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'''Community Portal includes discussion about the project. '''


== Scouting Wikia ==


Is en-SW really a direct successor for [http://scouting.wikia.com/ Scouting Wikia]? If yes, why isn't it completely run down and the users more efficiently redirected here? Has all the material been transferred here? --[[User:ZeiP|ZeiP]] 01:58, 11 September 2007 (CEST)


:Yes it has been all transferred here, and yes it is a successor for Scouting Wikia, or, well, at least, in my mind. But I haven't completely run down the scouting wikia because I thought as, as long as it wasn't "my" wiki and as I don't know the guy who created it, I couldn't blank all pages ... But maybe it would be a good idea to do so. I'm not sure. [[User:Akela NDE|Akela]] - <small>[[Special:Emailuser/Akela NDE|yaw]] [[:fr:Discussion utilisateur:Akela NDE|yaoooo !]]</small> 05:06, 11 September 2007 (CEST)
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::After all ... Done. [[User:Akela NDE|Akela]] - <small>[[Special:Emailuser/Akela NDE|yaw]] [[:fr:Discussion utilisateur:Akela NDE|yaoooo !]]</small> 05:31, 11 September 2007 (CEST)
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<center><h2>Welcome!</h2></center>
Welcome to the '''community portal''' of the English language Scoutwiki! This portal aims at assisting you in contributing to this scoutwiki. It contains articles that can come in handy when you want to assist in building this scoutwiki, making it a useful tool for scouts around the world.


:: Well, I wouldn't even put any notices there if it was someone else's, but try to contact the owner instead. Oh well. --[[User:ZeiP|ZeiP]] 00:06, 12 September 2007 (CEST)
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:::If my memory's good we tried, but he didn't answer. We tried to contact BigDT too, the guy who tried to wake it up : he logged in here but seemed to have changed is mind as he's the owner of the http://www.scoutpedia.com url, which he recently made a redirect to en:wikipedia's scouting portal. [[User:Akela NDE|Akela]] - <small>[[Special:Emailuser/Akela NDE|yaw]] [[:fr:Discussion utilisateur:Akela NDE|yaoooo !]]</small> 00:12, 12 September 2007 (CEST)
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== Spam control ==
==Scouts on scoutwiki==
[[Special:Listusers|List of users]] {{bullet}} [[ScoutWiki:Camp Fire|Camp Fire (discussion area)]] {{bullet}} [[ScoutWiki:Applications for Adminship|Applications for Adminship of this ScoutWiki]]


There are currently quite many infinite blocks. I'm quite sure none of those actually need to infinite – the spammers don't probably even have the same IP any more, they've changed it a million times already for the blocks created on June. Some of the blocks even block creation of accounts!
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So, we need to think about spam control. Spam control with the amount of spam we currently have here would be relatively easy if we had enough activity – however in the current situation in which most of the entries on [[Special:Recentchanges]] are blocks, deletions and reverts of spam, it just doesn't work.
==Articles==
[[special:Newpages|New]] {{bullet}} [[special:Popularpages|Most watched]] {{bullet}} [[special:Wantedpages|Most wanted]] {{bullet}} [[special:Longpages|Longest]] {{bullet}} [[special:Shortpages|Shortest]] {{bullet}}  [[special:Allpages|All articles]] {{bullet}} [[special:Categories|All categories]] {{bullet}} [[special:Recentchanges|Recent changes]]


We can't keep on giving those infinite blocks. Instead we need to figure out a decent duration after which the block expires – two weeks, month, two months — pretty much anything but infinite. Also, we need to think if we need to allow anonymous edits at all. It seems the only reasonable edits are done by logged-in users anyway, so I think it'd be a feasible option. --[[User:ZeiP|ZeiP]] 03:58, 17 November 2007 (EET)
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I think that it would be good to block anonymous edits. I avoid giving infinite blocks, but all admins should do so. [[User:Juham|Juham]] 00:25, 3 December 1907 (EET)
==Help us!==
[[special:Uncategorizedpages|Pages that still need a category]]<br />
[[special:Uncategorizedcategories|Categories that still need a category]]<br />
[[special:Lonelypages|Pages where no other page links to]]<br />
[[special:Deadendpages|Pages without links to other pages]]<br />
[[:Category:Stubs|Stubs]] - Need to be extended<br />
[[special:Shortpages|Short articles]] - May need to be extended<br />
[[special:Wantedpages|Wanted pages]]/[[Special:WantedCategories|wanted categories]] - Still need to be written<br />
[[:Category:Needs to be ScoutWikified|ScoutWikify imported articles from Wikipedia]]<br />
[[ScoutWiki:Bugs and problems|Encountered bugs]] - Mention them here when encountered<br />


