Can you better define "GH Projects"? For example, the Phantom was a collaboration between DT and GH. You're looking for a list of custom keyboard projects?
To me, the only GH specific projects are GH60 and the GHPad. In my eyes, things like the Epsilon, TEK-80, and Longcat board are personal projects.
Can you stick to a singular image size please :D Its so annoying to look at mega pictures followed by tiny ones :-*
Sure. I have the same thing. I don't like non uniform pictures. Takes a bit of time to figure out though.
[img width=<yourpixelwidthhere>]<yoururlhere>[/img]
[img height=<yourpixelheighthere>]<yoururlhere>[/img]
There should be a wiki page for every single keyboard. Every one we know about. Current models, customs, vintage, etc. Seriously, it wouldn't be that hard. A hackathon would probably be needed to get it started, but I see no reason why that shouldn't happen.
There should be a wiki page for every single keyboard. Every one we know about. Current models, customs, vintage, etc. Seriously, it wouldn't be that hard. A hackathon would probably be needed to get it started, but I see no reason why that shouldn't happen.
The main thing to organise is to make is easily searchable, so that you can quickly determine whether your particular keyboard is in the list or not.
It's not here. To set an inline image to a width you like try this:Code: [Select][img width=<yourpixelwidthhere>]<yoururlhere>[/img]
[img height=<yourpixelheighthere>]<yoururlhere>[/img]
So if I borrow jdcarpe's avatar:Show Image(http://geekhack.org/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=22733;type=avatar)
Avatar set at height = 200Show Image(http://geekhack.org/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=22733;type=avatar)
Avatar set at height = 400
If you want to learn more about bbcode, I highly recommend reading this bbcode guide from TeamLiquid (http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=3D336805).
What about just having a separate subforum for wiki posts, and each entry would be a single-post thread.
Either lock the thread, so that no one can post comments, or make that subforum read-only except for Keepers. Things can be organized by thread (post), and the subforum links to the threads would act as the TOC.
Santa,
I am happy to report that I was good for the first quarter and most of the second this year, and overall goodness returns appear to be trending upwards again! Here's what I want for a GH bbcode wiki-ish Christmas:
1. How awesome would it be (if it's even possible, not getting my hopes up) to write some forum code such that if someone were to write the phrase:
"OMG I cannot wait for another round of DSA Retro!" The phrase 'DSA Retro' would be auto-magically made into a hyperlink to the DSA Retro entry. The magic would come from all the sacrifices the Keerpers make to their dark gods, but still -- it would be awesome if it were possible.
2. The locked forum posts that represent a wiki-entry -- what about making it so that the 'report' button in those forums instead could be used to report inaccuracies (or objections, whatever) to the Keepers? Instead of reading, "Report to Moderator" it could say "Report to Keeper"?
3. Also, my very own Katy set for my Ducky.
Thanks for listening Santa. Sorry about the Sofia Vergara thing.
-- Krogenar
Basically link keywords like some forums do for advertising purposes but for an educational purpose instead!
I suggest a glossary of keyboard layouts. This is a fairly obvious suggestion, but it is needed given the number of basic posts about it as well as the increasing number of layouts (40%, 65%, 65% + F keys are all examples of relatively newer layouts).
Fixed it jdcarpe :Pwe set up the mediawiki because it just seemed like a good idea at the time and we literally had no idea what we were doing. as it turned out, it was a huge pita to connect to smf, and the mediawiki language is incredibly complex and obscure. as a result, we just don't really have a base of contributors. meanwhile, everyone was filling the forum proper with some of the most amazing information ever to be collected in one place. the amount of brain we have collectively here is amazing, but the mediawiki doesn't do it justice because of the impedance of contributing to it. my initial idea was to solve this with search a la google. so we tried pushing sphinx into place (a very fast keyword searcher but with NO semantic capability) and ripped out the smf search, which is horrible. that made things a little better, but there's still a TON of information buried away in little nooks and crannies, and sometimes the only way to get that stuff out is just by tasking people with doing it. so, i started the keepers, and then rather than make them become these kind of controllers of the information stores by forcing them to use the incredibly obtuse mediawiki, russ started designing a modules that allows people to build knowledgebases INTO the forum rather than aside of the forum.
