Project Redcap:Community portal: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 05:07, 24 January 2024

This page is about the community of contributors to Project: Redcap. For the broader community of Ars Magica players, see fan community.

This community portal page is a workspace for administrators and contributors. It's the hub where we propose ideas, share news, and coordinate on plans for evolving this wiki.

This page is meant to be edited! Add your own proposals and thoughts. Don't be afraid to use the Discussion page!

Work in Progress

User:Andrew Gronosky ~~will get email working for the wiki.~~ DONE
User:Andrew Gronosky ~~will get the Contact page working.~~ DONE
User:Andrew Gronosky is updating, consolidating, and generally improving all the pages in the Help and Project: Redcap namespaces. Contact him if you want to help!
User:Andrew Gronosky will apply the | Don't Repeat Yourself principle to the Help and Project: Redcap namespaces, plus pages such as contributing.

Announcements

See Project Redcap: Current events

Rename (move) Project Redcap: Current events to something like "Project Redcap: Announcements?"

Change Proposals

Proposed 2024-01-24: Remove page Project Redcap:Copyrights. Move copyright related content to Project Redcap:Terms of Service and trademark related content to Project Redcap: General disclaimer. The Copyrights page has 17 inbound links that would need to be updated, and a redirect should be created so any inbound links from the internet can go to the new content User:Andrew Gronosky

Ideas

Revisit Purpose

In light of the news that Ars Magica Definitive Edition will be community licensed, we have a chance to expand the Project Redcap: Purpose purpose of this site. We can use it as a publishing hub, a one-stop shop for the Ars Magica community to develop new open-licensed content for Ars Magica. I think this will take some thought about how to organize and label such content. Users who don't want their open licensed content edited willy-nilly by other users should post on their own non-wiki websites and link to them from Project:Redcap. User:Andrew Gronosky

Add Bureaucrats

Users with administrator privileges are called "bureaucrats" in MediaWiki documentation.

I'd like to see people volunteer for the bureaucrat role. Bureaucrats share the work of:

Creating user accounts when requested
Responding to moderation requests -- which happen rarely
Patrolling the "recent changes" page and deleting spam and banning user accounts.

Update Main Menu

Consider updating the main menu to added pages such as:

A landing page for contributors, such as Project Redcap: Getting Started
A landing page for help

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 {{about|the community of [[contributing|contributors]] to [[Project_Redcap:About|Project: Redcap]]|the broader community of Ars Magica players|fan community}}
-Welcome to the Project: Redcap community! We invite and encourage participation from players of all level of experience. For information about the project and its goals, please see [[Project Redcap:About]].
+This '''community portal''' page is a workspace for administrators and contributors. It's the hub where we propose ideas, share news, and coordinate on plans for evolving this wiki.
-We invite newcomers who are interested in joining the project to [[Special:Contact|contact]] us. You can also go ahead and start editing, if you prefer.
+{{Note|type=reminder|This page is meant to be edited! Add your own proposals and thoughts. Don't be afraid to use the Discussion page!}}
-== How to Contribute ==
+== Work in Progress ==
-The most important thing is to read and follow our [[Project Redcap:Copyrights|copyright]] policy. We've tried to keep it brief, and it really does matter.
+* [[User:Andrew Gronosky]] <s>will get email working for the wiki.</s> DONE
+* [[User:Andrew Gronosky]] <s>will get the [[Contact]] page working.</s> DONE
+* [[User:Andrew Gronosky]] is updating, consolidating, and generally improving all the pages in the Help and Project: Redcap namespaces. Contact him if you want to help!
+* [[User:Andrew Gronosky]] will apply the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don't_repeat_yourself | Don't Repeat Yourself] principle to the Help and Project: Redcap namespaces, plus pages such as [[contributing]].
-After that, our [[Help:Getting Started]] page has some tips for newcomers and should provide an orientation. You are welcome to contribute in any way you want: our page on [[Project Redcap:Sub-Projects]] has some suggestions if you are looking for ideas.
+== Announcements ==
+See [[Project Redcap: Current events]]
+* Rename (move) [[Project Redcap: Current events]] to something like "Project Redcap: Announcements?"
-== Joining the Community ==
+== Change Proposals ==
-If all you want to do is read, edit, and write pages, you are already a member of our community. You don't need to get a sponsor or a membership card or anything!
+* Proposed 2024-01-24: Remove page [[Project Redcap:Copyrights]]. Move copyright related content to [[Project Redcap:Terms of Service]] and trademark related content to [[Project Redcap: General disclaimer]]. The Copyrights page has 17 inbound links that would need to be updated, and a redirect should be created so any inbound links from the internet can go to the new content [[User:Andrew Gronosky]]
-Please feel free to [[Special:Contact|contact]] us if you have any questions, suggestions, or feedback. You can also write to the [[User:Andrew Gronosky|project director]] personally if you don't want to use the contact form.
+== Ideas ==
+=== Revisit Purpose ===
+In light of the news that [[Ars Magica Definitive Edition]] will be community licensed, we have a chance to expand the [[Project Redcap: Purpose]] purpose of this site. We can use it as a publishing hub, a one-stop shop for the Ars Magica community to develop new open-licensed content for Ars Magica. I think this will take some thought about how to organize and label such content. Users who don't want their open licensed content edited willy-nilly by other users should post on their own non-wiki websites and link to them from Project:Redcap. [[User:Andrew Gronosky]]
-If you want to take your involvement to the next level and influence how the Project: Redcap wiki is organized, help steer our priorities in content development, or influence editorial policy, head over to the [[Project Redcap:Administration]] page. You can go ahead and post to that if you have something to say: no membership card required!
+=== Add Bureaucrats ===
+Users with administrator privileges are called "bureaucrats" in MediaWiki documentation.
-== What We're Working On ==
+I'd like to see people volunteer for the bureaucrat role. Bureaucrats share the work of:
-{{Main|Project Redcap:Sub-Projects}}
+* Creating user accounts when requested
+* Responding to moderation requests -- which happen rarely
+* Patrolling the "recent changes" page and deleting spam and banning user accounts.
+=== Update Main Menu ===
+Consider updating the main menu to added pages such as:
+* A landing page for contributors, such as [[Project Redcap: Getting Started]]
+* A landing page for help
-See [[Project Redcap:Current events]] for the latest events.
-We use the [[Project Redcap:Administration]] page to propose and discuss administrative subjects, like what sorts of content we want to develop next or whether to change the content of the navigation menu. Once we've come to consensus on a proposal, we move it to the [[Project Redcap:Sub-Projects]] page. The list of sub-projects is not meant to be restrictive: you are welcome to do something that's not on the list, or propose your own sub-project if you think other people might want to help with it.
 [[Category:Project Redcap]]