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List what you want done with YTMND wiki here.
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This page is a wishlist of things that would be nice to have on this wiki. There are a few things that aren't immediately needed, but it might be nice to have, and others depend on the security of the site. Max has got to do a bunch of the stuff, unless he allows db access, which probably isn't going to happen.
  
==MediaWiki==
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== Content ==
* Create a skin which matches YTMND's main layout.
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* Enable CheckUser
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* Enable subpages and user scripts.
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* Enable Uploading, and linking of the main logo to [[Image:Wiki.png]].
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==Content==
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* Expand the main namespace to include articles for ''all'' the major fads and YTMND sites without forking them from the fads list. YTMND is not Wikipedia after all and "This comes from Wikipedia/Fadwiki" messages look ghey.
 
* Expand the main namespace to include articles for ''all'' the major fads and YTMND sites without forking them from the fads list. YTMND is not Wikipedia after all and "This comes from Wikipedia/Fadwiki" messages look ghey.
 
* Try to explain why a fad is funny to the majority. Some (lots) of people look at these YTMND and either don't get the joke, or don't know why they're funny.
 
* Try to explain why a fad is funny to the majority. Some (lots) of people look at these YTMND and either don't get the joke, or don't know why they're funny.
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== Aesthetic ==
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* Make [[MediaWiki:Monobook.css|skin of the site]] look like the main YTMND site (see [[MediaWiki talk:Monobook.css]])
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* Get fonts to match YTMND's, so it may integrate nicely. The headings and such should be capitalized, if possible, and the font to match up with the main site's
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== Technical ([[Max Goldberg|requires db access]]) ==
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=== Changes to [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/LocalSettings.php LocalSettings.php] ===
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==== Quick and easy ====
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*Personal user styles (I loves me some [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation_popups popups])
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<pre>$wgAllowUserJs  = true;
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$wgAllowUserCss = true;</pre>
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*Set [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:%24wgShowIPinHeader $wgShowIPinHeader] to false, so it won't look lame when someone's just reading
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*Enable [[Special:Emailuser/USERNAME]] e-mail by setting [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:%24wgEnableUserEmail $wgEnableUserEmail] to True
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*Set [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:%24wgAllowRealName $wgAllowRealName] to false. Real names are retarded.
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*Set [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:%24wgAmericanDates $wgAmericanDates] to true. YTMND is American, not French (or British, whatever).
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*[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Configuration_settings#Proxies Block open proxies]
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==== Slightly longer (instructions on linked page) ====
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*[http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Configuring_file_uploads Enable uploads], and link the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:%24wgLogo main logo] to (a protected) [[:Image:Wiki.png]]
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*Set [[YTMND:Admin's Noticeboard]] to be read only by sysops, using [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Page_access_restriction_with_MediaWiki page restrictions]
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*Enable [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/LocalSettings.php#Direct_SQL_Queries SQL queries] ([http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Configuration_settings#Sysop_SQL_queries 2]) so that all this shit doesn't have to be done by Max alone (though he may want to keep it secure)
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*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Using_a_very_short_URL Get a short URL](wiki.ytmnd.com/PAGENAME, or ytmnd.com/wiki/PAGENAME, etc). For the path to be the former, http://wiki.ytmnd.com (a nsfw) needs to be deleted and the install directory
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*Enable [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Interwiki_links interwiki links] to Wikipedia/Fadwiki to make the articles more useful. There's no need to have our own personal spin on everything that might be covered elsewhere. It's time to stop rapeing the {{tl|From Wikipedia}} and {{tl|From Fadwiki}} templates.
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*Possibly create a new [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Configuration_settings#Skins skin] not based on monobook (see [[MediaWiki talk:Monobook.css]]). Create a [something].css skin, and/or at least enable it in LocalSettings.php so that admins can edit it.
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=== Extensions ===
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*Enable [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:CheckUser CheckUser] for sysops and such
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*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Renameuser Rename users] (it should work on 1.6, even if it doesn't say so... Official MediaWiki sites is running 1.7 alpha, and has it installed.
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*Get a [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:BraneJ/Protected_pages list of protected pages]
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*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Sysy/Andrew_Johnson%27s_account_creation_privilege_hack Only allow current users to add new users] (Just like Gmail, Facebook, or a bunch of those other sites, you can only join if you're invited, thus limiting vandal abilities.)

Revision as of 21:26, May 25, 2006

This page is a wishlist of things that would be nice to have on this wiki. There are a few things that aren't immediately needed, but it might be nice to have, and others depend on the security of the site. Max has got to do a bunch of the stuff, unless he allows db access, which probably isn't going to happen.

Content

  • Expand the main namespace to include articles for all the major fads and YTMND sites without forking them from the fads list. YTMND is not Wikipedia after all and "This comes from Wikipedia/Fadwiki" messages look ghey.
  • Try to explain why a fad is funny to the majority. Some (lots) of people look at these YTMND and either don't get the joke, or don't know why they're funny.

Aesthetic

  • Make skin of the site look like the main YTMND site (see MediaWiki talk:Monobook.css)
  • Get fonts to match YTMND's, so it may integrate nicely. The headings and such should be capitalized, if possible, and the font to match up with the main site's

Technical (requires db access)

Changes to LocalSettings.php

Quick and easy

  • Personal user styles (I loves me some popups)
$wgAllowUserJs  = true;
$wgAllowUserCss = true;

Slightly longer (instructions on linked page)

Extensions