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(Extensions ([http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Writing_a_new_special_page help]): parser functions)
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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] (or [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Preventing_Access#Setting_permissions_for_a_Group_on_a_whole_new_Namespace creating a new namespace that can only be read by sysops])
 
*Set [[YTMND:Admin's Noticeboard]] to be read only by sysops, using [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Page_access_restriction_with_MediaWiki page restrictions] (or [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Preventing_Access#Setting_permissions_for_a_Group_on_a_whole_new_Namespace creating a new namespace that can only be read by sysops])
 
*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)
 
*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)
*[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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*[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 coolified [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Eliminating_index.php_from_the_url].
 
*Enable [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Interwiki_links interwiki links] to Wikipedia, [http://meta.wikimedia.org Meta]<!--for help files, etc-->, Fadwiki and Encyclopedia Dramatica to make the articles here more useful. There's no need to have our own personal spin on everything that might be covered elsewhere (e.g. Macaron Chacaron, linking Conan O'Brian, etc). It's time to stop raping the {{tl|From Wikipedia}} and {{tl|From Fadwiki}} templates.
 
*Enable [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Interwiki_links interwiki links] to Wikipedia, [http://meta.wikimedia.org Meta]<!--for help files, etc-->, Fadwiki and Encyclopedia Dramatica to make the articles here more useful. There's no need to have our own personal spin on everything that might be covered elsewhere (e.g. Macaron Chacaron, linking Conan O'Brian, etc). It's time to stop raping the {{tl|From Wikipedia}} and {{tl|From Fadwiki}} templates.
 
*Possibly create a new [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Configuration_settings#Skins skin] not based on monobook (see [[MediaWiki talk:Monobook.css]]), probably based on the forthcoming new layout Max is talking about. Create a [something].css skin, and/or at least enable it in LocalSettings.php so that admins can edit it.
 
*Possibly create a new [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Configuration_settings#Skins skin] not based on monobook (see [[MediaWiki talk:Monobook.css]]), probably based on the forthcoming new layout Max is talking about. Create a [something].css skin, and/or at least enable it in LocalSettings.php so that admins can edit it.

Revision as of 01:59, June 3, 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 newcomers. 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), and when the new skin comes out, that too.
  • 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

Slightly longer (instructions on linked page)

Extensions (help)

  • Enable CheckUser for sysops and such (code's at Sourceforge)
  • 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.
  • Get a list of protected pages
  • Parser functions to add #switch, #expr, and others to make better templates (maybe in the possible category? this is a little bit more important though).

Possibly added later, if needed