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Help:Organization

2012-06-14T03:38:55Z

Wcarr: /* Documentation space */

__NOEDITSECTION__Since the UBC Wiki is being used by a lot of different people for a lot of different reasons, organization is very important. Keeping the UBC Wiki organized will make information easier to find, keep users from overwriting each other's pages, and allow the Wiki to be used for multiple purposes. The primary method of keeping the UBC Wiki organized is through the use of Namespaces.

==Namespaces==
Pages on the UBC wiki are grouped into collections called "namespaces", which differentiate between the purpose of the pages at a high level. Pages in certain namespaces can also have special properties or behave differently when they interact with other pages.

Namespaces are indicated in page titles by prefixing the page name with "namespace:", so the prefix "Help:" in this page's title ("Help:Namespaces") indicates that this page is in the Help namespace. '''Please note that namespace prefixes always end with a colon.'''__FORCETOC__
==Organizing Your Content==

The UBC Wiki is organized into different collections to accommodate different needs:

{| border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" align="center" width=70%

|-
| width="22%" valign="top"|

{| class="wikitable" width=100% align="center"
!style="background: #cedff2;"|[[Main Space|Main]]
|-
| style="background:#f5faff; align=left; padding:3px 7px 3px 7px;"|The [[Main Space|root of the wiki]] is primarily a community area for knowledge sharing about all aspects of the University. Users are encouraged to add to or edit any page in the main space.
*No prefix

|}

| width="22%" valign="top"|

{| class="wikitable" width=100% align="center" valign="top"
!style="background: #f2e0ce;"|[[Course]]
|-
|style="background: #fffaf5; align=left; padding:3px 7px 3px 7px;"| Course-based content or activities should go into the [[Course|Course space]]. See [[help:Using the UBC Wiki for Course Work|Using the UBC Wiki for Course Work]] for more information on how to add pages to this space.
*''Prefix:'' Course:
|}

| width="22%" valign="top"|

{| class="wikitable" width=100% align="center"valign="top"
!style="background: #ddcef2;"|[[Documentation]]
|-
|style="background: #faf5ff; align=left; padding:3px 7px 3px 7px;"|The [[Documentation| Documentation space]] is provided for documentation, support guides, technical manuals, and other similar content. Here is an [[Documentation:Faculty_Resource_Guide|example]] of how it can be used.
*''Prefix:'' Documentation:

|}
| width="22%" valign="top"|

{| class="wikitable" width=100% align="center"valign="top"
!style="background: #faecc8;"|[[Sandbox]]
|-
|style="background: #faf6ed; align=left; padding:3px 7px 3px 7px;"|The [[Sandbox| Sandbox]] is a place to play, experiment, and to use the UBC Wiki as a personal and collaborative workspace. The Sandbox is your notebook and you can use it how you wish!
*''Prefix:'' Sandbox:
|}
|}

===Organization Policies===
Each namespace on the UBC Wiki serves a different purpose and may have slightly different policies:
<blockquote>
====Main space====
The '''[[Main_Space|root]]''', or mainspace, of the wiki is primarily a shared community space and articles in this section should be encyclopedic in nature, appeal to a broad audience, and be reflective of UBC. Titles should be as specific as possible and not use abbreviations or acronyms. Each article should start with an introductory sentence describing what the page is about. Articles that do not meet this criteria may be moved. Pages in the mainspace belong to the wiki community and anyone should feel free to edit them.

====Course space====
The EDUC 450-451 (Inquiry I and II) space is for instructors, students, and individuals to post, organize, and collaborate on course content. Content should be organized under the class number using subpages. While any individual does "own" any particular class space, this is still an area that can be used as an individual work space for class projects, collaborative work, and the like. Outside editing of articles in this namespace shall be minimal.

====Documentation space====
The sharing space is for ideas, links, documents or any other resources you wish to share with other EDUC 450-451 instructors. Outside editing of articles or pages in this space shall be minimal.

