ResearchWikis/notes

First stint: 2007-09-04 guru.com project

2007-12-18

• WikInvest: they like the more subtle use of color (e.g. shading) and the "Web 2.0" look in general
  • Google: they want the "top contributors" listing like this
  • example user page: they like the "contributions" listing but not all the stats; also work history, education, etc. seems appropriate for user pages
  • Be a Contributor!: this is more how they would like their equivalent page to look

2007-11-20

Contest script which John may want me to replicate (quoted "very rough ballpark estimate" of 10 hours, subject to revision when I have broken it down; he said "so 20 hours is probably a high figure?", to which I agreed):

• Design Contests
  • use MediaWiki's user system for both contestants and offerer
  • contestants' proposals are visible to all, unlike Guru.com
  • proposals will generally be text explaining their qualifications, will sometimes have a different dollar figure
  • offerer chooses winning contestant, pays them outside the system (check on this)

2007-11-02

• 17:13 - 17:25
  • researching AdSense and Yahoo Answers extensions

2007-11-12

• 13:30 - 13:42
  • phone call
• 13:42 - 14:09
  • research

2007-11-01

• 06:16 - 07:00
  • I forget what; see emails

2007-10-25

• 08:30 - 09:13 - answering email, trying to figure out what they want, trying to find passwords
  • WikiSysop password still good
• 9:52 - 11:14 1:24
  • logged in
  • phone call, 10:00-10:30
  • getting set up to make changes
• 13:22 - 15:21 1:59
  • creating first few new indexes
  • testing email feature
  • asking questions in emails to John
• 17:50 - 18:05 0:15

(TOTAL: 3:38)

Notes

• new Main Page - to replace current page only after all the new topics have been populated with articles & ResearchBuy gives the go-ahead
• The extension I've used for images with external links is actually a modified version of the StringFunctions extension; will document this off-the-clock when the time comes.