User:Zakgreant/Scratchpad

I'm capturing various issues here as i work through the docs

Style and such

 * DBMS
 * MySQL
 * Oracle
 * PostgreSQL
 * SQLite


 * Programming Languages
 * Batch File
 * Javascript
 * PHP
 * Shell
 * SQL


 * Web Server
 * Apache


 * Links


 * Syntax
 * Class
 * Configuration Variable
 * Function
 * Method
 * Object
 * Variable

Terminology

 * GET data or GET parameters or query string?

Key pages

 * Installation and Manual:Installation_guide (unify?)
 * Manual:Administrators
 * Manual:Backing_up_a_wiki
 * Manual:Coding_standards
 * Manual:Combating_spam (which needs to be linked up) and Manual:Combating_vandalism could be unified or at least borrow from each other
 * Manual:Config script - needs updating
 * Manual:Configuring file uploads
 * Manual:Configuring MediaWiki
 * Manual:Configuration settings
 * Manual:Contents
 * Manual:Database_access
 * Manual:DefaultSettings.php (and perhaps this should be split out of Manual:LocalSettings.php)
 * Download from SVN needs polishing
 * Download needs tidying
 * Manual:Errors_and_Symptoms needs to be compared with the various FAQs and other related pages
 * Manual:FAQ is super-important and needs lots of love. It may be best to split it up into multiple sections.
 * Manual:How_to_debug
 * Manual:LocalSettings.php
 * Manual:Preventing access
 * Manual:Security
 * Manual:System_administration
 * Manual:Upgrading

Misc.

 * Manual:As_your_site_grows - remove or integrate into another page
 * Manual:Backlinks - ironically, there are no links to backlinks
 * update info on AdminSettings.php in Manual:Backup
 * we really, really need to separate pages as much as possible. Info gets fragmented across many pages then quickly gets crufty.
 * Manual:Backup_MediaWiki_in_Windows has no links and isn't checked
 * Manual:Before_installing needs work
 * Manual:Blobs_table needs a description of what it's for
 * i wish that Manual:Build_Tidy_from_source didn't need to be in our manual. I can't believe how useless http://tidy.sourceforge.net/ is...
 * articles like Manual:Collapsible_tables may need to be moved somewhere else - they don't really belong in a technical manual.
 * add a note to LocalSettings.php about how Manual:CommonSettings.php is used for wiki farms?
 * Manual:Contents/To_do needs to include some kind of flagging or category system. Manually maintaining a list of content to update, etc. makes work that doesn't need to be done. Need to take a hard look at flagged revs for this.
 * examine existing templates (and make new ones) to ease tedium.
 * Manual:Custom edit buttons should go into a hacks section
 * what kind of crap is Manual:DeleteOrphanedRevisions.php referring to?
 * let's put big, long URLs on a single line when possible so that we can read the darn things
 * Manual:Documentation:PhpWiki_conversion should go into a hacks or howto section
 * Manual:Downloading_Extensions_from_the_MediaWiki_Wiki should go into howto section
 * Manual:Edit_token needs dev review
 * Manual:Email required to sign up should likely be redirected to Manual:$wgEmailConfirmToEdit. Manual:$wgEmailConfirmToEdit should likely have a note about what to do in versions prior to 1.6
 * not even going to think about Manual:Extension right now
 * Manual:Fire up mysql should point to the MySQL docs - it doesn't really belong in the manual.
 * Perhaps we need a user-contribs section
 * Manual:GenerateSitemap.php needs a good clean
 * Manual:GetLagTimes.php needs tidying
 * need standard template for function arguments, etc.
 * should tackle docs section-by-section, which will make it more efficient to determine needed templates, categories, etc.
 * Manual:Global_Class_Variables should be cleaned up, expanded, and hooked in with Security for developers and friends
 * Manual:Guide_to_setting_up_interwiki_linking needs to be part of review that includes Manual:Interwiki and friends
 * Manual:Hide_page_tabs -> howto pages
 * Manual:Hooks should be tackled separately
 * Review all categories
 * need database hub
 * Manual:IRC RC Bot -> howto
 * Manual:Industrialization_guide/LocalSettings.php and Manual:Industrialization_guide/LocalSettings.php need to be moved (like their parent Manual:Industrialization_guide)
 * overview article Manual:Image_Administration needs a good sweep
 * Manual:Installation/Users needs a good sweep - is the info duplicated?