Create a new Wikimedia wiki/Sample pages
Sample pages for an internal arbcom or specialist project wiki
Feel free to copy and paste some of these markups into pages on your new wiki, and customize as needed. When these pages are set up, you might have a useful starting point framework for your wiki.
These cover some basic templates, basic mediawiki namespace configuration, and a main page. Note that most of this page was written in the year 2008.
[[MediaWiki:Sidebar]][edit]
Example sidebar for an arbcom:
* quick links ** Portal|Portal ** Discussion board|Discussion board ** Cases in progress|Cases in progress ** Banned user appeals|Banned user appeals * reference ** Standard case wordings|Standard wordings ** Users and privileges|Users and privileges ** Category:Help|Help and information * utility ** recentchanges-url|recentchanges ** Special:Logs|Logs ** Category:Categories|Categories ** Special:Listusers|Local userlist ** Special:Allpages|Pages by prefix
Example sidebar for an internal work group or committee:
* quick links
** Main page|Mainpage
** Central discussion board|Central discussion board
** Observers' discussion board|Observers' discussion board
** Status reports|Status reports
* reference
** Group info/Users|Users and contact
** Category:Help|Help and information
* utility
** recentchanges-url|recentchanges
** Special:Logs|Logs
** Category:Categories|Categories
** {{fullurl:Special:CategoryTree|target=Categories&mode=categories&dotree=Show+Tree}}|Category tree
** Special:Listusers|Local userlist
** Special:Allpages|Pages by prefix
[[Help:Wiki overview]][edit]
Newcomers to your wiki will need a page to orient them.
Example for an internal arbcom wiki:
==Wiki overview==
===Permissions===
* Access to new users is granted via [https://secure.wikimedia.org/.../index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&type=signup Special:Userlogin and select "signup"].
* Sysop access on the wiki is granted on request.
* Access to the arbcom wiki is essentially the same people as for the mailing list. As of 2008 that's basically: (list)
=== URLs===
* Secure URL: https://secure.wikimedia.org/.../wiki/PAGENAME
* Insecure URL: http://...wiki*.org/wiki/PAGENAME
=== Wiki usage and layout ===
The wiki is used mainly for:
:* Considering cases (Case: namespace)
:* Documenting arbitration committee appeals, case evidence, and additional rights, related to users.
:* Ad-hoc projects (Project: namespace)
:* Precedents and wordings
:* General matters (discussion board)
:* Standing information (including config, information, howto, and such)
These can be accessed via the left sidebar, or the [[:template:Main contents|main template]] visible on many pages.
===Customization===
* ''Namespaces'' can be listed via the dropdown box at [[Special:Allpages]]. Currently the namespaces are: ''<font color="blue">Main, User, Project, Case, Image, Mediawiki, Template, Help, Category''</font> (and related "_talk:" spaces). Specific notes:
::{| class="wikitable" width="80%"
| '''Case:<br />Case_talk:''' || all cases
|-
| '''Project:<br />Project_talk:''' || specific projects such as the working group, wiki improvement, workshop and RFAR processes, etc.
|}
* ''Sidebar'' can be customized at [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]].
* ''Mediawiki interface'' can be customized at [[Special:Allmessages]] (AKA ''system messages'').
* ''Formatting, and markup capabilities'' (CSS, table types and classes, etc) used on [[:lang:|Russian Wikipedia]] that don't work here yet, can be imported via the Mediawiki: namespace (See [[Help:CSS and formatting]]).
* ''Changes requiring dev intervention'' can be done via a request to Cary Bass. If you need the devs (try not to ask them for things!) use [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/maniphest/task/create/?projects=Wikimedia-Site-requests Wikimedia's issue tracker]. Brion or Tim can often be found on Freenode.net IRC at <tt>#wikimedia-tech</tt>, but don't nag :-)
* ''Image at top left'' - set via config file: but if you set it to "<upload path>/b/bc/Wiki.png" (or FILENAME) then you can change it by uploading a file called Wiki.png (or FILENAME).
* ''Background color'' can be modified by adding the following to your common.css. This is useful to make it immediately clear to a user when they are editing this (as opposed to another) wiki:
<pre>
body {
background-color: #ffe9d8; <or the color of your choice>
background-image: none;
}
</pre>
==Communications==
===IRC channels===
IRC channels for X exist at <tt>X</tt> and at <tt>Y</tt>. Other useful channels:
* <tt>#channel</tt> (description)
* <tt>#wikimedia-tech</tt> (technical queries and requests specific to WMF operation of the systems and wikis)
* <tt>#mediawiki</tt> (general queries about mediawiki)
For information on signing up and IRC commands, see [[Help:IRC]].