====Sandbox====
The '''[[Sandbox]]''' is is a personal notebook space that can be used for building draft pages, working on personal or group projects, or just playing the wiki. It is a casual, unofficial space and you should not edit a page there if you have not be invited to do so.</blockquote>

In addition, the UBC Wiki includes a few other semi-reserved namespaces:

*[[Help:User page|User]]: Every UBC Wiki user has a personal user page. You can add subpages to your user page - it's a great place to add pages about personal research, projects, presentations, etc.
*[[Help:contents|Help]]: In this namespace you can find all the help articles on how to edit, add, and contribute to the UBC Wiki.
*[[Elearning|eLearning]]: This namespace is the reserved space for creating and managing eLearning-related content. Contact [mailto:wiki.support@ubc.ca CTLT] if interested in contributing.
*[[Learning Commons]]: This namespace is for content contributed by the various Learning Commons colleagues around campus. This includes content from the Research Commons which has a specific focus for graduate students and Faculty.
*[[Library:Home|Library]]: This reserved namespace is for library content contributed by library staff.
*[[Science:Home|Science]]: This reserved namespace is for faculty and staff of the Faculty of Science to manage wiki projects.
*[[LFS:Home|LFS]]: This reserved namespace is for faculty and staff of the [[Faculty of Land and Food Systems]].

Please join the discussion on UBC Wiki policies at [[UBC_Wiki:Community_Policies]].

==Adding a page to a UBC Wiki namespace==
To add a page to namespace, prefix the page name with the space name and a colon (such as either "Course:" or "Documentation:"). For example, the page name <tt>ABCD123</tt> would be added after the space name "<tt>Course:</tt>" to make <tt>[[Course:ABCD123]]</tt>. You can create the new page by searching for this full title or browsing to the extended url, for example: <tt>wiki.ubc.ca/course:ABCD123</tt>.

To add an already existing page to the course space, use the [[Help:Moving_a_page|move function]] and rename the page with the "Course:" prefix. For example, a page named ABCD123 would be renamed [[Course:ABCD123]].

==Examples of What Type of Content Goes Where==
{{Template:Proper Content Organization}}

==See Also==
*[[Learning_Commons:Namespace_Orientation]]: screencasts on Namespaces, adding subpages, and using DPL.
*[[Help:Using the UBC Wiki for Course Work]]: tips and suggestions for using the [[Course]] namespace

[[Category:Help]][[Category:UBC Wiki]]

Help:Organization

2012-06-14T03:37:48Z

Wcarr: /* Course space */

__NOEDITSECTION__Since the UBC Wiki is being used by a lot of different people for a lot of different reasons, organization is very important. Keeping the UBC Wiki organized will make information easier to find, keep users from overwriting each other's pages, and allow the Wiki to be used for multiple purposes. The primary method of keeping the UBC Wiki organized is through the use of Namespaces.

==Namespaces==
Pages on the UBC wiki are grouped into collections called "namespaces", which differentiate between the purpose of the pages at a high level. Pages in certain namespaces can also have special properties or behave differently when they interact with other pages.

Namespaces are indicated in page titles by prefixing the page name with "namespace:", so the prefix "Help:" in this page's title ("Help:Namespaces") indicates that this page is in the Help namespace. '''Please note that namespace prefixes always end with a colon.'''__FORCETOC__
==Organizing Your Content==

The UBC Wiki is organized into different collections to accommodate different needs:

{| border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" align="center" width=70%

|-
| width="22%" valign="top"|

{| class="wikitable" width=100% align="center"
!style="background: #cedff2;"|[[Main Space|Main]]
|-
| style="background:#f5faff; align=left; padding:3px 7px 3px 7px;"|The [[Main Space|root of the wiki]] is primarily a community area for knowledge sharing about all aspects of the University. Users are encouraged to add to or edit any page in the main space.
*No prefix

|}

| width="22%" valign="top"|

{| class="wikitable" width=100% align="center" valign="top"
!style="background: #f2e0ce;"|[[Course]]
|-
|style="background: #fffaf5; align=left; padding:3px 7px 3px 7px;"| Course-based content or activities should go into the [[Course|Course space]]. See [[help:Using the UBC Wiki for Course Work|Using the UBC Wiki for Course Work]] for more information on how to add pages to this space.
*''Prefix:'' Course:
|}

