Wiki issues

This is a page to log current issues with the wiki.

Please split issues into groups as below, or add a group if it isn't covered by one.

Spam etc
How do we delete spurious pages, such as all the recent W.O.W related ones?

I have a feeling that deletion of pages is a power reserved for certain people with godlike powers. Like myself I suddenly notice as I look at the top of the page. It might be an idea if we could implement some flagging system like wikipedia has in place? I'm not sure of the mechanics of it, but suspect pages you think don't belong but aren't sure you want to delete can be flagged for observation by others.

Whilst I think about it however, I do think we should encourage the use of the "discussion" tab attached to each page. -- Cas

User friendliness
Any suggestions for making the wiki more user friendly, and ways to implement them.

-We need to get a better 'list of pages' for the front page. I can manage basic wikicode, but making it look nice like that is a little beyond me, any suggestions as to how it should be broken up, or who has the l££t skillz to do it?

- How you can become a member needs to become clearer. At the moment the front page still says "anyone can edit" in one place, then "you need to be on the Google Groups list" in another.

- On the community pages (which need to be promoted more?) I think a "who's who" list which links to people's user-pagse and also indicates who are the moderators

- For the list of scary error messages that need explaining, what happens when there's an edit conflict.

Resolved issues
Technological issues are more easily resolved than those of policy; those below have been resolved.

"The locks, they do nothing"
/Rainier Wolfcastle

15/08/07 - "OK - the wiki is locked down to members only." - Thomas Goskar

Despite this, edits are still possible by unregistered users (such as myself). A check of Recent changes demonstrates that defacement has continued by both registered and unregistered spambots since the 15th. An attempt to edit the homepage reveals that it is the only page currently locked.