===Mailing lists===
* Useful mailing lists exist at [mailto:X@lists.wikimedia.org X@lists.wikimedia.org] (list).
==Other help==
=== Checkuser===
* Help on checkuser is at [[Help:Checkuser guide]]
=== Matters requiring WMF or dev action ===
* Help and advice on matters possibly requiring WMF or dev action is at [[Help:Requests to WMF or devs]]
==Miscellany==
;Misc links that are easy to miss:
* [[:Category:Miscellany]]
[[Category:Help|Wiki overview]]
[[Main Page]][edit]
As described in the main guide, for private wikis, the official Main Page is usually a small page for visitors to the wiki. It might be helpful include links to the secure and regular login pages.
"Portal" page for an arbcom:
[[Image:scales.png|50px|left]]
This is the private wiki used by the [[:lang:Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee|Arbitration Committee of the Russian Wiktionary]].
{{clear}}{{Main contents}}
{| width="60%"
| If this is your first use of this wiki, most useful pages are linked from the main template on your right, or the sidebar on your left. A list of all pages can be found at [[Special:Allpages]].
Alternatively, start at the '''[[Help:Wiki overview|Wiki overview]]'''.
|}
"Portal" page for another project:
[[Image:Icon.png|left]]
This is the private wiki used by the (project description).
{{clear}}{{Main contents}}
{| width="60%"
| If this is your first use of this wiki, most useful pages are linked from the main template on your right, or the sidebar on your left. A list of all pages can be found at [[Special:Allpages]].
{{Boxstart|solid|indent=1}}
'''New account holders:'''
* Don't forget to set (and confirm) your email in prefs, and enable email notification if you use that feature.
*Add your user page to [[:Category:Users]] and also to (other categories) as needed.
* Add your name to '''[[Group info/Users]]''', and if willing to disclose your email to others here (which most will be) then add that (and any other useful contact methods) there as well.
{{Boxend}}
{{Boxstart|solid|indent=1}}
Those who use IRC, two users have set up an IRC channel (#channel name). Non-IRC users are party to discussions there by means of logs being checked, and posted up (in their entirety) with a summary to the wiki for anyone -- see [[Help:IRC]].
{{Boxend}}
That done, start at the '''[[Help:Wiki overview|Wiki overview]]''' for more.
|}
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[[Template:Main contents]][edit]
Main contents for an internal workgroup:
{| class="wikitable" style="float: right; margin:0 0 0.5em 1em;text-align:center;font-size:90%"
|-
! Main areas
|-
| [[Discussion board]]{{dot}}[[Other]]
|-
! Discussions in progress
|-
| (n/a)
|-
! Input requested
|-
| (n/a)
|-
! [[List of all cases|Case archives]]
|-
| (n/a)
|-
! [[Issues]]
|-
|
* (list)
|-
! Open tasks
|-
|
* (list)
|-
! Reference
|-
| (n/a)<hr /><span class="plainlinks" style="font-size:80%">[[Template:Main contents|v]] [{{fullurl:Template:Main contents|action=edit}} e]</span>
|}
Main contents for an arbcom
{| class="wikitable" style="float: right; margin:0 0 0.5em 1em;text-align:center;font-size:90%"
|-
! Main
|-
| [[Discussion board]] · [[Banned user appeals|Ban appeals]]
|-
! Current cases
|-
| '''[[Cases in progress|Cases in progress (summary)]]'''<br />{{caselinks|Case 1}}<br />{{caselinks|case 2}}
|-
! Links to "Recent Changes"
|-
| [[Special:Recentchanges|ArbWiki]] · [[:lang:Special:Recentchangeslinked/Wikipedia:Requests_for_arbitration|lang:RFAR]] · [[:lang:Special:Recentchangeslinked/Template:ArbComOpenTasks|lang:Cases]]
|-
! Case archives
|-
| [[List of 2008 cases|2008]]·[[List of 2007 cases|2007]]·[[List of 2006 cases|2006]]·[[List of 2005 cases|2005]]·[[List of 2004 cases|2004]]<br />'''[[List of recent cases|Recent cases]] · [[List of all cases|All cases]]'''<br />[[Principles]]·[[Remedies]]·[[Enforcement]]
|-
! Issues
|-
| [[none]]
|-
! Reference
|-
| [[Privileges]] [[Users]]<hr /><span class="plainlinks" style="font-size:80%">[[Template:Main contents|v]] [https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/arbcom-en/w/index.php?title=Template:Main_contents&action=edit e]</span>
|}
[[MediaWiki:Specialpages-summary]][edit]
This page lists all "special pages" available in this wiki. The text of individual messages or pages can be customized via ‘’’[[Special:Allmessages]]’’’ (listed under "system messages").
