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Hi Gijs, happy 2011! I wanted to stop by to point out some issues I noticed on the wiki. | Hi Gijs, happy 2011! I wanted to stop by to point out some issues I noticed on the wiki. | ||
#As pointed out by Oliver, there is a problem with large numbers of unused (spam?) accounts being created. | |||
#There is a problem with many image thumbnails producing a gray screen and the error "Error creating thumbnail: convert: unrecognized option `-set'." | |||
#I want to recommend against the practice of using category pages as articles, such as [:Category:Airbus]. Among other reasons, people can become frustrated when they cannot edit the list. | |||
#<s>The community portal link is broken. It goes to "wiki.flightgear.org:Community portal", but the real page has a capitalized "p", ":Community_'''P'''ortal". </s> | |||
#I am impressed by [[Gallery/2.0.0]]. Perhaps a variation of this can be used for a picture of the day? Since it spreads across languages, maybe just today's date in numbers with an automated screenshot selection. | |||
#Speaking of screenshots, there is a deficit of current screenshots of FG 2.0 (such as of the new clouds/dynamic water). Maybe we could have some sort of a "wiki screenshot upload drive", to boost the amount content available for articles and main page pictures. | |||
Finally, thanks for all your contributions to flightgear and the wiki. Wish you the best in your pursuits. [[User:Fg|Fg]] 15:41, 17 January 2011 (EST) | Finally, thanks for all your contributions to flightgear and the wiki. Wish you the best in your pursuits. [[User:Fg|Fg]] 15:41, 17 January 2011 (EST) | ||
:Thanks for fixing the community portal! [[User:Fg|Fg]] 15:20, 18 January 2011 (EST) | :Thanks for fixing the community portal! [[User:Fg|Fg]] 15:20, 18 January 2011 (EST) | ||
:: I didn't have the time to write you back yet, so here we go :) | |||
::# We (wiki admin and I) are aware of it. However, I am not the wiki admin (just a moderator), so I cannot install extra levels of security... | |||
::#The same problem comes in here. I prepared a fix, but the admin has to fix it (and apparently he hasn't been online for a while...). | |||
::# I myself do like the "category articles", as they provide an automated list of pages in that category. Manufacturers do not require lengthy articles at our wiki; that's something that should be kept at Wikipedia IMO. | |||
::# That was an easy fix. | |||
::# We had POTD in the past, but it turned out that it isn't that easy to have a unique (and nice) picture each single day. That's why we moved to POTW. | |||
::#I like this idea; we can easily create a topic at the forum to ask people for their support. However, the thumbnail issue should get fixed first! | |||
:: Thanks for your feedback! Cheers, [[User:Gijs|Gijs]] 15:28, 18 January 2011 (EST) | |||