[p2p-research] Changes to P2P Foundation Wiki

[Alex Rollin]

Please, don't ever add anything to that front page on my account.  It
is 14 times too big already.

A

On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 10:29 AM, Michel Bauwens
<michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
> thanks for all these contributions Alex,
>
> most of these changes are still invisible to our visitors,
>
> if you want some box or space on the main wiki page where your improvements
> are more visible, let me know,
>
> Michel
>
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 11:51 AM, Alex Rollin <alex.rollin at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> There've been some changes to the wiki recently.
>>
>> To see a list of new extensions that have been added, you can visit:
>> http://p2pfoundation.net/Special:Version
>>
>> Of note are 3 functions allowing us to build a more complex,
>> interdependent wiki.
>>
>> First, we can now call category content on a page using
>> "CategoryTree."  This means that a list of pages can be displayed
>> within another wiki page.  Useful for pointing to a group of related
>> pages.
>>
>> Second, we are using more "transclusion," which means to use a
>> delimited sub-section of one page inside another page.  If the source
>> page changes, so does the page that re-uses the sub-section.  This is
>> useful for something like the definition of a concept, like "What is a
>> Peer?"  Then you could insert the definition from another page.  This
>> is powered by the Labeled Section Transclusion extension
>> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Labeled_Section_Transclusion .
>>  This helps to keep page sizes down, and can encourage us to create
>> more definition pages that can be integrated into other documents.
>> http://p2pfoundation.net/P2P_Currency_Systems uses something like
>> this.
>>
>> Third, it is now possible for a user to autonomously create a login
>> for the wiki.  We have a number of new extensions in play to protect
>> us from SPAM, so we're going to give this another try.  So far, so
>> good.
>>
>> In related new,  we now have a mobile 'skin.'  This makes reading the
>> wiki on your mobile device a bit easier.  James Burke did some custom
>> work to make this contributed skin work a bit better for us.  If you
>> have a mobile device you should see the new interface automatically.
>> If you don't have a mobile device, but still wan't to check it out,
>> you can preview this and a couple other new skins from your
>> preferences/skins panel within your account.
>>
>> If you have any questions, or would like help with any of the
>> functionality, please feel free to contact me.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Alex Rollin
>> http://p2pfoundation.net/User:GoodRollin
>>
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