| width="22%" valign="top"|

{| class="wikitable" width=100% align="center"valign="top"
!style="background: #ddcef2;"|[[Documentation]]
|-
|style="background: #faf5ff; align=left; padding:3px 7px 3px 7px;"|The [[Documentation| Documentation space]] is provided for documentation, support guides, technical manuals, and other similar content. Here is an [[Documentation:Faculty_Resource_Guide|example]] of how it can be used.
*''Prefix:'' Documentation:

|}
| width="22%" valign="top"|

{| class="wikitable" width=100% align="center"valign="top"
!style="background: #faecc8;"|[[Sandbox]]
|-
|style="background: #faf6ed; align=left; padding:3px 7px 3px 7px;"|The [[Sandbox| Sandbox]] is a place to play, experiment, and to use the UBC Wiki as a personal and collaborative workspace. The Sandbox is your notebook and you can use it how you wish!
*''Prefix:'' Sandbox:
|}
|}

===Organization Policies===
Each namespace on the UBC Wiki serves a different purpose and may have slightly different policies:
<blockquote>
====Main space====
The '''[[Main_Space|root]]''', or mainspace, of the wiki is primarily a shared community space and articles in this section should be encyclopedic in nature, appeal to a broad audience, and be reflective of UBC. Titles should be as specific as possible and not use abbreviations or acronyms. Each article should start with an introductory sentence describing what the page is about. Articles that do not meet this criteria may be moved. Pages in the mainspace belong to the wiki community and anyone should feel free to edit them.

====Course space====
The EDUC 450-451 (Inquiry I and II) space is for instructors, students, and individuals to post, organize, and collaborate on course content. Content should be organized under the class number using subpages. While any individual does "own" any particular class space, this is still an area that can be used as an individual work space for class projects, collaborative work, and the like. Outside editing of articles in this namespace shall be minimal.

====Documentation space====
The '''[[documentation]]''' space is for user manuals, documentation, support and other similar content. Outside editing of articles or pages in this space shall be minimal.

====Sandbox====
The '''[[Sandbox]]''' is is a personal notebook space that can be used for building draft pages, working on personal or group projects, or just playing the wiki. It is a casual, unofficial space and you should not edit a page there if you have not be invited to do so.</blockquote>

In addition, the UBC Wiki includes a few other semi-reserved namespaces:

*[[Help:User page|User]]: Every UBC Wiki user has a personal user page. You can add subpages to your user page - it's a great place to add pages about personal research, projects, presentations, etc.
*[[Help:contents|Help]]: In this namespace you can find all the help articles on how to edit, add, and contribute to the UBC Wiki.
*[[Elearning|eLearning]]: This namespace is the reserved space for creating and managing eLearning-related content. Contact [mailto:wiki.support@ubc.ca CTLT] if interested in contributing.
*[[Learning Commons]]: This namespace is for content contributed by the various Learning Commons colleagues around campus. This includes content from the Research Commons which has a specific focus for graduate students and Faculty.
*[[Library:Home|Library]]: This reserved namespace is for library content contributed by library staff.
*[[Science:Home|Science]]: This reserved namespace is for faculty and staff of the Faculty of Science to manage wiki projects.
*[[LFS:Home|LFS]]: This reserved namespace is for faculty and staff of the [[Faculty of Land and Food Systems]].

Please join the discussion on UBC Wiki policies at [[UBC_Wiki:Community_Policies]].

==Adding a page to a UBC Wiki namespace==
To add a page to namespace, prefix the page name with the space name and a colon (such as either "Course:" or "Documentation:"). For example, the page name <tt>ABCD123</tt> would be added after the space name "<tt>Course:</tt>" to make <tt>[[Course:ABCD123]]</tt>. You can create the new page by searching for this full title or browsing to the extended url, for example: <tt>wiki.ubc.ca/course:ABCD123</tt>.

To add an already existing page to the course space, use the [[Help:Moving_a_page|move function]] and rename the page with the "Course:" prefix. For example, a page named ABCD123 would be renamed [[Course:ABCD123]].

==Examples of What Type of Content Goes Where==
{{Template:Proper Content Organization}}

==See Also==
*[[Learning_Commons:Namespace_Orientation]]: screencasts on Namespaces, adding subpages, and using DPL.
*[[Help:Using the UBC Wiki for Course Work]]: tips and suggestions for using the [[Course]] namespace

[[Category:Help]][[Category:UBC Wiki]]