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Project:Checklist

This page is designed to help the Wiki Team keep track of the tasks they have completed and decisions they have made. Please refer to the Project:Getting Started page for suggestions and detailed explanations. You will need to edit this page in order to update it. You may want to practice editing the Sandbox before editing this page.

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[edit] Filling out this Checklist

[edit] Tasks

Once you have completed a task, just add the text "(done)" to the beginning of the line. For example:

will read...

[edit] Decisions

Once you have made a decision, make the chosen decision bold and leave the others as regular text. Don't delete them, in case you want to change the decision at a later point. For example:

Decision 0:

  • Wear Red
  • Wear Blue
  • Wear Black

indicates that "Wear Blue" is the chosen decision.

[edit] Step A: Announce the Wiki to Your Community

See related section on Project:Getting Started

[edit] Step B: Establish a Wiki Team

See related section on Project:Getting Started

  • Task 1: Recruit a handful of Wiki Team members.
  • Task 2: Create a mailing list for the Wiki Team.
  • Task 3: Have each member create an account on the wiki (see Help:logging in)
  • Task 4: Give Wiki Team members Administrator rights (see Help:Administration for details)
  • Task 5: Discuss the Wiki Helpers page and update the page so that at least one member of the Wiki Team is listed as the leader of the Clean Up Crew, Promotion Crew, and Wiki Digest Editors.
  • Task 6: Update the Wiki Team page so that it includes the usernames of the Wiki Team members and any special roles they fill (e.g., Clean Up Crew leader, Wiki Promotion leader, Wiki Digest editor).

[edit] Step C: Decisions

See related section on Project:Getting Started. Note: the default options are in bold when you first read this page.

[edit] Decision 1: Who can Contribute to the Wiki?

  • Option 1: Anyone (i.e., registered users and anonymous contributors).
  • Option 2: Registered users (i.e., only people who have registered themselves and are currently logged in; no anonymous contributors).
  • Option 3: Registered and pre-approved users (i.e., only people who the Wiki Team has approved and allowed to register).

Task 1: Email Derek Hansen at shakmatt at umich dot edu with your decision so he can configure the software appropriately.

[edit] Decision 2: What Creative Commons License should be used?

  • Option 1: Attribution alone (by)
  • Option 2: Attribution + Noncommercial (by-nc)
  • Option 3: Attribution + NoDerivs (by-nd)
  • Option 4: Attribution + ShareAlike (by-sa)
  • Option 5: Attribution + Noncommercial + NoDerivs (by-nc-nd)
  • Option 6: Attribution + Noncommercial + ShareAlike (by-nc-sa)

Task 2: If you choose a license other than Option 1: Attribution alone (by), update the Creative Commons License section of the Project:Copyrights page.

[edit] Step D: Seed the Wiki with Content

See related section on Project:Getting Started

  • Task 1: Read through your community email archives looking for ideas of what content should be included.
  • Task 2: Collect ideas from members of the community. If you didn't receive any from the Sample Intro Email you may want to solicit ideas in a separate email message to the list or from a few knowledgeable members directly.
  • Task 3: Discuss with the Wiki Team how the content in this wiki will differ from other resources already available. What unique niche will it fill? How can it complement existing web resources and help fill in the gaps?
  • Task 4: Decide what Wiki Genres you want to use for the various topics. Create your own or mix them together if it is helpful. See the Sample Main Page for ideas on possible topics and Wiki Genres that support them.
  • Task 5: Create new pages and update the Main Page so it is an organized index to the pages or sections of the wiki. You can use the Sample Main Page for ideas.
  • Task 6: Make sure the following existing pages are updated appropriately (e.g., replace "[insert community name]" with your actual community name).
  • Task 7: Visit the All Pages page. Double check that each page in the "Main" namespace is complete. Make sure they are organized appropriately and that you can access each page from at least one other page. (Hint: Orphaned Pages shows all pages that are not linked to by any other page).

[edit] Step E: Promote the Wiki

See related section on Project:Getting Started

  • Task 1: Email the community to let them know that the wiki is now public and ready for their participation. See Project:Sample Roll Out Email for ideas.
  • Task 2: Link to the wiki from your existing community website(s) and other popular sites you have access to.
  • Task 3: Put a link to the wiki in the email list footer.
  • Task 4: Make sure to continue to perform the ongoing activities that will help promote the wiki on a regular basis.
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