[[Help:CSS and formatting]][edit]
In some cases, code needs to be imported from enwp to allow formatting to work here as it does there. This page explains how.
Then reload the page to get the new code working.
'''If you update any of the pages referenced, please list details below!'''
__TOC__
==Background and how-to==
A large part of code (such as the definition of certain wikitable formats) is defined on the [[mw:Manual:CSS|site-wide CSS]] or JS. Any arbwiki sysop can copy over code related to the following:
* [[MediaWiki:Common.css]] ([[:en:MediaWiki:Common.css|en:]] [[MediaWiki:Common.css|arb:]])
* [[MediaWiki:Common.js]] ([[:en:MediaWiki:Common.js|en:]] [[MediaWiki:Common.js|arb:]])
The laziest method is to just copy all of the files from enwiki or your local language wiki to the arbcom wiki, but check what it would overwrite first. If there is stuff in those pages already on arbwiki (you don't need to be a sysop to check) it might need careful merging. There may also be other scripts or stylesheets being imported.
[[category:Help|CSS and formatting]]
==[[Help:Special formatting]]==
List of userful formating codes:
==Tables==
===Collapsible table===
{| class="collapsible collapsed" style="text-align: left; border: 0px; margin-top: 0.2em;"
|-
! style="background-color: #a0ffa0;" | DESCRIPTION
|-
| TEXT
TEXT
|}
===Sortable table===
:''Example taken from Users list)''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Old name
! New name
! Committee informed
|-
| Adam Apple
| Peter Pixie
| Via arbcom-l on December 24, 2007
|-
| Peter Potato
| Bertie Banana
| Via arbcom-l on December 12, 2007
|-
| Gina Grapefruit
| Zelda Zittergeist
| More info
|}
==Colors==
===Background===
{| style="border:black solid 1px" width="100px"
| style="background-color:#000000" | <font color="white">Black #000000</font>
|-
| style="background-color:#ffc8c8" | #ffc8c8
|-
| style="background-color:#c8ffc8" | #c8ffc8
|-
| style="background-color:#c8c8ff" | #c8c8ff
|-
|}
To shade a color darker try replacing all "c8"s by "b0". For lighter shades try replacing by "d0".
[[category:Help|Special formatting]]
[[Help:Requests to WMF or devs]][edit]
This page covers requests to WMF or devs, by arbcom or arbcom members, such as: :* Config changes to enwp, arb wiki, or related mailing lists. :* Edits to the wiki or logs, or user rights, requiring WMF or dev intervention. In general such requests should be '''confirmed as agreed''' by arbcom, to ensure there is no miscommunication, and then in most cases '''[[:en:User:Cary Bass]]''' should be approached with the request. Remember 1/ developers are normally volunteers and if they're not, they work for the WMF and not for us, 2/ devs have access to the systems but are not authorized to make decisions or judge if the decisions are well founded in many cases. [[Category:Help|Requests to WMF or devs]]
Templates for caselinks, userlinks etc[edit]
(These are the same as normal, but with :lang: added.
Other useful arbcom pages[edit]
[[Banned user appeals]][edit]
This page summarizes users who have appealed a ban. Please open a page for any user appealing a ban, and list them below together with a summary of the case and its status. == Appeals == [[Category:Users]]
[[Cases in progress]][edit]
{{Main contents}}
==Current cases==
: ''When updating this page, remember to also [{{fullurl:Template:Main_contents|action=edit}} update the template].''
===Evidence===
* {{caselinks|case 1}}
* {{caselinks|Case 2}}
===Voting===
[[Standard case wordings]][edit]
'''Case wordings:''' * [[Principles]] * [[Remedies]] * [[Enforcement]] '''Obiter dicta:''' * Temporary injunction [[Category:Boilerplate]]
[[Users and privileges]][edit]
'''User discussions:''' * <list of links> * Specific users: [[:Category:Users]] '''User privileges and related discussions:''' * [[Privileges]] '''Alternate and abandoned accounts:''' * [[Wikipedia user accounts]] '''Other:''' * (list)