Wikiversity:Templates

From Wikiversity

Administering Wikiversity Action required The open task template Maintenance Requests for deletion Requests for speedy deletion Copyright violations Requests for custodian action Notices for custodians Templates Introduction to templates Guide to templates Welcome templates Page flag templates Navigation templates Admin templates Template taskforce Barnstars Userboxes Development Developing Wikiversity Activity bars Wikiversity logos Service community Metadata MediaWiki Project MediaWiki Technical needs Reference Policies Custodians Custodianship (policy) How to be a Wikimedia sysop Mission Managing vandalism MediaWiki Handbook Parser functions Logs Bots Consensus Statistics Events and news Announcements Wikimania

Welcome to the Template Taskforce! This is part of the MediaWiki Project.

This is (will be) a guide to creating, perfecting, deploying and documenting templates used at Wikiversity.

Contents 1 Prerequisites 2 Immediate needs 3 Wikiversity:Community Review 4 Learning groups 5 Learning projects 6 Language and translation 7 Getting Started 8 Participants

[edit] Prerequisites

Please take the Wikiversity:Guided tour if you haven't already.

Recommended:

• Introduction to Wiki
• Wiki 101
• ...

See also Topic:MediaWiki and join the MediaWiki Project if you wish.

[edit] Immediate needs

Many Wikiversity templates have been imported from sisterprojects and either don't work well here at wikiversity or are in need of documentation such as intended use, variation, substitution procedures, etc. We will focus on these, first, beginning with a listing of policy-related and other critical templates.

See templates for the complete list. If you see some that need work, please list them here including a brief summary of what kind of attention is needed:

• Category:Protected templates contains a subcategory: Category:Wikipedia protected templates that were imported from Wikipedia. We need to go through these and see which ones are protected or not and if they need a "pedia-versity" update.
• Template:Policy - lacks discussion (testing 1.2.3)
• A basic set of page navigation templates such as those used at the bottom of w:Music genre and w:History of Europe. See {{AI navbar 0}} for a simple example.
• {{Welcome}} - It is important to welcome newcomers to Wikiversity. The welcome template can be added to a newcomer's talk page, automatically signing with your username if you are logged in. Please help keep an eye on the user creation log and add this template quickly to their user talk page.
• liquidThreads - This project began as a feature request at meta, (m:liquidThreads) but was pretty much shelved. We hope to revive it here. see {{liquidThreads}} and Template talk:LiquidThreads
• Wikipedia/Wikiversity - a template that resides in the Template Namespace at Wikipedia, linking to the appropriate page, school, or topic at Wikiversity. You can help by making sure the {{wikiversity}} template on a wikipedia article points to the right place here. The template should only appear in the External links section of a Wikipedia article. See Template:Wikiversity at Wikipedia for more information.
• Reading Group template for Wikipedia -- similar to the above template but pointing towards Portal:Reading groups as well.
• ...

[edit] Wikiversity:Community Review

{{Administering Wikiversity}} - this is what made what you see to the right

• Wikiversity:Custodians - custodians use the {{custodian}} (sysop) template - {{custodians}} is under development
• Wikiversity:Catalyst - any {{user}} can become a {{catalyst}} by volunteering and taking initiative.

Here are a couple of nominees: lysander89 (talk | email | contribs | stats) - Trinity507 (talk | email | contribs | stats)

{{VOTE}}: {{support}} - {{oppose}} - {{comment}} - {{question mark}}

[edit] Learning groups

Main page learning project - this is the group that maintains our portal to the public

General knowlege for template editors:

• Topic:MediaWiki
• Wikiversity:Welcome templates
• Help:Project boxes
• ...

Important: See Category:Page creation templates for ideas on how to create whole pages from templates called "boilerplates".

[edit] Learning projects

We will learn some fundementals by creating some new templates. Please list needed needed templates here:

• Template:TemplateTaskforce - Place {{TemplateTaskforce}} on the Template_talk page associated with a template that you feel needs attention.
• Template:Wiki101 came from and goes along with lesson Wiki 101
• Template:User oops is a fun template to look at and study. It's used as an example at Wiki 101.
• Barnstorm (Barnstar Brainstorm) - This is where we discuss award templates for Wikiversity.
• Avoid /potential conflicts, and name your templates specifically
• ...edit me to add an interesting template...

[edit] Language and translation

This Wikiversity page is under construction. If you see a Red link, turn it into a Blue link. If you see something that needs Translation, translate it. If you don't agree with something or have a question, simply go to Wikiversity talk:Templates with your concerns. This is a wiki!

[edit] Getting Started

Make sure you have read through Wiki 101, paying particular attention to the Templates section. That section deals with small templates that are added to pages as reusable infoboxes, navigational aids and such. Our textbook is the Help:Template section of the MediaWiki Handbook at Meta. Please sign up below and introduce yourself at Wikiversity talk:Templates.

[edit] Participants

• CQ
• TheJF
• Countrymike
• Dark Mage
• ...