[p2p-research] Changes to P2P Foundation Wiki

[Alex Rollin]

Another note on changes.  I've written a help document for those
interested in collaboration on complex topics on the wiki.
Specifically, this is for how to transclude, or re-use, text from
another page.

http://p2pfoundation.net/P2P_Foundation_Wiki_LST

This should help us to build up some clear definitions.

I mentioned to Ryan a bit ago that I'd like to see, for example,
http://p2pfoundation.net/Core_Peer-2-Peer_Collaboration_Principles be
broken up so that the various aspect of the document can be looked at
in detail on the respective pages.  For example, sections on
transparency could be dealt with on the transparency article, then
transcluded into this document.

I love this wiki, and you guys are awesome.  Let's write some cool
stuff together.

Alex



On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 6:51 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
>