Re: [Wikimediaau-l] ask for WMAU: namespace on meta?

2008-11-12 Thread Gnangarra
I think a Chapter-au: Chapter-de: Chapter-NY type name space would be the better format because then its location specific everybody can have a page called Membership and everybody would be able to follow the same format. eg Chapter-AU:Membership 2008/11/13 Pharos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Thu, N

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] ask for WMAU: namespace on meta?

2008-11-12 Thread Pharos
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 12:53 AM, Pharos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As an emissary of your hoping-to-be-sister chapter in New York City, I > can see the usefulness of a new namespace for all sorts of > chapter-type activities, for all chapters. > > Either a namespace for "Chapter" (for all chapte

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] ask for WMAU: namespace on meta?

2008-11-12 Thread Pharos
As an emissary of your hoping-to-be-sister chapter in New York City, I can see the usefulness of a new namespace for all sorts of chapter-type activities, for all chapters. Either a namespace for "Chapter" (for all chapters) or "Event" (to cover all events whether or not they're formally connected

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] ask for WMAU: namespace on meta?

2008-11-12 Thread Andrew Garrett
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 1:13 PM, Brianna Laugher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > What do y'all think about asking the meta community for support to > request a WMAU: namespace on meta? > > Currently we have a mass of subpages and it makes the pages have very > long titles, as well as being ted

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] ask for WMAU: namespace on meta?

2008-11-12 Thread Nick Perkins
I would think that many of the subpages on meta would be moved into a website/wiki for the chapter further on down the track with links from the meta wiki page. From looking at some of the other chapters this is the direction they have taken. I think it would be a messy precedent. Nick 2008/11/13

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] ask for WMAU: namespace on meta?

2008-11-12 Thread Liam Wyatt
I would go with whatever is the current practice for the other chapters - German chapter being the "best practice". On 11/13/08, Enoch Lau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What is the precedent for creating new namespaces? Do other chapters have > one? I can imagine that if everyone wanted their own

Re: [Wikimediaau-l] ask for WMAU: namespace on meta?

2008-11-12 Thread Enoch Lau
What is the precedent for creating new namespaces? Do other chapters have one? I can imagine that if everyone wanted their own namespace it could get rather unwieldy. Enoch 2008/11/13 Brianna Laugher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi, > > What do y'all think about asking the meta community for support to

[Wikimediaau-l] ask for WMAU: namespace on meta?

2008-11-12 Thread Brianna Laugher
Hi, What do y'all think about asking the meta community for support to request a WMAU: namespace on meta? Currently we have a mass of subpages and it makes the pages have very long titles, as well as being tedious to type and hard to remember. Brianna -- They've just been waiting in a mountain