User talk:Lachlan
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I am considering making a change to site policy regarding Awards. Currently the policy reads:
- We are NOT recreating the Order of Precedence, feel free to list preferred title and major points, but awards listing are best left to the OP.
I do not know the genesis of this rule, but I know Kolfinna regularly enforced the rule by removing awards lists as they were added. I suspect the rule was created at a time when all the editing was done by a few editors, and she wished to avoid having to maintain awards lists -- a task which would be monumental, never-ending, and redundant.
The site has since been opened up to a wider editing membership. Caid being a very award-conscious place, the populace naturally wants to publish their awards in this venue. It is a small job to educate new commenters not to publish awards lists, but is that necessary? Is there a more "gentle" way to educate them earlier, rather than deleting their work? I always tell new commenters to go to Help:Contents and read the site rules, but I have no idea how many actually do.
At a minimum, I believe the policy should be clarified, to give the populace a reason *why* we have the rule and make it clearer what they may or may not do. I am thinking of changing the text of the rule to:
- We are not recreating the Order of Precedence. We make no guarantee that awards described on populace pages are correct or up to date. Full awards lists are not appropriate here, though feel free to list preferred title and major points (either highest precedence award or award that means the most to the recipient). For complete awards lists for any Caidan, please visit the Caid Order of Precedence.
- Sounds like a nice improvement to me. --James the Inconstant 23:47, 11 November 2009 (PST)
Scribe Page Question
Hey Lachlan! I want to make a new page that will list all the scrolls by recipent (just a list without the thumbnails) and also link the same information on the page of each recipient. So there will be one master list one could go to to see if a scroll had been done. And one could also see the scrolls done for a person on their own page. Can you tell me how to make a new page for the master list and what would be good formating for it? Thanks! Aliskye 13:43, 3 November 2009 (PST)
To make a new page, put the title you plan to use ("Scrolls by Recipient"?) into the search box and hit "Search". You'll get a page telling you no page was found with that title, and a link to create a the page. Click the link to get a standard edit box and start filling...
Format? How about:
Which comes from the code:
*[[Aliskye MacKyven Raizel]]
:[[:Image:AlexandreLeBonhomme3.JPG|Award of Arms scroll]] by [[Alexandre le Bonhomme]]
:[[:Image:AlexandreLeBonhomme3.JPG|Crescent scroll]] by [[Alexandre le Bonhomme]]
*[[Lachlan of Cromarty]]
:[[:Image:Zenobia55.jpg|Award of Arms scroll]] by [[Zenobia Naphtali]]
:[[:Image:Zenobia55.jpg|Dolphin scroll]] by [[Zenobia Naphtali]]
Leading a line with ":" produces an "unordered" list without any bullet (as opposed to the more familiar "*" prefix, which gives you a bulleted list)--Lachlan 21:42, 3 November 2009 (PST)
- Thanks Lachlan! I think that works perfectly. Oh boy! More work to do :) Aliskye 22:59, 3 November 2009 (PST)
Thank You!
Lachlan, Thank you for all the time and effort you have put into the wiki office, and your willingness to step up as administrator when you were needed. Thank you for staying on as an editor. It is very much appreciated! --Kolfinna 10:53, 7 August 2009 (PDT)
