need of updating and Category:Articles in need of expansion categories added to the About this Wiki box so as to direct people towards articles in need of some wiki-love ?

SignpostMarv Martin 23:14, 8 January 2007 (PST)

Headline

I would very strongly suggest that (a) directly under the page name ('Main Page' - which could do with being changed anyway) is a statement along the lines of "This wiki relates to the Open Source client and protocols for Second Life only. If you are looking for assistance regarding Second Life please refer to (whatever page is felt best)" as it is clear from the comments on the announcement thread on the SL Blog that there are an awful lot of people who do not understand what this is all about and it will probably scare some of them! If I had sysop status I'd add it myself ... --Alison Wheels 07:31, 9 January 2007 (PST)

The wiki isn't just for the client though.

SignpostMarv Martin 09:19, 9 January 2007 (PST)

Indeed, however I do believe something is needed there to make it clear to the neophyte SL-standard-user who has no interest at all in these 'behind the scenes' activities but clicks on the link here because it is there that there is nothing for them to get worried about. --Alison Wheels 13:26, 9 January 2007 (PST)

Heh, yeah, it is really in need of a title and some introductory text.

SignpostMarv Martin 14:14, 9 January 2007 (PST)

Could someone mock up what they think the homepage should look like? Sorry that the homepage has to be protected, but I figured it's such a vandalism target that I couldn't avoid that. -- Rob Linden 14:20, 9 January 2007 (PST)

Done

SignpostMarv Martin 03:25, 10 January 2007 (PST)

What is this wiki for? Is it a general purpose wiki, where information like the old support wiki had? Would it be appropriate for someone to start a page on Groups, and Land, and Animations, etc.? A page similar to the LSL wiki for the main page would be logical, providing a list of topics, categories, etc. to guide people in the right path. A search box doesn't help if you don't know the right term to search for. Was this wiki's creation announced? If this is a general help wiki, might it make sense to put the F1 help in here to be used and worked on? If this is supposed to be a general help reference shouldn't it be listed on the support page: http://secondlife.com/community/support.php and have a separate item in the dropdown box to make it a simple as humanly possible for people to find this?