Talk:Task:Documentation rules - Revision history

generalantilles: Talk:Documentation rules moved to Talk:Task:Documentation rules: Moving to correct namespace

generalantilles — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:07:46 GMT

Talk:Documentation rules moved to Talk:Task:Documentation rules: Moving to correct namespace

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jukey — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:20:21 GMT

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	:On one hand it's good to have a little structure, and on the other you don't want to scare potential contributors away. Unless stated otherwise, I think you can pretty safely assume an article applies to everything. :) If something is very device- or OS-specific I suspect it will say so. —[[User:generalantilles\|GeneralAntilles]] 12:17, 1 July 2008 (UTC)		:On one hand it's good to have a little structure, and on the other you don't want to scare potential contributors away. Unless stated otherwise, I think you can pretty safely assume an article applies to everything. :) If something is very device- or OS-specific I suspect it will say so. —[[User:generalantilles\|GeneralAntilles]] 12:17, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
	::I agree here too - we don't want articles that state they are specific to the 770/N800/N810 simply because they're the only devices available, because when the "N900" is released all those old articles will be in need of updating to add support for the N900. Keeping articles general and only mentioning explicit incompatabilities is probably the best idea. This is what could be stated in the guidelines page, along with other useful tips for writing articles, which would help promote a consistent style and hopefully quality. --[[User:milhouse\|milhouse]] 12:24, 1 July 2008 (UTC)		::I agree here too - we don't want articles that state they are specific to the 770/N800/N810 simply because they're the only devices available, because when the "N900" is released all those old articles will be in need of updating to add support for the N900. Keeping articles general and only mentioning explicit incompatabilities is probably the best idea. This is what could be stated in the guidelines page, along with other useful tips for writing articles, which would help promote a consistent style and hopefully quality. --[[User:milhouse\|milhouse]] 12:24, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
		+	:::The point is: much more people are reading articles than writing articles. And so it would be only a little effort for someone, who had tryed something described in the article to give a "Testet with device" or "Testet with OS" stamp. And if there will be a new device everybody who tests the old stuff on the new device could tell the community whats happen with the stamp on the article. A wiki article is not getting more actual without a stamp. There should be the possibility to tell everybody who reads the article how actual it _could_ be.--[[User:jukey\|jukey]] 13:20, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

milhouse: /* Help Pages */

milhouse — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:24:28 GMT

Help Pages

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	I think a guideline for articles would be a good idea, see the discussion on [[Talk:Main_Page#Help_Pages\|Help Pages]] which gives the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Wikipedia Help] page as an example, where they have several entries covering policies and guidelines, as well as other related subjects. -[[User:milhouse\|milhouse]] 12:05, 1 July 2008 (UTC)		I think a guideline for articles would be a good idea, see the discussion on [[Talk:Main_Page#Help_Pages\|Help Pages]] which gives the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Wikipedia Help] page as an example, where they have several entries covering policies and guidelines, as well as other related subjects. -[[User:milhouse\|milhouse]] 12:05, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
	:On one hand it's good to have a little structure, and on the other you don't want to scare potential contributors away. Unless stated otherwise, I think you can pretty safely assume an article applies to everything. :) If something is very device- or OS-specific I suspect it will say so. —[[User:generalantilles\|GeneralAntilles]] 12:17, 1 July 2008 (UTC)		:On one hand it's good to have a little structure, and on the other you don't want to scare potential contributors away. Unless stated otherwise, I think you can pretty safely assume an article applies to everything. :) If something is very device- or OS-specific I suspect it will say so. —[[User:generalantilles\|GeneralAntilles]] 12:17, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
		+	::I agree here too - we don't want articles that state they are specific to the 770/N800/N810 simply because they're the only devices available, because when the "N900" is released all those old articles will be in need of updating to add support for the N900. Keeping articles general and only mentioning explicit incompatabilities is probably the best idea. This is what could be stated in the guidelines page, along with other useful tips for writing articles, which would help promote a consistent style and hopefully quality. --[[User:milhouse\|milhouse]] 12:24, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

generalantilles: /* Help Pages */

generalantilles — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:17:06 GMT

Help Pages

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	== Help Pages ==		== Help Pages ==
	I think a guideline for articles would be a good idea, see the discussion on [[Talk:Main_Page#Help_Pages\|Help Pages]] which gives the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Wikipedia Help] page as an example, where they have several entries covering policies and guidelines, as well as other related subjects. -[[User:milhouse\|milhouse]] 12:05, 1 July 2008 (UTC)		I think a guideline for articles would be a good idea, see the discussion on [[Talk:Main_Page#Help_Pages\|Help Pages]] which gives the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Wikipedia Help] page as an example, where they have several entries covering policies and guidelines, as well as other related subjects. -[[User:milhouse\|milhouse]] 12:05, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
		+	:On one hand it's good to have a little structure, and on the other you don't want to scare potential contributors away. Unless stated otherwise, I think you can pretty safely assume an article applies to everything. :) If something is very device- or OS-specific I suspect it will say so. —[[User:generalantilles\|GeneralAntilles]] 12:17, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

