Tony, thanks for your thoughts and tips as always. I think I'll just start an empty wiki and see where things lead using these idea.
On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 7:00 PM TW Tones <[email protected]> wrote: > Scott, > > I have not developed any historical tiddlywiki's but I have spent a lot of > time in personal organisers. From this I have a set of key methods I use. I > will dump a few here which we can explore further. > > - Yes, set dates in custom date fields and have at least start and end > dates, > - Keep created and Modified to mean what they mean, created the > tiddler and modified the tiddler - this is useful information don't > compromise your future by changing their meaning > - if both dates are the same consider it a mile stone > - If their is not end date then it marks a new era that has note close > - If it has no start date we are not sure when it started > - Add another date field perhaps for recognised dates > - You could use a plugin like http://kixam.github.io/TW5-datePicker/ > however > more for this century (needs moment.js plugin as well see notes) > - Allow dates to be entered manually as well as selected from the list > - Keep as many dates as possible compatible with tiddlywiki's date > serial number, even f you zero fill the rest of the serial number > - This allows you to continue to use operators and sort etc.. > - There is at least one visual timeline tool eg > http://emkayonline.github.io/tw5visjs/ > - A lot of the people pursuing genealogical tiddlywiki's need dates > and some very old dates so maps to historical records. > > If you are taking records that become history there are more tricks > > Regards > Tony > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/tiddlywiki/FjB9P5xo-iI/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/c1b31074-4a7f-4eef-9f00-f3a067d26671o%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/c1b31074-4a7f-4eef-9f00-f3a067d26671o%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/CAGUDtYFC22nSPbC9gRufNZ9iLz9MRsW0Ux%3DbXO%3D9EO%3D6%3DN13Mg%40mail.gmail.com.
