Hey,
When developing the {{ WkP X}} template (and before you say so, yes I'm aware of the Metabanner), I was thinking that WikiProjects and their template were terribly different, and bot maintenance of them would be very useful, but near-impossible as of now. So I am now building Wikiproject X, whose goal is to be an easily adaptable bone-structure of a "well-structured" WikiProjects, as well as to help uniformize current ones. One of the the goal is that by replacing X by "Something" and "x" by "something", about 95% of the work would be done if you wanted to start WikiProject Something.
I also thought of new features that could be implemented. You already heard of the "-Type" parameter, but it would also have an automatic categorization that will classify any pages in "X-type x page of Y-Class of Z-Importance" categories (instead of a mix of projets that categorize with not all parameters). If we standardize the WikiProject templates "core" code, then bot-assisted maintenance would be much more easier. We could even have each WikiProject "Current Activities" sections bot-updated as well, to monitor AfD, GAC, FAC, FLC, RfC, Peer reviews, GA-promotion, FA-promotion, FL-promotion, etc...
There are some technical challenge that will be associated with things, such as converting current templates into WP 2.0 compatible templates (one thing I thought would be nice is that most templates right now are of the form WP X, so a WP2.0 compatible template would be of WkP X form, since this would distinguish it from the WP1.0 ones, and from the "shortcuts" such as WP:AIV which can lead to some confusion for newcomers), etc... but that's for later. This should give you an idea of the scope of what I have in mind.
You guys (Carl, Oleg) handle the WP 1.0 Bot right now. While I can't ask you to write the WP 2.0 Bot code, you are the ones who know how a good template should be written, and would probably be the ones to write the code for a WP2.0 bot were a 2.0 proposal to pass. But for sake of efficiency, both in WikiProjects, and in Bot-handling of tedious tasks, there needs to be a balance between the functionality of a template, and the work required out of bots (not WP2.0 bot alone).
The key features of a good template would be (IMO)
Note that this is all still very crude and still has months to go, and didn't really have any input from anyone. I want to have at least a rough "bone-structure" established before presenting this to the community to discuss the finer details, which would perhaps be in 2 months. But template writing is ready for discussion. If you could review the {{ WkP X}} code, to find flaws, things that could be better (especially for bots), suggestions to improve functionality, etc.. that would be really great. I believe the code to be well-structured, and well-commented so it shouldn't be too hard for a stranger to find his way around.
Thanks. Headbomb { ταλκ – WP Physics: PotW} 02:41, 12 July 2008 (UTC)
Hey,
When developing the {{ WkP X}} template (and before you say so, yes I'm aware of the Metabanner), I was thinking that WikiProjects and their template were terribly different, and bot maintenance of them would be very useful, but near-impossible as of now. So I am now building Wikiproject X, whose goal is to be an easily adaptable bone-structure of a "well-structured" WikiProjects, as well as to help uniformize current ones. One of the the goal is that by replacing X by "Something" and "x" by "something", about 95% of the work would be done if you wanted to start WikiProject Something.
I also thought of new features that could be implemented. You already heard of the "-Type" parameter, but it would also have an automatic categorization that will classify any pages in "X-type x page of Y-Class of Z-Importance" categories (instead of a mix of projets that categorize with not all parameters). If we standardize the WikiProject templates "core" code, then bot-assisted maintenance would be much more easier. We could even have each WikiProject "Current Activities" sections bot-updated as well, to monitor AfD, GAC, FAC, FLC, RfC, Peer reviews, GA-promotion, FA-promotion, FL-promotion, etc...
There are some technical challenge that will be associated with things, such as converting current templates into WP 2.0 compatible templates (one thing I thought would be nice is that most templates right now are of the form WP X, so a WP2.0 compatible template would be of WkP X form, since this would distinguish it from the WP1.0 ones, and from the "shortcuts" such as WP:AIV which can lead to some confusion for newcomers), etc... but that's for later. This should give you an idea of the scope of what I have in mind.
You guys (Carl, Oleg) handle the WP 1.0 Bot right now. While I can't ask you to write the WP 2.0 Bot code, you are the ones who know how a good template should be written, and would probably be the ones to write the code for a WP2.0 bot were a 2.0 proposal to pass. But for sake of efficiency, both in WikiProjects, and in Bot-handling of tedious tasks, there needs to be a balance between the functionality of a template, and the work required out of bots (not WP2.0 bot alone).
The key features of a good template would be (IMO)
Note that this is all still very crude and still has months to go, and didn't really have any input from anyone. I want to have at least a rough "bone-structure" established before presenting this to the community to discuss the finer details, which would perhaps be in 2 months. But template writing is ready for discussion. If you could review the {{ WkP X}} code, to find flaws, things that could be better (especially for bots), suggestions to improve functionality, etc.. that would be really great. I believe the code to be well-structured, and well-commented so it shouldn't be too hard for a stranger to find his way around.
Thanks. Headbomb { ταλκ – WP Physics: PotW} 02:41, 12 July 2008 (UTC)