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This page is for administrative discussions among the site [[contributing contributors]].
This page is used for posting announcements and information for Project: Redcap maintainers and contributors. See also [[Project Redcap:Current events]] for news and announcements of interest to the whole Ars Magica community.


== MediaWiki Migration ==
== Templates ==
Updated 2012-08-05
{{Main|Project Redcap:Templates}}
MediaWiki [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Templates templates] are very useful for making repeated, consistent notes and info boxes. Perhaps the most familiar template is [[Template:citation needed]], but templates can do much more than that.


The migration to MediaWiki is underway. [[Andrew Gronosky]] has parsed the XML data from the old site and produced a separate file for each page, 2225 in all. These require conversion from [[PageWork]] format to [[MediaWiki]] format. Andrew wrote a script to automate that process, but it is only about 80% effective at this point.
Using templates is a great way to ensure pages help the user easily find summary information and help make the whole site more usable by providing a consistent look-and-feel. [[User:Andrew Gronosky|Andrew Gronosky]] ([[User talk:Andrew Gronosky|talk]]) 13:49, 28 December 2015 (MST)


If you want to help with the migration, take a look at the [[Special:RecentChanges]] page. Browse the recent additions, especially anything created by [[User:Redcap_Automation]], and check for mistakes. If you want to add content to improve the page, that would be good, too. :-)
== Mediawiki Extensions ==
The following MediaWiki extensions are enabled on this site to help maintainers create and organize great articles. You can see a full and up-to-date list of extensions on the page [[Special:Version]].
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Cite Extension:Cite] for citing your sources
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:EasyTimeline Extension:EasyTimeline] for making timelines; see also [[Help:Timeline]]
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Labeled_Section_Transclusion Extension:Labeled Section Transclusion]  for re-using excerpts from a long article on other pages (so you [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_repeat_yourself don't repeat yourself])


== Legacy Page ==
== Language Support ==
he history of this page before August 6, 2010 is archived at [[Legacy:administration]].
The Ars Magica community is international and Project: Redcap has always offered information in multiple languages. Please see [[Help:Languages]] for information on how to create non-English pages. Please [[contact]] me if you would like any help getting started; I am very eager to help people who want to expand Project: Redcap to include other languages. [[User:Andrew Gronosky|Andrew Gronosky]] ([[User talk:Andrew Gronosky|talk]]) 12:49, 28 December 2015 (MST)
 
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Latest revision as of 14:07, 29 December 2015

This page is used for posting announcements and information for Project: Redcap maintainers and contributors. See also Project Redcap:Current events for news and announcements of interest to the whole Ars Magica community.

Templates

MediaWiki templates are very useful for making repeated, consistent notes and info boxes. Perhaps the most familiar template is Template:citation needed, but templates can do much more than that.

Using templates is a great way to ensure pages help the user easily find summary information and help make the whole site more usable by providing a consistent look-and-feel. Andrew Gronosky (talk) 13:49, 28 December 2015 (MST)

Mediawiki Extensions

The following MediaWiki extensions are enabled on this site to help maintainers create and organize great articles. You can see a full and up-to-date list of extensions on the page Special:Version.

Language Support

The Ars Magica community is international and Project: Redcap has always offered information in multiple languages. Please see Help:Languages for information on how to create non-English pages. Please contact me if you would like any help getting started; I am very eager to help people who want to expand Project: Redcap to include other languages. Andrew Gronosky (talk) 12:49, 28 December 2015 (MST)
The edit history of this page before August 6, 2010 is archived at Legacy:administration.