And as far as I know, the mods/admins have concluded the mediaWiki doesn't work for our community. Which is why the Keepers were created to port the format to a forum-esque format.
For me personally? I agree that the Wiki as it stands isn't working. I hate editing the Wiki and so has anyone who has offered to help me in the past. Smallfry refused to work in the Clack Wiki and would ask me to make the updates because the code is frustrating to learn. As a volunteer, I'd rather not spend two hours of my spare time making a picture box work (which yes, I really did) when I can pound out a huge update to a regular forum thread. A Wiki might be way better at organizing but the learning curve for people helping is much higher, like Metalliqaz said.
If people really want, I can talk to mkawa when I see him and rknize to see what their thoughts are on keeping the mediaWiki. But like I said as far as I know, it's going away.
There's a reason why the forum is on SMF. Mkawa and rknize can explain better than I can though. I'm not sure I can explain well enough why that reason is.
Move the forum to Markdown. Problem solved. ^_^my response to this is just way more than i really have time to write right now, but there are many dialects of markdown and the simplest ones are just implicit bbcode. you may think yay that's great but ironically, people are not programmers have no idea how to use it. weird and counter-intuitive, i know, but you just demonstrated that the only forums that have moved to it are ones that programmers use. programmers understand sugar, non-programmers do not is the simple explanation.
There's a reason why StackOverflow, GitHub or Reddit use it.
My main issue with BBCode is that it's basically just retarded HTML.
I've opened this because wiki often requires different stuff, e.g. definition lists, tables or even footnotes. Markdown Extra (and pandoc) supports this in a quite elegant manner, BBCode not so much, if at all. Moreover, Markdown has excellent support in Emacs, especially table-mode is extremely useful. Ordinary user probably wouldn't bother with that, but I still believe people around GH are mostly skilled with technology... it's a forum about technology after all. Thus, I don't think it's fair to speak like that about users here.
Also, the bbcode decision is working. If even a troglodytic mouth-breather like jdcarpe can make it work, then anyone can do it.
Also, the bbcode decision is working. If even a troglodytic mouth-breather like jdcarpe can make it work, then anyone can do it.
QFT
I am respectfully requesting Keeper of the Faith membership, so that I might deliver more wretched souls unto Geekhack's dark demesne.convince cptbadass. he is head keeper. he's sleeping on my couch right now though, so you might have to wait a bit ;)
EDIT: Also, the bbcode decision is working. If even a troglodytic mouth-breather like me can make it work, then anyone can do it.
I am respectfully requesting Keeper of the Faith membership, so that I might deliver more wretched souls unto Geekhack's dark demesne.convince cptbadass. he is head keeper. he's sleeping on my couch right now though, so you might have to wait a bit ;)
EDIT: Also, the bbcode decision is working. If even a troglodytic mouth-breather like me can make it work, then anyone can do it.
I'm pretty sure anchors work now.
I am respectfully requesting Keeper of the Faith membership, so that I might deliver more wretched souls unto Geekhack's dark demesne.convince cptbadass. he is head keeper. he's sleeping on my couch right now though, so you might have to wait a bit ;)
EDIT: Also, the bbcode decision is working. If even a troglodytic mouth-breather like me can make it work, then anyone can do it.
And you can't do anything? Kick the couch, dammit. Step away from your 3D printer for two seconds.
I am respectfully requesting Keeper of the Faith membership, so that I might deliver more wretched souls unto Geekhack's dark demesne.convince cptbadass. he is head keeper. he's sleeping on my couch right now though, so you might have to wait a bit ;)
EDIT: Also, the bbcode decision is working. If even a troglodytic mouth-breather like me can make it work, then anyone can do it.
And you can't do anything? Kick the couch, dammit. Step away from your 3D printer for two seconds.
