From the monthly archives:

November 2008

Template:Stub

November 23, 2008

I added a “Stub” template tonight and applied it to a few dozen articles that are in need of some more content. By creating this template, RichmondWiki editors can easily find articles categorized as stubs and contribute more content to them. It might also encourage average readers to add some content as they realize it [...]

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Partnership with ArborWiki.org

November 21, 2008

Even though I’ve known these guys for a while, RichmondWiki.org and ArborWiki.org have decided to share analytics and insights gained to improve our respective civic wikis. ArborWiki is a more established wiki that serves Ann Arbor, MI. It is run by Matt Hampel, a student at the University of Michigan. Other administrators are actively involved [...]

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RichmondWiki Launch Press Release

November 20, 2008

A few local media sites received this press release (click to download .doc) today. RICHMONDWIKI.ORG ANNOUNCES FREE COMMUNITY RESOURCE FOR RICHMOND Collaborative Wiki Website Allows Anybody To Add or Edit Content RICHMOND, Va. (November, 20 2008) – RichmondWiki.org is pleased to announce the launch of a new online community resource for Richmonders. RichmondWiki.org is a [...]

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Request: MediaWiki Dofollow Extension

November 20, 2008

RichmondWiki.org currently adds the rel=”nofollow” attribute to every external link (except the RSS feeds) based on a default MediaWiki setting. It’s an effective anti-spam measure because it lowers the incentive for link spammers to manually or automatically create gratuitous links to their sites to benefit from increased PageRank (or link ju ju, whatever you want [...]

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