UDWiki talk:Open Discussion/Administrative Archives
This is all a spin-off of a discussion that's been taking place on A/MR. I was in a bit of a rush, so I didn't thoroughly edit or proof this write-up, and I apologize if I've misstated anything or overlooked something obvious. Anyway, I welcome any constructive feedback or suggestions for how it should be reworked. We've already redone a few things, so I expect more changes will occur.
Also, as a quick note, when I say that this will replace the current system, I am indeed suggesting that we move/rename all of the relevant pages (and in the case of A/M, also break the cases up into individual pages, rather than having them stored by year). I expect that this would be a project that would take several days, if not weeks, so I'd imagine that we'd roll out the new system in phases, that way we never double-up on archives. For instance, A/BP could easily be changed to this system first, then we could move over A/DM and A/RE. A/M and A/PM will doubtless take the most time. All of the old pages would likely remain as redirects until we fix links (assuming we do so at all). —Aichon— 01:12, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
Oh dear. I fear no one really cares whether they are consistent or not. Well, I don't. But that doesn't mean I wouldn't be for changes. I'd just prefer someone just do them without asking for approval. Dragons are a bit more fun to watch than rabbling. A ZOMBIE ANT 09:20, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
- It's not so much asking for approval as it is asking for if anyone has any better ideas before we go ahead with what we have. —Aichon— 14:47, 25 January 2013 (UTC)
Page naming
On "Initial Proposal" point 2, you give an example of the page name Sysop Archives/Aichon/2010-05-06 Misconduct. I have a few questions about this system:
- I assume these would be at UDWiki:Sysop Archives/etc., right?
- What about cases (I'm thinking specifically A/M) where multiple sysops are involved? Would we have multiple pages, or redirects to one page?
- How about A/BP? Would they be filed under the winning candidate (e.g. Sysop Archives/Aichon/2012-10-21 Bureaucrat) or some other system?
- Do we use the British or American date system? We've been fighting British v American for years on this wiki *cough*Humo(u)r*cough*, and should probably pick a system which is neutral, like 2010-May-06. I know that would remove sortability by dates, but would be clearer and not subject to the cross-the-pond dispute.