Talk:Clotho Project
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Formatting on this page
This is a major hub page, so it's important to keep it tidy and attractive. I propose the following formatting guidelines:
As of now (Jan 26th 2010) the Payload, Airframe, and Video sections currently have links to their main pages. Please follow the format of those sections when expanding the remaining sections. In other words, for each subsystem, there should be a section on this page that:
- links to the main subsystem page, using the syntax :''Main article(s): [[Example]]'', inserted immediately under the subsection heading;
- contains a primer about the subsystem, including a basic description and the key points;
- optionally, a thumbnail diagram (following image usage described at Rocketpedia:Policies); and
- describes and links to other relevant pages.
— dgentry (talk) 23:26, 26 January 2010 (UTC)
Standards For Designs and Image Postings
- We need a standard format for uploading and viewing design drawing files. I have looked at the file export types for Solid Works, our standardized drawing package. It has an e-reader that can be downloaded and runs on windows here called e-drawings:
The reader must be downloaded and installed on your PC and supports Windows and MAC. The reader will support several formats saved from Solid Works:
- HTML - This can be used on web pages for the general public, and has a link that automatically installs the browser plug-in you need to read the file.
- PARTS - (Files end in .eprt) These are parts for display with the reader.
- ASSEMBLIES - (Files end with .easm) These are assemblies of for display in the reader.
- DRAWINGS - (Files end with .edrw) These are 2D drawing files or traditional CAD drawing files for display in the reader and machinging.
- ZIP & EXE - These are compressed versions of the PARTS, ASSEMBLIES, & DRAWINGS that include the e-drawing installation image. The EXE is a self-extracting archive for Windows that lets you send everything to a vendor with the files and all the viewing software they need to install it.
I think we display all drawings in HTML format on the Wiki, and enable a link to a download location where you can download the e-files for use in the e-viewer if you click on the image. I think the link should be to the appropriate
- --The preceeding unsigned comment was added by Toma at 11:19, January 24, 2010.
Standards For Designs and Image Postings : Upload file types
The current list of permitted file types(png, gif, jpg, jpeg, doc, xls, mpp, pdf, ppt, tiff, bmp, docx, xlsx, pptx, ps); does not include any of the files listed in the above discusion. Specifically the eDrawing files, are not permitted. --Wedge 18:46, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
Early Discussions
So for donors, the public and general discussion we will have a single webpage:
http://www.rocketmavericks.com/research/clothos
Yee can have free rein with that. From a collaboration standpoint, how do we want to structure and outline this page, and link to others? -- unsigned comment added by RocketpediaAdmin at 14:50, November 22, 2009.
- I'd suggest the following, in terms of wiki structure:
- a "current happenings" area with updated information and relevant links (e.g. "Nov. 24: Diana and Lynn met with Tony Strawa and got lots of good information and a look at instrumentation prototypes, notes and pictures are here.")
- an area for background reading, relevant papers, etc. -- I have PDFs of the papers someone (John? forgive me, I'm terrible with names) asked for at the meeting Friday before last, but don't know where to upload them... is that the "Reference Designs" link I see?
- a list of outstanding requests and things that need to be done
- a category or directory listing (unless what's built-in to the MediaWiki software is sufficient -- depends on how good people are willing to be with categorizing, tagging, etc.), or else just a general "where to find x" page
- and of course whatever else other folks find need.
- Though I'm a big fan of wikis in general I've never used one for a specific project before, so I defer to those with greater experience. Are we going to have a central admin who takes care of making sure pages, etc. are where they're supposed to be in the general structure and easily findable, or are we all on our own? — dgentry (talk) 03:17, 1 December 2009 (UTC)
I think for now, we will all have to post what we can as the project gets started. As the project grows, we can eventually have someone come and clean it up, and take it on full time. I like your suggestions. I think we best move forward by accepting forgiveness than looking for permissions. Just go for it. We can always change it down the road. -- unsigned comment added by Toma at 19:37, December 11, 2009.
- I'm now setting up the Rocketpedia namespace for further meta-discussion of the wiki. This page now becomes the talk page for only the Clothos Project page. — dgentry (talk) 03:56, 15 December 2009 (UTC)
