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Brain&Force
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We also need a logo...I don't know if Polverone will allow us to use the Sciencemadness logo though. I'll U2U him.
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Texium
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Yeah, I was hoping to be able to use it, but I didn't because I wasn't sure.
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The Volatile Chemist
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Great! So happy people agreed to do this! I'll be a major contributor, just have to get registered on their site.
Too bad we can't use wikipedia's articles on chemistry as a base of operations to build on. Oh well. I'll register for the site! Hopefully I'll be
able to make myself useful. Woelen has many pictures he uses on Wikipedia, if he grows to like this idea, his contributions in that matter may be
useful.
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Texium
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Using Wikipedia articles is fine for a starting point, just as long as they aren't copied identically. If you use them, revise them so that they
contain more information that is useful and less that isn't. The old chemistry wiki was completely adverse to the idea of using Wikipedia as a
starting point, and that made it extremely difficult to make any progress.
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The Volatile Chemist
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I hope you don't mind if I put your notice in your sig about the SM wiki in my signature, do you?
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Texium
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Nope, go ahead! I'm really excited that this project seems to be taking it off, and I think it would be good to promote it on the forum.
Also, I added a tab on the wiki called Get Started. It takes you to a page with links to wanted pages and short pages, the ones that really need
editing. That's an easy way to find something to add. Also make sure that when you create or edit a page you include links in the text to other things
that need pages. Even if it shows up as a redlink, it will help by adding a wanted page. The more redlinks to the same page, the higher priority the
wanted page.
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The Volatile Chemist
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Thanks for telling me! I've been working there a little while now.
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Etaoin Shrdlu
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If you copy articles in whole or part, please don't forget to credit Wikipedia. Otherwise, there shouldn't be a problem.
It would be nice to see more citations. This is amateur-science-focused so it will eventually by design contain information that isn't yet published
in journals (hopefully!) and for that reason alone I don't think the rigorous Wikipedia standards are necessary, but something as simple as citing
your own experiment on X date or a Sciencemadness page would be nice, if there's nothing published to back you up. If people take to writing
experiments up on the wiki, those pages could be cited as well as provide a place for multiple people to corroborate each others' results.
Does the platform you're using allow for payment to switch off the ads, or allow for migration eventually?
EDIT: How do you guys feel about adding OTC and other sources to chemical pages?
[Edited on 6-16-2014 by Etaoin Shrdlu]
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Texium
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I couldn't agree more about the citations. I'll add a page that sets out guidelines and tips about citing sources and images.
I haven't looked into paying to switch off adds. As far as I know, they don't offer that option. I've never really thought about it, because ads never
really bother me (unless they're ridiculously disruptive)
As for adding OTC sources for chemicals, yes. That's one thing that would definitely be very helpful, and it should be a goal to have a sources
section on every chemical page. Here's an example of one that already does: http://sciencemadness.wikia.com/wiki/Zinc
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Brain&Force
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Quote: Originally posted by zts16  | I couldn't agree more about the citations. I'll add a page that sets out guidelines and tips about citing sources and images.
I haven't looked into paying to switch off adds. As far as I know, they don't offer that option. I've never really thought about it, because ads never
really bother me (unless they're ridiculously disruptive)
As for adding OTC sources for chemicals, yes. That's one thing that would definitely be very helpful, and it should be a goal to have a sources
section on every chemical page. Here's an example of one that already does: http://sciencemadness.wikia.com/wiki/Zinc |
I just use Adblock. Everyone should use it. As for other chemical sources, I would vote to include them in general, also manufacturing processes that
can be done at home.
[Edited on 17.6.2014 by Brain&Force]
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Texium
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B&F, why don't you get a Wikia account? That way you could upload media, and the edits that you make will be contributed to you, rather than being
anonymous.
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The Volatile Chemist
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Yes, B&F, it would give some credit to the edit 
Sounds like this is a good start. Is there away to migrate, if necessary? At least download an xml file of it? Just in case we need to eventually.
It'd make it look nicer in the future...
But for now, I'll get to work. We need more contributors.
Ask the guy who owned the old wiki if he wants to help!
[Edited on 6-17-2014 by The Volatile Chemist]
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Texium
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I'll be able to make it look a lot nicer than it does now on the current platform. I figured that some of the cosmetic stuff could wait for later once
we have some more content and I have some more time.
I guess I can let the people on the old wiki know about ours, but I'm not sure whether anyone even cares about it anymore. The last time that anybody
changed it other than some anonymous edits in the past couple weeks was back in January, when I was working on it. (I said earlier in the thread that
it was in March, but it was actually January. Time flies!) It was around the time when I first joined this forum. Not even the owner has done anything
on it since then.
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The Volatile Chemist
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He may (Or may not) feel like moving some of his own stuff over. I wonder if he's heard of SM before...
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Texium
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He's not that interested in chemistry. As I said before, it seems that his main interest is his WWII wiki. He didn't make that many edits himself, he
just did the work on the cosmetics and coding, and other people actually wrote stuff. Some of them may possibly be interested, although they haven't
been active on there for at least 5 months if not more.
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thesmug
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I don't recall seeing the old wiki ever active but who knows. I will definitely help out though!
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Etaoin Shrdlu
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I block ads too, but it still leaves the layout clunky. It's not the content of the ads that really bothers me.
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Brain&Force
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How can we add navbox templates to the site?
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Brain&Force
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There's a bit of an issue with bolding text - every time I try doing this, it puts the words in italics and add single quotes to them, 'like
this.' Have you had the same issue?
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Texium
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No, I've never seen that happen before. That's rather odd. The way the code works on there, italic is made by using two quotes on either side ''like
this'' and bold is made with three quotes '''like this''' so it is as if it simply disabled bold text somehow.
Edit: Just checked the magnesium page, and it appears that the bold text is working again.
[Edited on 6-18-2014 by zts16]
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Brain&Force
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It works if I edit the page again for some reason.
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arkoma
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I'm so used to having adblock (it's a MUST for piratebay users LOL) I don't even think about them anymore.
The wiki looks nice so far gents.
edit--hell, i signed up and actually contributed. a first on my part!!
[Edited on 6-19-2014 by arkoma]
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thesmug
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I like the wiki but the layout is a bit eye-straining. Is there any way you could try to make the background of the pages the same color as the pages
on here? I think it would look good! The grayish blue background is A0B0BC and the tan background is FFFBE8.
Good eyes
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Texium
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How about I use the tan background behind the text, but keep the green backdrop?
Edit: Ok, for now I made it look like the same theme as this forum. Maybe it'll stay like that, maybe not. I do like the sense of relation that it
brings about, although I honestly don't really like the blue-gray background color all that much!
[Edited on 6-19-2014 by zts16]
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I just used the mobile version for the first time and it looks AWFUL. Mostly because of very intrusive ads, but in general it's pretty messy.
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