Difference between revisions of "Suggestions"

Revision as of 16:59, 16 December 2006

The Suggestions Page

We would really like some input as to how the wiki can be improved. This can be to do with our policies, editing guidelines, ban policy - absolutely anything you want!

Please tell us by writing down your suggestion under here. They will all be listened to and discussed, and implemented if we think it is a good idea. You can be anonymous if you wish, and every suggestion will be treated in the same way, no matter how daft you think it is!

Suggestions

Email addresses for moderators

Moderators currently rely on the brgswiki@hotmail.co.uk address, which is slightly unprofessional and I'm not sure if everyone gets the email from it.

Since the facility is available, I can add @brgswiki.org addresses, that can be checked by an IMAP client (e.g. outlook/thunderbird/etc). I think team@brgswiki.org would be a good address for the moderators.

Clizard 23:34, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

To what extent should the wiki be protected?

Until recently the wiki has been completely open. Should policy be the following?

• Only administrative) pages should be sysop protected.
• Only the main page; discussion pages and locked pages (due to repeated vandalism) be given protection from guests (but still editable by users).

Clizard 23:34, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

May I suggest having the Frontpage and all fully-locked pages being Sysop-only editable? That seems to be the pattern on all other wikis and removes the risk of major vandalism from newly-created or otherwise vandalising users. Tar7arus 16:59, 16 December 2006 (UTC)

Student Pages

The wiki currently does not support student pages from year 7. School edits seemed to have been blocked by the IP block introduced a week or so ago which has reduced bits of daytime editing that was mostly not worthwhile. I suggest this block continues. Should links from student sections be removed from the front page or stopped completely, being replaced by the New Content projects instead.

Clizard 23:34, 15 December 2006 (UTC)

New Content

There hasn't been a nice big empty section to focus on recently to expand the wiki's content. This would also reduce expansion into student pages.

Therefore I propose we appoint administrators responsible for new sections of content. Ideas include:

• News Service - stories about what's happening at BRGS currently.
• Content Improvement - aims to improve current article quality. This is a big issue for student articles as what is being written may not be accurate at all.

Clizard 23:34, 15 December 2006 (UTC)