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[edit] What's new
I was going to automate this, but while we seem to have the DPLForums extension installed we seem to be missing the actual DPL extension. talking to 
would be a good idea for this. --Roguebfl(talk) 02:00, 28 March 2009 (UTC)
- They are willing to turn it on but want to make sure we are aware of the down sides w:c:help:DPL --Roguebfl(talk) 21:20, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
- Our wiki is rather tiny, so I think DLP may help but... to be honest, I read that page and I still don't understand what DLP would do for us? --Piotrus 20:45, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- I allows use to make formatted database queries. the main reason I'm requested it to automate the "What's new" so peope can see the newest page added when the land on the front page. --Roguebfl(talk) 07:41, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Sounds good. If it gets too slow, we can turn it off. I don't think this is likely to be a problem anytime soon :) --Piotrus 21:25, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- I allows use to make formatted database queries. the main reason I'm requested it to automate the "What's new" so peope can see the newest page added when the land on the front page. --Roguebfl(talk) 07:41, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
- Our wiki is rather tiny, so I think DLP may help but... to be honest, I read that page and I still don't understand what DLP would do for us? --Piotrus 20:45, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
- Why don't we just have the what's new section read the [Atom2] feed of Special:NewPages? --Modred. (talk) 00:01, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
- Um because that link is "blank" to me (so I'm assuming you need special setup for it to work)? and Atom and RSS is great for a community member personal set up to keep updated. But the point is for causal community members to see what new, and to show potential new community members that this is not an inactive wiki. --Roguebfl(talk) 02:46, 13 April 2009 (UTC)
[edit] Clarity
I'm not really sure where to put it, but since we now have at least a vague sort of inkling what the wiki is for, I think we should put something on the mainpage to tell new users, cause I know I was sure confused at first whether campaigns or whatnot were allowed. Although I guess seeing what content we have will really help explain what's wanted, I still think it'd be nice to have a sentence or paragraph to clarify it. I imagine there are probably plenty of people willing to post content they've made out there... somewhere. --Modred. (talk) 03:11, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
- I think a more detailed GURPS Wiki:About is probably a step before that. THEN we add a front page section summary with a link for more detail. --Roguebfl(talk) 10:22, 25 April 2009 (UTC)
