COLLADA Public Wiki:Community Portal: Difference between revisions

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Welcome to the wiki Community portal
A place for discussions about the wiki

Portals: • Products • Extensions • Tools • Conditioners • COLLADA DOM • Coherency Test • Tech topics • Tutorials

Welcome to the COLLADA wiki community page. This is the central place to find out what's happening on the COLLADA public wiki. Learn what tasks need to be done and get or post news about recent events or current activities.

Recent articles of general interest

See also the special automated list of newest articles

News and tidbits

insert here...

Wiki projects in process

How you can contribute

Look for articles flagged for improvement

Review the list of stub articles, which need more information.
Review the list of articles with specific questions embedded for an editor to address.

Answer other people's questions

Visit the wiki help desk and answer any unanswered questions.

Help keep the wiki organized

People can add articles that are unconnected to anything and that are uncategorized. This makes it harder to find them. To help, anyone can check for such articles and connect them.

Things to do:

Check for orphaned articles: These are articles to which no other article refers. Except for helpful redirects, this is generally a bad thing. Figure out where there should be a link to that article and insert it.
Categorize uncategorized articles: All articles (except maybe the sandbox) should be in a category. Figure out what category(ies) and add it.
Categorize uncategorized categories: To maintain the category hierarchy, all categories (except Category:Top level must be in at least one other category.
Categorize uncategorized images: Yes, uploaded images, too, should be in categories for images.
Fix broken redirects: A helpful redirect goes to a nonexistent article. Fix to point to a real article or create the missing article.
Fix double redirects: Read more in redirect.
Reviewing edits and fixing spam: Patrol recent changes and clean up edits.

Have a question?

About the COLLADA wiki?

Wiki FAQ for usage tips
Help for usage tips
Wiki help desk to post a how-to question
Questions in general about this wiki, its policies, its goals, and so on? Click the discussion tab at the top of this article.

About COLLADA?

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-Welcome to the '''COLLADA wiki community page'''. This is the central place to find out what's happening on the COLLADA public wiki. Learn what tasks need to be done, what groups can be joined, and get or post news about recent events or current activities.
+{{portalheader|title=wiki Community|description=A place for discussions about the wiki}}
+<div style="background-color: #eeeeee;  border:1px solid #999999; color:#000; padding-top: 3px; padding-left:5px; padding-right:5px; padding-bottom: 3px;">Welcome to the '''COLLADA wiki community page'''. This is the central place to find out what's happening on the COLLADA public wiki. Learn what tasks need to be done and get or post news about recent events or current activities.
 ==Recent articles of general interest==
-* Help articles:
-**[[Help:Naming wiki articles|Naming wiki articles]]
-**[[Help:Editing wiki articles|Editing wiki articles]]
-**[[Help:Adding a new article|Adding a new article]]
-**[[Help:Wiki template|Wiki template]]
-**[[Help:Linking within wiki articles|Linking within wiki articles]]
-**[[:Category:Help]]
-* Sept '06: Draft [[COLLADA Physics Compatibility Matrix]]
 * ''See also the [[Special:Newpages|special automated list of newest articles]]''
+==News and tidbits==
+* insert here...
+*
 ==Wiki projects in process==
-* [[COLLADA DOM API tutorial]]
+* [[Portal:COLLADA DOM|COLLADA DOM]] documentation
-* [[Extension directory]]
 * [[Articles to create]]
-* [[COLLADA tutorial]]
 * [[Wiki customization project]]
-==Help keep the wiki organized==
+==How you can contribute==
+===Look for articles flagged for improvement===
+* [[:Category:Stub articles|Review the list of stub articles]], which need more information.
+* [[:Category:Editing work|Review the list of articles with specific questions]] embedded for an editor to address.
+===Answer other people's questions===
+Visit the [[wiki help desk]] and answer any unanswered questions.
+===Help keep the wiki organized===
 People can add articles that are unconnected to anything and that are uncategorized. This makes it harder to find them. To help, anyone can check for such articles and connect them.
-Things to check:
+Things to do:
-*[[Special:Lonelypages|Orphaned articles]]: These are articles to which no other article refers. Except for helpful [[redirect]]s, this is generally a bad thing. Figure out where there should be a link to that article and insert it.
+*[[Special:Lonelypages|Check for orphaned articles]]: These are articles to which no other article refers. Except for helpful [[redirect]]s, this is generally a bad thing. Figure out where there should be a link to that article and insert it.
-*[[Special:Uncategorizedpages|Uncategorized articles]]: All articles (except maybe the [[sandbox]]) should be in a [[category]]. Figure out what category(ies) and add it.
+*[[Special:Uncategorizedpages|Categorize uncategorized articles]]: All articles (except maybe the [[sandbox]]) should be in a [[category]]. Figure out what category(ies) and add it.
-*[[Special:Uncategorizedcategories|Uncategorized categories]]: To maintain the category hierarchy, all categories (except [[:Category:Top level]] must be in at least one other category.
+*[[Special:Uncategorizedcategories|Categorize uncategorized categories]]: To maintain the category hierarchy, all categories (except [[:Category:Top level]] must be in at least one other category.
-*[[Special:Uncategorizedimages|Uncategorized images]]: Yes, uploaded images, too, should be in categories for images.
+*[[Special:Uncategorizedimages|Categorize uncategorized images]]: Yes, uploaded images, too, should be in categories for images.
-*[[Special:BrokenRedirects|Broken redirects]]: A helpful redirect goes to a nonexistent article. Fix to point to a real article or create the missing article.
+*[[Special:BrokenRedirects|Fix broken redirects]]: A helpful redirect goes to a nonexistent article. Fix to point to a real article or create the missing article.
-*[[Special:DoubleRedirects|Double redirects]]: Read more in [[redirect]].
+*[[Special:DoubleRedirects|Fix double redirects]]: Read more in [[redirect]].
+* [[Help:Reviewing edits and fixing spam|Reviewing edits and fixing spam]]: Patrol recent changes and clean up edits.
+==Have a question?==
+===About the COLLADA wiki?===
+*[[Wiki FAQ]] for usage tips
+*[[Help:Contents|Help]] for usage tips
+*[[Wiki help desk]] to post a how-to question
+*Questions in general about this wiki, its policies, its goals, and so on? Click the '''discussion''' tab at the top of this article.
+===About COLLADA?===
+*[[COLLADA FAQ]]
+*[[Category:Top level|Browse wiki articles by category]]
+*[https://collada.org/public_forum/welcome.php COLLADA forum]
+</div> <!-- end of portal formatting -->
-[[Category:Projects]][[Category:Wiki]][[Category:Top level]]
+[[Category:Top level]]