Thread: Restructuring the Wiki (aka Spring Cleaning)

Gentlemen,

I just spent a few moments to re-consider the overall structure of the Wiki. I think it could do with a bit of restructuring. So I fired up my trusty old mind mapping program, and below is the result. I would appreciate your comments and suggestions. By the way, there should be a dotted line from the Beginners:Shaving part to the Shaving:Shaving one.



You can also download and edit the file, which is here. The program to edit it is called Freemind. It can be obtained from here: FreeMind - free mind mapping software. It's FOSS, and should work on any computer that runs Java.

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Nice project! Thanks!! And now some impressions:

1. I think that the Growing the Wiki sub-section and the Links section could be a sort of background to the Wiki, just tools in form of "buttons" or footnotes somewhere in the main page and not "real" pages of the Wiki.

2. I would give much more importance to the FAQ sub-section, transforming it in a very important/visible link in the main page; the FAQ section could be a way to visit the Wiki (a condensed form of the Wiki), starting from questions and finding short answers with links to the wiki articles for a full discussion of the subject.

Thanks!!

Originally Posted by clavichord

1. I think that the Growing the Wiki sub-section and the Links section could be a sort of background to the Wiki, just tools in form of "buttons" or footnotes somewhere in the main page and not "real" pages of the Wiki.

Not quite sure I can follow, but it sounds interesting. The links could go into the sidebar, no problem. The whole "how do I add/edit/photograph" section should stay, though, I think. I'm not happy with the Miscellanea idea, either.

Here's my take:

Originally Posted by clavichord

2. I would give much more importance to the FAQ sub-section, transforming it in a very important/visible link in the main page; the FAQ section could be a way to visit the Wiki (a condensed form of the Wiki), starting from questions and finding short answers with links to the wiki articles for a full discussion of the subject.

I have no problem at all making the FAQ a category and having a bunch of articles underneath. And since every SRP member can edit the Wiki (well, most parts of it...) - get cracking!

Make It So...

The forum category organization seems archaic by comparison