From the monthly archives:

October 2008

How to add rel nofollow to MediaWiki Edit Links

October 30, 2008

You may know me as the founder, developer, and cheerleader for RichmondWiki, but when I’m not tinkering with MediaWiki my day job is a search engine optimization consultant. Simply put, this means that I work with companies to create strategies to increase traffic to their websites from Google (oh yeah, and the other engines too). [...]

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Just Received O'Reilly MediaWiki Book

October 30, 2008

[UPDATE] Just added more details about the book to the new MediaWiki Resources page [/UPDATE] The trusty mailman just dropped off my copy of O’Reilly Publishing’s new book called “MediaWiki“. The book was written by Daniel J. Barrett and contains a lot of how-to’s on setting up, installation, maintenance, upgrades, editing, and administration of MediaWiki [...]

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Wikipedia Article in MIT Tech Review

October 24, 2008

I came across this interesting article in MIT’s Technology Review. Simson Garfinkel takes an in-depth look into Wikipedia’s inner workings and the people and policies that make it hum, noting the good (breadth and depth of information) with the bad (lack of verifiability and the fact that many people rely on Wikipedia as truth). Given [...]

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New Article: Richmond Haunted Houses

October 21, 2008

Trying a new approach: anticipating and creating content for seasonal events. I couldn’t find a single resource for Richmond haunted houses so I created one on RichmondWiki. Hopefully people will find it and contribute if there are any I missed. Articles like this can become a permanent running list of local events related to a [...]

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Calling All Richmond Bloggers – Free Listings

October 17, 2008

Hello Richmond Bloggers! RichmondWiki.org is a great place to add a blog profile and increase your visibility online! It’s simple and free. Follow these few steps and in no time your article will be live, complete with a link to your site and your most recent posts via RSS. For additional help, download the Wiki [...]

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