Disrupting my sleep won garner any good will with me Krog :P
I am respectfully requesting Keeper of the Faith membership, so that I might deliver more wretched souls unto Geekhack's dark demesne.convince cptbadass. he is head keeper. he's sleeping on my couch right now though, so you might have to wait a bit ;)
EDIT: Also, the bbcode decision is working. If even a troglodytic mouth-breather like me can make it work, then anyone can do it.
And you can't do anything? Kick the couch, dammit. Step away from your 3D printer for two seconds.
Disrupting my sleep won garner any good will with me Krog :P
Why are you sleeping? Lazy bum...
Busy sleeping off all this good food I'm eating in LA jdcarpe :P
And Krog....calling me fat --
and waking me up? Come on, do
you even know what "flattery" means?? It might help you to get this position.
Busy sleeping off all this good food I'm eating in LA jdcarpe :P
And Krog....calling me fat and waking me up? Come on, do you even know what "flattery" means?? It might help you to get this position.
I'm kidding...Already looked. pork rinds have apparently never become animated gifs. Ever.
...or am I?
I'm kidding...Already looked. pork rinds have apparently never become animated gifs. Ever.
...or am I?
We had Japanese food last night and I actually talked about this with mkawa but he won't get his vaccuum seal/pack stuff soon or else we could've gotten you food jdcarpe :P.
Keepthe ship in place= Anchorthe ship in place
keep = anchor
and since keep ~ keeper
thus keeper = anchor
Maths, you gotta love it.
Korg if they dont let you in their group, you can join mine. The little crown.
KoA
Kings of awesome
He has made some contributions to the forum, I guess. He made those banners, and some graphics and stuff. Maybe we should induct him?FTFY
:D
Korg if they dont let you in their group, you can join mine. The little crown.Can I?
KoA
Kings of awesome
Krog if they dont let you in their group, you can join mine. The little crown.
KoA
Kings of awesome
Krog if they dont let you in their group, you can join mine. The little crown.
KoA
Kings of awesome
Can I be the dark lord of ordinary?
In the interest of keeping the Keepers of the Faith operation as transparent as possible, I would like to inform everyone that I now have global moderator privileges but not moderator responsibilities. This is so I can edit and move information without bugging mkawa or hashbaz or the mod/admin team.
Mediawiki is quite simple, there are a few common things you'll learn quickly, and then you google the more uncommon commands when you need them. I don't know bbcode almost at all, but that doesn't stop me from posting on the forums...
And yes, a lot of the activity on the DT wiki is from Daniel. There probably needs to be someone putting in a lot of hard work keeping a wiki organized. Perhaps there is someone who would do that in a subforum here, or that person is simply missing on GH and that's why the wiki is in the state it is.
But I, for one, would pick one wiki and concentrate on adding material there. I don't believe users in general are going to care too much to add the same things in two locations.
What the Keepers will do once the new Wiki is up:
1) Help gather and sort information
- The community has tons of information spewed everywhere. Even our (or my) attempts at compiling this information such as the Simple Questions Simple Answers thread and Clack Wiki, are a bit clumsy. With a dedicated team and help from everyone, this can be easier
2) Create concrete goals
- Instead having things mentioned off hand, we're going to take suggestions, and make concrete goals...
What the community will do once the new Wiki is up:
Help us with the new Wiki. Post your ideas/comments/concerns in this thread. Help us help you.
- We want your input, your time in helping us hunt information down, your comments, feedback, ideas, criticism...
Now I see a thread on librarians. Will they just help maintain content? Are they the only people that can contribute content? It's not clear.
Your job should be simple: choose the tool, configure, harden, integrate, and open the floodgate to authenticated users. As long as it is not illegal, spam, or against the mission statement of your wiki you shouldn't care who or how information is contributed.
Meanwhile at DT I show up during the time of rootworm and make one wiki page (http://deskthority.net/wiki/Leopold_FC200R). I later find out someone on DT noticed that I did that and even entered me in some wiki contest. I got no votes and did not win anything but you can imagine that as a user, to some degree, I felt included in something.
So when is this new wiki magic going to happen??
So when is this new wiki magic going to happen??
So when is this new wiki magic going to happen??
http://pimpmykeyboard.com/ (http://pimpmykeyboard.com/)
isn't it obvious?
