BRGS Wiki:Current events

BRGS Wiki Events and Changes Meeting There may well be a meeting for all wiki users sometime near the end of term. It's likely to be Sunday 17th December at roughly 2.30pm. If you're free to get on the internet we'd really like you to come along and give us some input! Chris mod A note on "poking fun" It is currently our policy that if you add something "poking fun" at someone, we have to view this as a derogatory comment that the person in question would not see the funny side of. This is unfortunate, but we cannot check up on everyone's sense of humour. To be on the safe side, any comments of this nature will be deleted, or at least edited. Therefore, please ensure your comments cannot be viewed as offensive, even if that is not how they are intended! Chris mod 16:30, 1 December 2006 (UTC) November Report November has been a busy month for the wiki. It was migrated to brgswiki.org from clipse.co.uk/wiki, with a few relatively minor hiccups and one major one. Most have been resolved, however image uploads will be fixed shortly (as this requires more time), as well as user permission fine-tuning. Search engines have picked up the new site (Google, Yahoo et al) on searching for “brgs wiki”, which is a step in the right direction. The move was to increase speed during evenings and to have a proper domain, which I believe has been successful. Traffic has been comparable to October, though my impression is that fewer new people have visited than then. It has also picked up in the second half of the month, indicating a possible upwards trend through into December. The wiki was also offline for quite lengthy periods during the middle of the month, which certainly has contributed to the less-than-exponential growth this month (although growth will be more steady in future). You can review the full statistics at stats.brgswiki.org. In terms of moderation, there has been concern at the decline in quality of articles, with mainly the addition of student pages which add somewhat of a 'fun factor' to the site. These however are very open to malicious edits, which can be 'upsetting' towards students. Measures have recently been taken to remove offending pages and to ensure that this happens as little as possible in the future. Thanks for everyone's contributions and support, and enjoy the festive season. Clizard 1st December 2006 Accounts We strongly recommend that you create an account if you haven't already done so, as this gives you several more options to play with. It's completely free and takes roughly ten seconds... Chris, 18 November 2006 "Old news" has been moved to the Archive

At BRGS Recommended Visits The Community Portal is a great place to suggest ideas and gauge reaction to your plans. The editing guidelines should be read before you dive in, as you can get some great tips on how to format your work, and avoid the wrath of the moderators! If you can think of a way to improve this site, please suggest it in the Wiki Discussion area. Any requests for moderation of pages can be made in the Moderation Requests section. The moderators can be contacted in several ways - check here for ways to do this! Archive All "old" or redundant content is now in the Archive.