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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,081 ✭✭✭Nukem


    Class place,very cool.
    Nice to see the History of Boards - Well done lads


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,387 ✭✭✭✭DeVore


    someone who knows how to use Biki (or indeed a number of collaborators!) should write a beginners guide to adding to it, reverting abused pages, and editing existing ones. I found adding new pages to be non-obvious the first time!

    DeV.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    DeVore wrote:
    someone who knows how to use Biki (or indeed a number of collaborators!) should write a beginners guide to adding to it, reverting abused pages, and editing existing ones. I found adding new pages to be non-obvious the first time!

    DeV.
    Yeah, it's extremely non-obvious the first time round. You get used to it pretty quickly though. I was looking at stealing the tutorial from Wikipedia, but it'll require a good deal of reformatting (and removing things like the sandbox, etc).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,264 ✭✭✭✭Hobbes


    seamus wrote:
    Yeah, it's extremely non-obvious the first time round. You get used to it pretty quickly though.

    I wrote a plugin instead which allows you to create them easier from within boards rather then figure it out. :)

    But the reverting is an issue though, so far its only been 1-2 muppets ad-libbing some of the posts. You really have to keep an eye on anything you enter.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,291 ✭✭✭damien


    Hobbes wrote:
    You really have to keep an eye on anything you enter.

    That's a very good life motto really.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,522 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    Hey, would it be feasible or usable to use the [] tags on boards to link to a Wiki page?

    For example if you wanted to insert a Wiki link into a post you could write:
    "Blah blah blah biki blah blah.." and the Biki would look like a link
    eg
    "Blah blah blah Biki blah blah.."

    ie - tags would auto direct to the Wiki entry.

    Or is this not a good idea?


  • Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 10,501 Mod ✭✭✭✭ecksor


    Why not just use the custom tag that Cloud added?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35,522 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    Oops sorry, didn't see that on page 3.

    blah blah blah [wiki]biki[/wiki] blah blah.

    Cool, that's deadly


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,111 ✭✭✭tba


    This is great


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    How do I go about putting an entry for myself on the Biki?

    Sorry for the bumpage but the link from the wiki sent me here.

    http://wiki.boards.ie/wiki/boards.ie_Wiki:Community_Portal


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  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,241 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    6th wrote: »
    How do I go about putting an entry for myself on the Biki?

    Sorry for the bumpage but the link from the wiki sent me here.

    http://wiki.boards.ie/wiki/boards.ie_Wiki:Community_Portal

    http://wiki.boards.ie/wiki/Special:Search?search=6th&go=Go

    Just click the create this page link and away you go.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    Is it unusual for people to do their own page? Seems a tad egotistical.


  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,241 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    6th wrote: »
    Is it unusual for people to do their own page? Seems a tad egotistical.

    I always assumed that in most cases people do their own wiki page.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    Damn I can't create the page anymore ..... ok what smartass did that >_>


  • Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,241 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    6th wrote: »
    Damn I can't create the page anymore ..... ok what smartass did that >_>

    Just click the edit button and change what is already there.

    Edit: It was tba who created the page.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,392 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    If I know the poster irl I have been known to make a mockery of their biki page and vice versa. :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    Ah right, I've registered now so I'll get to it soon enough.

    That tbh chick is always stalking me! I hope she's hot.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 43,044 ✭✭✭✭Nevyn




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    Whats the difference here?

    My page when I registered: http://wiki.boards.ie/wiki/User:6th

    The page tbh created: http://wiki.boards.ie/wiki/User_6th


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,392 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    I'm pretty sure that all users were moved to User:x pages a while back.

    hadn't come across the User_x myself


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 15,914 ✭✭✭✭tbh


    6th wrote: »
    Whats the difference here?

    My page when I registered: http://wiki.boards.ie/wiki/User:6th

    The page tbh created: http://wiki.boards.ie/wiki/User_6th

    huh? did you mean thaed?

    # (cur) (last) 14:45, 14 January 2008 Thaed (Talk | contribs) (468 bytes)
    # (cur) (last) 14:42, 14 January 2008 Thaed (Talk | contribs) (315 bytes)
    # (cur) (last) 14:34, 14 January 2008 Thaed (Talk | contribs) (133 bytes)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    Just click the edit button and change what is already there.

    Edit: It was tba who created the page.
    6th wrote: »
    Ah right, I've registered now so I'll get to it soon enough.

    That tbh chick is always stalking me! I hope she's hot.
    tbh wrote: »
    huh? did you mean thaed?

    # (cur) (last) 14:45, 14 January 2008 Thaed (Talk | contribs) (468 bytes)
    # (cur) (last) 14:42, 14 January 2008 Thaed (Talk | contribs) (315 bytes)
    # (cur) (last) 14:34, 14 January 2008 Thaed (Talk | contribs) (133 bytes)

    See the colours of my confusion? tba/tbh/tha(edydal) ... all very confusing.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 15,914 ✭✭✭✭tbh


    6th wrote: »
    See the colours of my confusion? tba/tbh/tha(edydal) ... all very confusing.

    jesus at least reassure me that you were mistaken in that second post as well.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,247 ✭✭✭✭6th


    No >_>


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,111 ✭✭✭tba


    oh the hilarity!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,660 ✭✭✭Gavin


    The Biki is seriously Borked.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭Bob the Builder


    Verb wrote: »
    The Biki is seriously Borked.
    yep, we're all screwed!!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,727 ✭✭✭✭Sherifu


    Poor Nerin.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,523 ✭✭✭✭Nerin


    Sherifu wrote: »
    Poor Nerin.
    i know :(


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,683 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    wiki? broken? why?


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