Join the Fediverse:Proposal for new stucture
I'm trying to restructure the wiki a bit and then create more content to answer the most basic questions people have about the Fediverse.
Finished changes
- Namespaces: We now have 2 new namespaces. Draft and Archive. You can find e.g. Draft:Captions and Archive:Mastodon features explained in the new namespaces.
- Article titles: I renamed all articles that were titled "What is...?" or "What are...?" to the more simple title, e.g. Mastodon instead of What is Mastodon? (which redirects to the former though).
- Categories: I removed some categories like the "What is" category and added a few new ones, like Category:Usage.
- Redirects: You can now search for the name of some other social media services and get redirected to a Fediverse equivalent. Instagram, Reddit, Youtube, Goodreads, Twitter (also X (Twitter))
Ongoing changes
- Fediverse: I'm drafting a new Fediverse article where you can find answers to basic questions in a more structured way. Draft:New Fediverse Article
- Colors: In the future, colors (like used in the Portals) will represent the main questions the wiki is trying to answer. See table on the bottom.
- The Main page should already have a section explaining what the Fediverse is.
- Sidebar: I'll edit the sidebar to contain these items Main page, The Fediverse (What is it?, How do I join?, How do I use it?), This wiki (About, Navigation, Categories, Editing/Translating), For Editors, Guides & Guidelines, Todos, Special pages, Help about MediaWiki, Recent changes
- Templates: Template:Getting started links will be edited.
- What people usually tell you about the Fediverse, Getting started with your Fediverse account, Welcome to the Fediverse Quickstart guide might be renamed or split/merged with different articles.
- Unrelated to the other changes, but a note for myself: I'm adding image captions to the pages of each image and making sure they are seen in each article using the image.
Finishing touches
- I'm going to edit the editing guides to document the new changes.
- I'm going to check all reports to fix errors.
- I'm going to try to find translators to update/fix the translations.
Colors table
Here I'm trying to decide what which color will stand for.
| name | hex code | possible later usage | current usage in | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| accent | medium | pale | Main page | About | Navigation | Editing | Todos | Climate | ||
| orange | ff6100 | ffe5d4 | welcome | welcome | about | info | welcome | info | welcome | |
| green | 40bc65 | 84de9f | a7e0b8 | What is the Fediverse? | futher help | translations | quality control | |||
| red | ff4e51 | ff8c8e | ffd2d3 | How can I join the Fediverse? | projects | news | search | rules | content | fediverse |
| blue | 3d9bff | 9acbff | c9e3ff | How do I use the Fediverse? | getting started | who we are | list of ways | basics | maintenance | issue |
| purple | bb42ff | db9bff | ebc7ff | other | help us | portals | todos | curation | ||
| yellow | dbe529 | e4ec5b | f5f9ab | administration/moderation | more | categories | translations | wiki | ||
| grey | 737373 | 9e9e9e | cbcbcb | this wiki | other resources | guidance/administration | ||||