Help talk:Issue Tracking

Harry - This is place where we can discuss problems, issues, enhancements, etc. Will keep our dialog in one spot where we can easily find things. Will be much easier than trying to track multiple emails.Twhayes (talk) 03:20, 7 March 2014 (PST)

Works for me. See the issues list about the fall season of the xxx9 year.. it really belongs in the next decade.

Harry - Responding to your last email. I fixed the Team Awards portal boxes on the Main page and also changed the name of the 1968 Men Spring portal to just 1968 Men. Notice also that I had an other portal box across the bottom of the Main page called Things You Can Do. This is s commonly included box in many portals.

Also note that I edited your response to me above and put a colon (:) in front of it. That will indent the response and make it easier to track. Also you can sign your entries using four tildas (~~~~), which will put your name and the date of your entry. Again makes it easier to track inputs.Twhayes (talk) 04:23, 9 March 2014 (PDT)

Harry - I made a couple of changes in the wiki configuration and wanted to let you know. First, I changed the default search paramaters to include the Help and Portal namespaces. Without getting into the technical details, that means when you search the wiki for a given year the portal will be included in the search. It also means that when you search for FAQ, they will show up in the search.

I made several changes to the request account page that are shown under Wiki Setup and Configuration heading. I did this to make the request account process easier (only 20 words in bio) and also to ask that each new user indicate how they are associated with USAFA Rugby. This won't be needed for many of the people that you know, but I think it's a good way to 'screen,' new users, especially for those cases where the requstor is not known (which will be often be the case for me). Because I couldn't find a way to have the wiki send an email when a new account is requested (one of us will have to check), I also added a note on the account request page with an email address users could send a follow up to in case we haven't responded to the account request. In case you're wondering, this is the page to check for Confirm Accounts. You'll see there is one open request, which is a test that I'm doing so please don't approve it.Twhayes (talk) 11:48, 11 March 2014 (PDT)

Thanks Tim. next issue is me building a portal. For instance, in respond to the co-captain of this year who wants to get going, I tried to build a portal similar to the fall 68 by copy pasting the format from that portal page into the Fall 2013 Womens.. didn't seem to work. How do I create a portal page using the format we have so far..? Harry Laws (talk) 19:22, 12 March 2014 (PDT)

Harry - Instructions for building a seasons portal are in Help:Seasons PortalTwhayes (talk) 09:39, 13 March 2014 (PDT)

Harry - On the Request Account page, users are required to check a box indicating that they've read and will abide by the Terms of Service. As you can see, that page is currently empty. For many web sites, this is a very legalistic document filled with language that protects the site operator's from lawsuits, etc. I don't think we need that kind of info, but we should consider putting something in the Terms of Service that defines the purpose of the site and explains who will be given editing privileges. We should also include something about who can remove information from the site and under what conditions as well as reasons (in general terms) why someone's editing privileges can or would be revoked. It doesn't have to be much, but having a few stipulations like this that all who have edit privileges agree to in advance, could save a lot of headaches in the future. I'll try and pull something together and get it to you in the next several days. Twhayes (talk) 09:50, 13 March 2014 (PDT)