New wiki plan (Wed. 7pm ET)

Hey all,

Based on conversations we've had about expanding the wiki and how to handle the increase of info that will come with additional storms, attached is a new architecture/mind-map that I put together based on what folks talked about.

The idea would be that each page has to be Categorized (I'll post a brief how-to on the wiki itself) to distinguish geography (this might not always be applicable), what type of resource it is, and what timeframe it applies to (pre, during, post storm.) I realize that's a lot to chew on, but it'll go a long way to keeping the info from overrunning itself.

I'm going to start taking a swing tonight at breaking up the current site and creating a new structure. I'll post updates here as that's happening, but for the most part, task management for the wiki will be managed there with updates, calls for help, and discussion happening over here.

dz

Tags: wiki

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Hurricane_info_wiki.pdf, 74 KB

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Permalink Reply by Susan Gleason on September 4, 2008 at 11:28am: Wow -- this is such great work. Breaking out the Helpline/Shelter info by state (separate pages for each) is much cleaner. I'll dig in later today/tonight, and will note what I'm working on.

-- Susan
Deanna Zandt said:
A quick morning update before I run off to meetings for a few hours:

-- John Walling fleshed out a fantastic set of info architecture that I'm working on implementing today. If you're an IA nerd and you want to check it out: http://www.gustavwiki.com/wiki/Category_Team

-- Most notably changed so far with the new structure are Helplines and Shelters; have a look there if you're interested.

-- This means that a bunch of structure will be changing, and eventually the front page will get reorganized to reflect the awesomeness of the structure.

-- This also means that us worker bees have to start being vigilant about what info goes where, and what it's relevant to. I'll be posting a full-on tutorial to get everyone on the same page, but this is just an advanced notice.

-- Folks who have some time today can start on updating Shelters. There's a lot of Gustav info in there that needs to be verified if it is or will be available for future storms. Info needs to be added for the new-path states: N & S Carolina, Virginia, etc. (We'll integrate campgrounds as requested, but I want to get existing info cleaned up first.) If you verify info: please make a note on the Talk page that you've done so, and sign it with ~~~~. And thus follows: Check Talk pages to find out what's been done already. ;-)

More when I get back in the saddle this afternoon.

cheers
dz