So, after lamenting the inadequacies of the FAQ in another thread, I created http://hubski.wikia.com, and mk said he would link to it in the sidebar when it has some content. My problem is, I'm having a bit of trouble deciding where to start. Although my account is 487 days old, during the first year I spent perhaps a few days using hubski, max. I've only been heavily active for the past few weeks - and there's a lot I'm still learning about hubski.
For instance, when mk removed the ability to follow tags, it almost completely changed the way I used hubski, while I'm sure many long-time hubski users hardly noticed. I was following a lot of tags with a few users thrown in for variety, while most people were following a lot of users but only a few tags.
I'm afraid the 5+ years I've spent using reddit is will influence the overall tone of the wiki, and I'm still not sure I know about all the features hubski has to offer (it seems like I'm learning about a new one every other day), which is why I'm asking for help. If you think you're pretty well knowledgeable about how hubski works, and want to help new users integrate into the community effectively, please feel free to contribute to the wiki! I need all the help I can get.
I think mike makes a valid point, syncretic. Also, Ghostery has a count of 42. :)
What about making a post that contains this info, and others can make suggestions in the comments, or PM you? We could migrate it to somewhere else after we get something going. I could link to that.
Wow, that is ugly. I did a little light googling last night, and I found a bunch of free wiki engines (meaning you have to host it yourself, I think), but wikia was the only free wiki hosting service I could find. I never knew it had all of those annoying ads, since I only disable adblock for sites like reddit and hubski.
This is what it looks like for me:
- The site is packed with ads and distractions and is the opposite of the feeling I get from being on Hubski.
Really? I have adblock, so it looks ad-free to me.
- Can the wiki migrate later? I'm sure mk would want it hosted on hubski itself... without ads.
mk said that he doesn't have time to make a native wiki on hubski itself, but he would definitely be willing to link to one hosted by a third party. Wikia is the most reliable, free wiki service that I know of, but if someone knows about a better one, we could definitely use that instead.
I would like to create some sort of wiki. Right now the FAQ is just a static page, it's only editable by the admins. We would be able to crowdsource and create a really awesome, all-inclusive FAQ, and we could do other things as well like create a "History of Hubski" page that would document all of the changes to the website and how it evolved, among other things.
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- * @CortezV slaps syncretic around a bit with a large trout
<@CortezV> A good addition to the wiki would be a timeline, though we'd need someone good with graphics design
<@CortezV> Yo, that's actually a good plan, let's hunt down someone good at graphyics design and make a timeline, this timeline will allow (you oldfags) to brainstorm events that allow you to write pages about it. This will allow us (newfags) to get a good understanding of Hubski's past.
My idea is simple, we get individuals who have used this site for over a year to brainstorm about events and compile them, each event will have a wiki page written on it and allow us to fit it into a timeline. This timeline will allow us new years to get a good understanding of Hubski's past, and potentially allow us to see where it's going for the future while of course feeding the wiki with information.
Feel free to make a page called "Timeline" and document changes made to hubski, etc. It's a public wiki, anyone can edit it. I'm not really sure why we would need a graphic designer, you can make a timeline in text. Also, please don't use the terms "oldfags" and "newfags" because if I see those words too many times I just reflexively hit the ignore user button. ;)
Sorry I only used that over the IRC, I should of edited it before I posted it here. As for Graphics designer, I did this once before for another community, though as simple as it may be we made a pretty sophisticated timeline (of course I plan on a simple one.) that made a poll down the page (the entire thing is a jpeg) and at key points showed areas of events that caused changes to the community over time. Though after four years it died but it was a great place.
The graphics designer would make the timeline in photoshop and I'm using that term very lightly lol.
The point of this is to brainstorm, what better way to organize what articles to write than to make a timeline, it's organized, simplistic, and allows certain things to come to mind. I don't necessarily think I'll have any issues with having older volunteers assist as much as I would someone who is good at graphics design to make the timeline look good, but that doesn't have to be the first thing done, in fact it could be the very last. I think first things first is certainly what articles to write and include in the timeline.
- The point of this is to brainstorm, what better way to organize what articles to write than to make a timeline, it's organized, simplistic, and allows certain things to come to mind.
My point is that this wikia is all well and good for rules/faq/basic history (site founding, staff usernames) -- but I'm not sure anyone wants to read about whatever 'past' hubski may have.
Again, just my single opinion.
EDIT: and certainly nothing wrong with brainstorming in a brainstorming thread.