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[Woodstock]

Good info for DIY challenged people like me Thanks!

[billyr98]

Very Nice Info.. Thanks!

[ChrisKil]

I was wondering if anyone new where some information on Reefpedia site standards were. I would assume that to preserve a uniform feel there is a style that is supposed to be applied universally across the whole site (Wikipedia does this, as do all newspapers and magazines.) I can't find any information about it.

Navagation through the site is a little tricky, as you can't search on groups. Categories and Articles could be consolidated and rearranged. (i.e. If a user does a search on xyz fish, it turns up no pages, but navigate to the category page that contains that fish and there is a lot of information.) It seems like there should be a uniform method to linking pages, redirects, and how category pages work.

Before I made any major changes, I wanted to discuss it with other Reefpedia members. I couldn't find any discussion pages where members where discussing edits. Any info would be great.

[Travis]

Hi Chris, I just replied to your email and thought I would post it here as well and share my feelings with all on the progress (or lack thereof) of ReefPedia.

Originally Posted by me

Chris,

First of all, thank you so much for your contributions so far on ReefPedia. And thank you for taking the time to contact me. I really do think that ReefPedia is a site before its time, and that as people become more accustomed to Wikis, it will take off. But for the most part, it has been a one man (me) show. I promoted it heavily at first and got some good contributions, but a Wiki is definitely a community and the community aspect hasn't really taken hold.

I appreciate how organized and well thought-out Wikipedia is, but it was also an evolution getting there. As I tried adding more instructions and standards, I realized I was just confusing things for people who are already either overwhelmed or intimidated by the Wiki nature of the site. So I purposely kept things simple, in hopes that those standards and structures would evolve with the site.

Also, while ReefPedia was something I had a good amount of time to promote at first, I got promoted at work and had to focus on the paying job. So my progress on promoting and developing the site has slowed to a crawl. Honestly, I think it needs some TLC but more than anything the idea of a reef aquarium wiki needs time.

As far as how things should look and feel, I made templates for fish, coral and invert pages for that reason as well as to simplify things for people. Rather than telling people how to do things (which again I think there may be already too much of), I thought I would try to do it for them.

I'm definitely not the world's best wiki admin, but I really do believe that as the hobby and the Internet evolve together, this place could be the next ReefCentral (only nicer I hope, LOL.)

I would L-O-V-E your help with this project in any way you'd be willing to contribute. I would be happy to upgrade you to admin status immediately.


By the way, sounds like our day jobs are yet another source of common ground. I'm a creative director at an interactive marketing agency.

Thanks again

Travis