milhouse: /* Rules */

milhouse — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:05:34 GMT

Rules

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-	== ~~Rules~~ ==	+	== Help Pages ==
-	I think a guideline for articles would be a good idea, see the discussion on [[Talk:Main_Page#Help_Pages\|Help Pages]] which gives the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Wikipedia Help] page as an example, where they have several entries covering policies and guidelines, as well as other related subjects.	+	I think a guideline for articles would be a good idea, see the discussion on [[Talk:Main_Page#Help_Pages\|Help Pages]] which gives the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Wikipedia Help] page as an example, where they have several entries covering policies and guidelines, as well as other related subjects. -[[User:milhouse\|milhouse]] 12:05, 1 July 2008 (UTC)

milhouse: New page: == Rules == I think a guideline for articles would be a good idea, see the discussion on Help Pages which gives the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Conten...

milhouse — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 12:03:09 GMT

New page: == Rules == I think a guideline for articles would be a good idea, see the discussion on Help Pages which gives the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Conten...

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== Rules ==
I think a guideline for articles would be a good idea, see the discussion on [[Talk:Main_Page#Help_Pages|Help Pages]] which gives the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Wikipedia Help] page as an example, where they have several entries covering policies and guidelines, as well as other related subjects.

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	:On one hand it's good to have a little structure, and on the other you don't want to scare potential contributors away. Unless stated otherwise, I think you can pretty safely assume an article applies to everything. :) If something is very device- or OS-specific I suspect it will say so. —[[User:generalantilles\|GeneralAntilles]] 12:17, 1 July 2008 (UTC)		:On one hand it's good to have a little structure, and on the other you don't want to scare potential contributors away. Unless stated otherwise, I think you can pretty safely assume an article applies to everything. :) If something is very device- or OS-specific I suspect it will say so. —[[User:generalantilles\|GeneralAntilles]] 12:17, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
	::I agree here too - we don't want articles that state they are specific to the 770/N800/N810 simply because they're the only devices available, because when the "N900" is released all those old articles will be in need of updating to add support for the N900. Keeping articles general and only mentioning explicit incompatabilities is probably the best idea. This is what could be stated in the guidelines page, along with other useful tips for writing articles, which would help promote a consistent style and hopefully quality. --[[User:milhouse\|milhouse]] 12:24, 1 July 2008 (UTC)		::I agree here too - we don't want articles that state they are specific to the 770/N800/N810 simply because they're the only devices available, because when the "N900" is released all those old articles will be in need of updating to add support for the N900. Keeping articles general and only mentioning explicit incompatabilities is probably the best idea. This is what could be stated in the guidelines page, along with other useful tips for writing articles, which would help promote a consistent style and hopefully quality. --[[User:milhouse\|milhouse]] 12:24, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
		+	:::The point is: much more people are reading articles than writing articles. And so it would be only a little effort for someone, who had tryed something described in the article to give a "Testet with device" or "Testet with OS" stamp. And if there will be a new device everybody who tests the old stuff on the new device could tell the community whats happen with the stamp on the article. A wiki article is not getting more actual without a stamp. There should be the possibility to tell everybody who reads the article how actual it _could_ be.--[[User:jukey\|jukey]] 13:20, 3 July 2008 (UTC)

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	I think a guideline for articles would be a good idea, see the discussion on [[Talk:Main_Page#Help_Pages\|Help Pages]] which gives the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Wikipedia Help] page as an example, where they have several entries covering policies and guidelines, as well as other related subjects. -[[User:milhouse\|milhouse]] 12:05, 1 July 2008 (UTC)		I think a guideline for articles would be a good idea, see the discussion on [[Talk:Main_Page#Help_Pages\|Help Pages]] which gives the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents Wikipedia Help] page as an example, where they have several entries covering policies and guidelines, as well as other related subjects. -[[User:milhouse\|milhouse]] 12:05, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
	:On one hand it's good to have a little structure, and on the other you don't want to scare potential contributors away. Unless stated otherwise, I think you can pretty safely assume an article applies to everything. :) If something is very device- or OS-specific I suspect it will say so. —[[User:generalantilles\|GeneralAntilles]] 12:17, 1 July 2008 (UTC)		:On one hand it's good to have a little structure, and on the other you don't want to scare potential contributors away. Unless stated otherwise, I think you can pretty safely assume an article applies to everything. :) If something is very device- or OS-specific I suspect it will say so. —[[User:generalantilles\|GeneralAntilles]] 12:17, 1 July 2008 (UTC)
		+	::I agree here too - we don't want articles that state they are specific to the 770/N800/N810 simply because they're the only devices available, because when the "N900" is released all those old articles will be in need of updating to add support for the N900. Keeping articles general and only mentioning explicit incompatabilities is probably the best idea. This is what could be stated in the guidelines page, along with other useful tips for writing articles, which would help promote a consistent style and hopefully quality. --[[User:milhouse\|milhouse]] 12:24, 1 July 2008 (UTC)