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  1. Discussion
  2. Proposal: A Realtime "Developing Events" Discussion Area
  3. Proposal: Explore/Public Safety
  4. Proposal: Grand Openings
  5. Proposal: Simplify the Front Page
  6. Archived Data
  7. Proposal: Active Updates
  8. Random Entry
  9. Proposal: Label programs subsidized by ASUCD
  10. Two minor rewrites of top "About Davis Wiki and Wiki Spot" paragraph

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Discussion

What does everyone think about emphasizing the editablity of the wiki right up at the top of the front page? I think it's important that people know this is a people-created guide, perhaps?

Proposal: A Realtime "Developing Events" Discussion Area

We need an area to go to when there are unfolding events. Last night there was a helicopter hovering over campus for an hour. I would like to have had a forum to go to where someone posts what is going on (it was the arrests of protesters of fee increases). This discussion area would be for current "developing events" only. Any realtime (currently happening) event could be posted, i.e. concerts, police activity, etc.


Proposal: Explore/Public Safety

We neet to add a Public Safety category to the front page - with links to all of the pages reqarding this i.e. Police, Fire, Yolo County Court, etc. for both Davis and UCD — SharlaDaly


Proposal: Grand Openings

Hello! I suggest that there be a page for "Grand Openings", including the category of businesses. Would someone like to make it? Thanks. —BruceHansen


I'm not sure what should be under 'Explore' (or if the word 'Explore' should be changed or how it could be improved). There could be a new general heading under 'Explore' called 'Enterprises' which would include 'Construction'. —BruceHansen


Instead of at the bottom of the Front page there being just a link to a 'title index' there shoud be an index ('site index'?) which includes the headings under 'Explore' etc.. This index would include the contents of the 'title index' and could have a link to the 'title index'. —BruceHansen

Proposal: Simplify the Front Page

Make the page look more like Google. That is all. —RadioNinja


Who wants to make a page where people can posts "Looking for roommates" and etc? — JiLiang


The "Getting Started" section may as well not be there, it's buried too far down to be seen or of use for probably nearly everyone's monitor/window size.


Can we get a new featured article? the T-shirt contest ended... —StevenDaubert


search button is needed in the new format. It is one of the most important things on the wiki. —MattHh


*Alcohol should NOT be in the Food And Drink section, but in a Poisons or Drugs section or both. And please do not mention the so-called "French Paradox". I am French and I can tell you this is just a lie of the alcohol industry:
It's like saying "Black top is good for your health because it contains amino acids". It's not because some thing contains some good nutrients that it is good. It can have negative effects on your health because of other elements as it is the case for alcohol. The bad effect far outweigh any "good" effect of alcohol. — Michael777
* Whoah, dude, alcohol is not an evil item. If used in moderation it is a nice additive to any life. Any problem arising from it is through misuse, which can happen for almost anything. Ex: Food, drinks, cars, sleep. Just because you feel strongly about it doesn't make it true. Also, I will thank you not to delete my comments. —JoePomidor


Archived Data

Is the Davis Wiki archived anywhere? I've done a bunch of historical research in Davis for the 1960s, and there's not a lot of info on the day-to-day happenings. We'd be doing future Davisites a favor by archiving the entire wiki once every three months or so. Just store it somewhere for now, no need to put it online until it's a couple years old. —TedBuehler

Unless somebody thinks this thread belongs here, it might be a good idea to move it to one of the Wiki Community sections, as it doesn't actually relate to the Front Page —jw

Proposal: Active Updates

I'm thinking of moving Lost Pets, Roommates Wanted, Where Can I ... and other 'active engagement' entries to up by events. Are there any others that would make sense? What about Wiki Community, or is that too 'meta'? I'm trying to bring up and highlight the dynamic, continuously updated and/or back and forth entries that are actually being updated on a semi-regular basis (and hopefully by highlighting them they will benefit directly, and they will encourage readers to figure out that they can edit the wiki). Basically, things similar to events in that checking in on them on a semi-regular basis will bring up new things. —jw

Random Entry

BrianJKenyon has removed the random entry link a couple times. I'm hesitant to readd it again just because it violates my rule of thumb regarding back and forth editing. What do others think? Should it stay or should it go? Brian's had some pretty strong words about it in the changelog: "Random entries serve no purpose and are condescending to readers". Personally I feel it's a nice way to jump into the wiki at a point that you might not have intentionally gone to and discover a new aspect of Davis. Kind of like flipping through a magazine randomly for an article. It's a fairly natural way to read something like a Fodors or a Reader's Digest. If only the wiki were installed in public restrooms around Davis... —Evan 'JabberWokky' Edwards

Proposal: Label programs subsidized by ASUCD

Two minor rewrites of top "About Davis Wiki and Wiki Spot" paragraph

[WWW]Here is the first change. Basically to note the passing of the five years public mark (which occurred about three months ago, I think), plus to clarify the relationship to Wiki Spot. -jw

[WWW]Here is the second change. Pulls the link for two year old update into the text itself, and adds a link to Welcome to the wiki, which is a reasonable help entry. This is likely a bit more questionable than the above (at least in my mind), as we now have a link to the Introduction and to a self described primer. Of course, having both an introduction about what the wiki is, and also a primer explaining how to get involved makes sense enough to me to include both. It would probably be a good idea to take a look again at those two entries with an eye toward being clear and simple with links to more help or information (as I type this, I don't think they even cross link). -jw

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