User:Xxzme/WikiProject Navigation

Problem

1. audience of OSM wiki is big and there many target groups
2. there too many key topics in OSM to cover them at Main Page
3. ideally each target group should reach in-depth article within several clicks (remember that visiting Main Page is also click)

Tools to solve problem

• cross-links to more descriptive portals/pages (in text navigation)
• categories (navigation using categories)
  • Category:Categories
  • Category:Portals
• cross-links using templates
  • Template:HelpMenu
  • Template:Website interface
  • Template:Highways
  • Category:Navigational templates

Bigger problem

1. it is near impossible to tell whatever JA:地物 with correct cats or not based only at text label. (answer: JA:地物 is about Features)
2. how could we tell if Vi:Main Page is sufficient to readers? If it is different from Main Page what should we do? Nothing?

Partial solution

Is in using Template:Languages but there no guarantee than template parameters are correct or up-to-date.

Keep previous page title in languages template

Keep old name of English page in {{languages|old title}} before moving page.

Key pages at wiki

(WIP)

• Where to get help? - #1 meta-help resource
• Legal - top level portal about legal questions
• Introduction to OSM for Business Users - previously unnoticed portal for Business Users
• ... - #1 promotional page?..
• OpenStreetMap is a social activity - intended as #1 page about Category:OSM Community

Key cats at wiki

• Category:Categories - simply top-level
  • Category:Proposed features - #1 for tagging development and Proposal process

Navigation patterns

• Main Page - small top panel
  • What is OpenStreetMap? ("More about OpenStreetMap")
  • How to contribute
  • Where to get help? ("Where to get help")
• Main Page - big buttons
  • Using OpenStreetMap
  • Beginners' guide ("Beginners' Guide")
  • Develop ("Develop and use the Platform")
• Main Page - links under buttons
  • Use OpenStreetMap "...more on using OpenStreetMap" confusing text, unclear difference Using OpenStreetMap/Use OpenStreetMap
  • Software#Mobile_Devices "ready-to-use products for your mobile device"
  • Software#Desktop_software "ready-to-use products for your desktop"
  • List of OSM based Services "ready-to-use products for your web services"
  • Map Features "map feature documentation"
  • Mapping projects
  • Contribute map data "...more on contributing map data"
• (side panel)
  • Map Features
  • Contributors
  • Where to get help? ("Help")
  • OSM_Blogs ("Blogs")
  • Merchandise ("Shop") ?..
  • Donations

Suggestions

Individual pages

Main Page

• missing link to Category:Portals - portals are alternatives to Main Page
• missing link to Category:Categories - top-level category, Main Page should be here
• confusing link to Develop, discussed Talk:Main_Page#suggested_changes_to_1060762_version
• link text "using them in creative, productive, or unexpected ways" to promotion page Using OpenStreetMap in creative, productive, or unexpected ways with cats: Category:Portals, Category:Promotion, Category:Highlight

side panel

• missing link to Glossary - useful not only for beginners consistent translation/text understanding in other languages.

Tool support

De-facto many wikis hard to navigate due to outdated translations and not updated cats:

• Category:Documentation - outdated top level cat in multiple languages

We need to write simple QA tool for our wiki and check how consistent our translations and how relevant categories. At very primitive level it should update only categories.