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[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents#For_system_administrators for administrators].


* is there an admin-list or similar?
Please follow the link:
*: See [[Special:Listusers]]
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents#For_system_administrators
* if not, is there a de-facto place in the wiki to coordinate?
*: This one!

* I've been patrolling the general edits, does it help? I try not to patrol technical and similar edits that may compromise the hardware/software builds, etc
*: Yes, it helps.

* I'm trying to categorize the site, and was thinking that Wikipedia's handling of subcategories as expandable lists would be a nice extension to have in order to avoid content being lost deep within sub-categories (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Computer_architecture)
*: Ahh, interesting point. We should do this. [[User:18.85.18.138|18.85.18.138]]


* I've been doing some reworks with the [[Ask OLPC a Question]] area (mainly writing up /Summary pages for the [[... about XXX]] pages). The selection of questions (and body of the answer) could use some OLPC staff member to review their correctness. comments? should those /Summary pages be protected? if yes, only to registered users or exclusively admins?
*: No need to protect them; just keep an eye on them. I try not to protect anything until some vandal starts to make them unusable.

Revision as of 17:34, 16 January 2007

Some notes for administrators.

  • is there an admin-list or similar?
    See Special:Listusers
  • if not, is there a de-facto place in the wiki to coordinate?
    This one!
  • I've been patrolling the general edits, does it help? I try not to patrol technical and similar edits that may compromise the hardware/software builds, etc
    Yes, it helps.


  • I've been doing some reworks with the Ask OLPC a Question area (mainly writing up /Summary pages for the ... about XXX pages). The selection of questions (and body of the answer) could use some OLPC staff member to review their correctness. comments? should those /Summary pages be protected? if yes, only to registered users or exclusively admins?
    No need to protect them; just keep an eye on them. I try not to protect anything until some vandal starts to make them unusable.