So when is this new wiki magic going to happen??
Again, it's not up to me/us. We're waiting on news just like everyone else. mkawa and rkinze would be better people to ask.
Expect to see the forum software backlog getting cleared of high-priority stuff over the coming weeks. The Wiki branch is also still sitting there, but it needs some additional work before roll-out.
And that goes for anyone else. While the mediawiki is up, you can get am account and start helping. All I ever see is people complain about the wiki going away. Don't want it to? Prove to me that it's useful and viable for geekhack. Yes I am the head off the wikiteam/Keepers of the faith so I can ask the admins and mods to keep the status quo. And of course I'm sure the team will let me and everyone else know their opinion as as well.
I have a suggestion: open up editing the wiki to the userbase, moderate it, keep certain pages locked down and get it growing. There would be some quality issues, but those could be ironed out I think that's better than having massive voids. Even stub entries with external links would be better than no page at all.
I have a suggestion: open up editing the wiki to the userbase, moderate it, keep certain pages locked down and get it growing. There would be some quality issues, but those could be ironed out I think that's better than having massive voids. Even stub entries with external links would be better than no page at all.
I think they've given up on the wiki, most people use the one over at deskthority.
It would still be nice to have our own that could be edited.
As the Keepers have been disbanded (at least for now), should this thread no longer be sticky (for now)?
As the Keepers have been disbanded (at least for now), should this thread no longer be sticky (for now)?
Ahem...
As the Keepers have been disbanded (at least for now), should this thread no longer be sticky (for now)?
Ahem...
Is Curator the same as Keeper?
I read somewhere that the Keepers had been disbanded.
As the Keepers have been disbanded (at least for now), should this thread no longer be sticky (for now)?
Ahem...
Is Curator the same as Keeper?
I read somewhere that the Keepers had been disbanded.
Yes, the name was changed from Keepers of the Faith to Curators. I am the last one, as the rest quit.
I may be moving to a different staff position, since the Curator role can probably be rolled into another job or team.
Yeah, it will probably be archived with the other Keeper/Curator stuff when that happens.As the Keepers have been disbanded (at least for now), should this thread no longer be sticky (for now)?
Ahem...
Is Curator the same as Keeper?
I read somewhere that the Keepers had been disbanded.
Yes, the name was changed from Keepers of the Faith to Curators. I am the last one, as the rest quit.
I may be moving to a different staff position, since the Curator role can probably be rolled into another job or team.
Then my question still stands (although perhaps slightly pre-emptive) - should this thread no longer be sticky?
Yeah, it will probably be archived with the other Keeper/Curator stuff when that happens.As the Keepers have been disbanded (at least for now), should this thread no longer be sticky (for now)?
Ahem...
Is Curator the same as Keeper?
I read somewhere that the Keepers had been disbanded.
Yes, the name was changed from Keepers of the Faith to Curators. I am the last one, as the rest quit.
I may be moving to a different staff position, since the Curator role can probably be rolled into another job or team.
Then my question still stands (although perhaps slightly pre-emptive) - should this thread no longer be sticky?
So have we given up on the idea of a Wiki?
So have we given up on the idea of a Wiki?
I may be moving to a different staff position
There's always the Deskthority Wiki, eh.
So have we given up on the idea of a Wiki?
What do you think of a "wiki" in this style? This was my effort to present information in a logical way.
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=69582.0
So have we given up on the idea of a Wiki?
What do you think of a "wiki" in this style? This was my effort to present information in a logical way.
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=69582.0
It's ok, but it's still missing a lot and some good links. There's also the problem that some of the guides have newer counterparts, some of which are better in some areas maybe worse in others. A proper wiki gives more room to add and adjust things, to make it so people are better informed, and make it so people don't have to go digging through sometimes 50+ pages to find something helpful.
So have we given up on the idea of a Wiki?
What do you think of a "wiki" in this style? This was my effort to present information in a logical way.
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=69582.0
I was always an advocate of updating the DT Wiki to have a "real Wiki" and then having a Wiki entry like what JD has which is more based on making guides. Like how to do a bolt mod for Model Ms.