Stroller ??: > > On 17 Jul 2008, at 08:24, BrendaWang wrote: >> ... >> 3. I would like to put the Youtube extension , then we can see the video >> on wiki. I would like to know if this useful ? Personal opinion , I like >> to have this. > > I'm unclear why an extension is needed - can't YouTube videos simply > be embedded using HTML? - and don't see *massive* benefits to YouTube > videos on the wiki. > > But I don't see any disadvantages to having YouTube videos on the > wiki, either. Go for it. Actually , I had ask our IT do this already, let wait for a while, they need to evaluate it. For example , if this will affect security or anything else.
> >> I plan to put the rating function on wiki. Perhape it can help many >> people who visit wiki , know how other people think this page is useful >> or not. >> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:JSKitRating > > This is a great idea! > > Thanks for the feed back. > Also: > > Does the current wiki software allow for templates, like Wikipedia? > Sorry if this is obvious - perhaps the Openmoko wiki uses exactly the > same software as Wikipedia? > > For instance, sentences in many Wikipedia articles are marked with the > words "citation needed" - I see from a little searching that this > superscript is added when someone edits the page to include the tag > {{cn}} or {{fact}}. Presumably there is a page automatically generated > somewhere (I can't immediately find this) which shows all pages using > that tag and this one can easily see all pages requiring fact-checking. > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Fact > > I feel that a similar feature would be useful for the Openmoko wiki - > it should probably display "fact check?" rather than "citation needed" > and new users should be encouraged to mark any sections they are > unsure of or any steps in the HOWTOs that don't work when they follow > them. > > Likewise I think there should be a template for software entries which > indicates which firmware images - ASU, 2007.2 &c - the page applies > to. Just as the Wikipedia entry for the Lotus Elise has an inset which > states it to mid-engined and rear-wheel drive, each software page > should say whether the article is *about* one of the core firmwares, > whether it is steps that can be applied to firmwares FSO & ASU (but > not to 2007.2, because that one is incompatible with, say, gpsd) or > whether it's software that can be *installed* on the FSO & ASU images > (but is preinstalled on 2007.2). > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_Elise > > Perhaps I'm horribly confused, but if my horrible confusion over the > different images at least has the correct basis then this would be > very beneficial to users. > > Stroller. > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community