Matt Hampel | matth.org » arborwiki http://matth.org I'm Matt Hampel, a student in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:16:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Civic wiki interface note-to-self http://matth.org/2010/01/30/civic-wiki-interface-note-to-self/ http://matth.org/2010/01/30/civic-wiki-interface-note-to-self/#comments Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:25:06 +0000 Matt Hampel http://matth.org/?p=297 Adding a link as a reference to a wiki page will automatically pull the organization that owns the link, the author, date published, etc.

So if you add: http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20090719/SUB01/907189993

The system will write:
THIS JUST IN: Land bank authority getting off the ground. Crain’s Detroit. 19 July 2009.

Or something similar. It will not make you type this:

<ref>R. Smith, "Size of the Moon", Scientific American, 46 (April 1978): 44-6.</ref>

Like some other systems we might name.

Would you like a system that does that, and a lot else? Paypal a 1-year commitment of $45,000 to matthew.hampel@gmail.com.

]]> http://matth.org/2010/01/30/civic-wiki-interface-note-to-self/feed/ 0 Acronyms on MediaWiki http://matth.org/2009/08/25/acronyms-on-mediawiki/ http://matth.org/2009/08/25/acronyms-on-mediawiki/#comments Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:19:59 +0000 Matt Hampel http://matth.org/2009/08/25/acronyms-on-mediawiki/ Page redirects will work even if the page that is forwarded has category information.

So you can write a page for AATA with content like this:

#REDIRECT [[Ann Arbor Transportation Authority]]

[[Category:Acronyms]]

Which will auto forward the user to the correct explanatory page.

The bonus is you  get a nice listing of everything categorized as an acronym (ArborWiki example)

]]> http://matth.org/2009/08/25/acronyms-on-mediawiki/feed/ 1 ArborWiki: help me out / public shaming needed http://matth.org/2007/12/01/arborwiki-help-me-out-public-shaming-needed/ http://matth.org/2007/12/01/arborwiki-help-me-out-public-shaming-needed/#comments Sun, 02 Dec 2007 01:07:14 +0000 Matt Hampel http://matth.org/2007/12/01/arborwiki-help-me-out-public-shaming-needed/ I have let the ArborWiki mapping project languish — please help me make progress. I will commit to having a functional UI and implementation on dev.arborwiki.org by December 27th.

If you are interested in contributing, your assistance would be invaluable. In any case, I would sincerely appreciate your public admonishment if I do not meet that target.

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dev.arborwiki.org is now the place for new things — it seems that the good old days when I would want to experiment on the live site are over.

Please let me know if you’re interested in contributing to the development of ArborWiki, or have any issues with the meta recent changes.

[updated 15/9 to clarify; dev server was a good choice, not an AADL policy]

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