BRGS Wiki:Current events

BRGS Wiki Events and Changes The New Year This year, we intend to help the Wiki grow even more, and over the coming weeks we will hopefully be establishing new sections, and listening to requests made in the Wiki Discussion section. If you have any ideas as to how we can grow further, please tell us! Also, as the new term begins at BRGS, we hope our current users will spread the word about this wiki, but please ensure that any new edits conform to our editing guidelines. We would once again like to emphasise that "txt spk" is instantly deleted, so take your time to write out your entries in full English! Finally, we hope you all had an enjoyable Christmas holiday and are looking forward to a great 2007! The Moderators Update The wiki continues to grow with the Main Page passing 10,000 views and the database currently holding 1 articles. However, this increased popularity means that we are now a bigger target for vandals. If you see any vandalism (which includes blanking pages), please at least report who did it on Moderation Requests; even if you revert the vandalism yourself, so that we can judge whether they need a ban. Thank you! The Moderators Meeting Sadly, due to technical issues and time constraints, the planned meeting for wiki users has been abandoned. However, we would very much like to hear your views - so check out the Wiki Discussion page and tell us what you think! The Moderators Caption Competition New photo now up! Have a go here. Furthermore, uploads now work again! Well, sort of.. Chris talk - mod 23:18, 13 December 2006 (UTC) 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.