Wiki Trail
okay, another wacky idea from the brain of tarq: Wiki trails.
A Wiki trail is a list of pages that are related in some way. Maybe
- they cover a certain topic in depth
- a nice list of tutorials for newbs to do in sequence. Different people recommend different reading orders, so we could have several.
- they are a Wiki writer's personal recommendation for something
The list on UnrealScript Lessons is such a trail. (though it's not quite finished yet).
A trail is presented like this:
- a head page, called, say "Foo Trail". This gives an overview of what the trail is about, and at least the first page.
- pages within the trail are just ordinary pages from the wiki. The only "new" page is the Head Page.
- in the Related TOpics links at the foot of each member page, you'll find a link to the next one: it's a linked list.
Eg:
Related Topics
- page foo
- {{Some page link}} – next page in the {{Zxan Trail}}
- page bar
comments?
Mychaeel: Nice idea, but I don't see that it can be applied to a user's actual benefit.
Mosquito: This is just my suggestion, but would it not be better to sort of 'tag' these wiki trails with this at the bottom?:
Wiki Trail
- Home
- Previous
- Next
Mosquito: That way, we can keep the more abstract related links in the related links section.
ZxAnPhOrIaN: Yeah like this (im on irc! ):
Zxan
- Topic1
- A
- B
- C
- Topic2
- A
- B
- C
- Topic3
- A
- B
- C
Mychaeel: Well, I dislike this for two reasons:
- I don't see that it will actually work out as nicely as it is in concept.
- It's one more reason for some individuals to do it anyway merely to get personal attention.
If anything those trails should be functionally named, not after some person. A "my first map" trail maybe, or a "how to create a mutator" trail. Not a "ZxAnPhOrIaN trail" and a "Mychaeel trail."
Mosquito: I still think that my idea would be best suited. Wiki trails are going to be something special in the wiki. By naming the green bar Wiki Trail people can do a search for wiki trail. So it's like tagging the page. But the topic should be put somewhere...
Wiki Trail
- Topic could go here
- Home
- Previous
- Next