== Advertising ==
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Any wiki needs advertising: new members, fresh ideas, prevent burnout.  Are there any efforts underway to contact the BSA council website admins and ask that ScoutWiki link be added ?  Any other ideas ?
==Tips & hints==
[[Help:Contents]] - General help page<br />
[[ScoutWiki:Images to be imported|Receive help on importing images]]<br />
[[Special:SpecialPages|List of special pages]]<br />
[[ScoutWiki:Why ScoutWiki, why not Wikipedia|The added value of ScoutWiki to Wikipedia]]<br />
[[ScoutWiki:How to ScoutWikify|How to ScoutWikify articles imported from wikipedia]]<br />
[[ScoutWiki:Sandbox|The Sandbox]] - Experimenting space for newbies<br />


[[User:Ericblazek|Ericblazek]] 07:16, 30 November 2007 (EET)
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Someone should contact the British Scoutnet association, they know many potential contributors. [[User:Juham|Juham]] 00:25, 3 December 2007 (EET)
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==Article history==
==Current projects==
[[ScoutWiki:Workforces|Workforces asked for new projects]]<br />
[[ScoutWiki:Game exchange project|Game exchange project]]<br />
Complete the list of [[Template:Featured article|featured articles]]


I have just created an account and copied all the State and Section articles of Scouts Australia from Wikipedia. Looking at my contributions, I see it lists 4 back in March or February of this year which clearly are edits to wikipedia, not here. Should the history be copied over when an article is copied over? If so, how? However, I note that those 4 are certainly not the sum of all my WP edits to scouting articles, even up to March when most of the copy seems to have been done. There must be hundreds going back to 2005. --[[User:Bduke|Bduke]] 03:14, 28 December 2007 (EET)
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:OK, I have now found [[Help:Importing articles under GFDL]] and I had not added the version number on the edit summary for the articles I copied from WP. I have however now added the link on the talk page. I will follow the correct procedure in future. --[[User:Bduke|Bduke]] 04:46, 28 December 2007 (EET)
 
==Inspiration==
[[ScoutWiki:Inspiration|Inspiration page]] - Make a suggestion, or write something yourself
 
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==Specific admin tasks==
* [[:Category:Candidates_for_deletion|Remove pages nominated for deletion]]
* [[ScoutWiki:Camp_Fire|Check for recent discussions on the Camp Fire]]
 
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Latest revision as of 11:22, 5 October 2015



Welcome!

Welcome to the community portal of the English language Scoutwiki! This portal aims at assisting you in contributing to this scoutwiki. It contains articles that can come in handy when you want to assist in building this scoutwiki, making it a useful tool for scouts around the world.

Scouts on scoutwiki

List of users  • Camp Fire (discussion area)  • Applications for Adminship of this ScoutWiki

Articles

New  • Most watched  • Most wanted  • Longest  • Shortest  • All articles  • All categories  • Recent changes

Help us!

Pages that still need a category
Categories that still need a category
Pages where no other page links to
Pages without links to other pages
Stubs - Need to be extended
Short articles - May need to be extended
Wanted pages/wanted categories - Still need to be written
ScoutWikify imported articles from Wikipedia
Encountered bugs - Mention them here when encountered

Tips & hints

Help:Contents - General help page
Receive help on importing images
List of special pages
The added value of ScoutWiki to Wikipedia
How to ScoutWikify articles imported from wikipedia
The Sandbox - Experimenting space for newbies

Current projects

Workforces asked for new projects
Game exchange project
Complete the list of featured articles

Inspiration

Inspiration page - Make a suggestion, or write something yourself

Specific admin tasks