====== Help out ====== The original wiki at wikipatterns.com is not available anymore, but the content was too important to be lost. Thus the contents have been rescued with help of the [[https://archive.org/web/|WayBack Machine]]. However this meant semi automatic converting HTML back to wiki syntax and that was not always perfect. ===== Simple Things to fix ===== These tasks can be done without any deeper knowledge about Wikis. Just look out for things like these: * **Bad spacing**. Often links or other formattings have some trailing spaces.\\ ''%%Read this [[some link|website ]] , then...%%'' -> ''%%Read this [[some link|website]], then...%%'' * **Unnecessary forced line breaks**. There should nearly never be a reason to have a ''%%\\%%'' somewhere in the text * **Wrong headline levels**. All pages should start with a H1 (6 equal signs) and then use the next smaller size for sub sections. * **Broken internal links**. When you see a red link, see if you can find the appropriate page to link to. * **Broken external links**. See if you can find a replacement or can link to the Wayback Machine * **HTML Artefacts**. If you see stuff in ''%%%%'' tags it should be reformatted in proper Wiki Syntax. * **Spam**. At the end of wikipatterns.com some spam had sneaked into the content. Check links carefully and remove all suspicous content. * **Link Simplification**. When the title of a link is the same as the page it links to, there is no need to repeat yourself.\\ ''%%[[WikiZenMaster|WikiZenMaster]]%%'' -> ''%%[[WikiZenMaster]]%%'' * **Spelling**. Spelling and grammar mistakes happen, they should be fixed. ===== Pattern Cleanup ===== This requires some more knowledge about Wiki patterns. * **Deduplicate** There are some pattern pages that basically just describe different aspects of the same pattern. They should be merged into one and all the links to it adjusted. * **Rename** Some patterns have unwieldy names. They should be renamed (using the move tool). * **Categorize** Some adoption patterns are actually people patterns and vice versa * **Examples** More examples from real life wikis for the patterns would be very helpful. For some things screenshots may help ===== Classification ===== We currently classify the Patterns and Anti-Pattern into just two focus groups: * People - how people's behaviour influences the wiki * Adoption - basically everything else It probably makes sense to rethink this classification. The adoption focus seems to broad and might be worth to be split up. Possible other focus areas: * Content - the different kind of content that fit or not fit the wiki approach * Permissions - how different approaches to permissions influence adoption * Technology - what kind of technical features in a Wiki engine can help or hinder adoption