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Please use this section to request anything that needs to be done by a moderator/administrator. This can include a request for

  • importing any page from any other wiki
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  • Anything else that is related to the administration of this wiki

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Creating rules and guidelines

Hi all, I think it's time we introduce some clear rules and guidelines for the wiki, preferably supported by consensus. Please comment on the proposals below. If you think there is another topic to be raised, feel free to add it. X010 (talk) 17:52, 26 March 2019 (GMT)

Build naming system

Currently there is no clear policy on the build naming system. I've seen a few possible options from discussions on Discord and elsewhere:

  • current style: each build has its own page, no subpages: for example, Windows 10 (build 12345)
  • each build has its own page and is a subpage of the parent OS: for example, Windows 10/Build 12345
  • (WILSON2bGg's current proposal) Each build has it's own page. The parent page (where the OS page would be) would have a list of all builds of the certain OS.
  • each build has its own page and is separated by colons: for example, Windows 10:Build 12345
  • all builds reside in the parent page and is separated by headings

Personally,

  • that will lead to fragmentation as there is no clear 'collection' of the builds and one will simply have too many pages with the same 'depth'
  • my preference. MediaWiki recognises that it's a subpage and makes some optimisations for that; see mediawikiwiki:Subpages for details.
  • that is confusing as not only does it look cluttered, it looks like a namespace, which it isn't.
  • that would lead to fragmentation and the main pages will simply be too large

Please comment on what you think on them. If you think another option is better, please feel free to add them. X010 (talk) 17:52, 26 March 2019 (GMT)

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