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Welcome to the wiki. A few explanations are probably in order. | Welcome to the wiki. A few explanations are probably in order. | ||
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First, we're not as open as we'd like. Thanks to the prevalence of link spammers and our volunteer nature—who has time for spambot hunting?—this is currently a semi-closed site. Please [mailto:gongmaster@wikigong.com contact us] if you'd got stuff to upload and we'll send you a key. Better yet, if you're able to secure a wiki (know how to configure the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Spam_Blacklist Spam Blacklist] extension?) or have extensive web design experience to share, [mailto:gongmaster@wikigong.com tell us how] and help us figure out how we can skip the login step. | <div style="clear:both;"> | ||
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<div style="display:block; float:left; width:125px; height: | <p>First, we're not as open as we'd like. Thanks to the prevalence of link spammers and our volunteer nature—who has time for spambot hunting?—this is currently a semi-closed site. Please [mailto:gongmaster@wikigong.com contact us] if you'd got stuff to upload and we'll send you a key. Better yet, if you're able to secure a wiki (know how to configure the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Spam_Blacklist Spam Blacklist] extension?) or have extensive web design experience to share, [mailto:gongmaster@wikigong.com tell us how] and help us figure out how we can skip the login step.</p> | ||
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=Projects on the wiki= | |||
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[[Image:Ephemera rectoB stat 125.gif|link=Neoteric_Ensemble]]</div> | [[Image:Ephemera rectoB stat 125.gif|link=Neoteric_Ensemble]]</div> | ||
< | <div style="display:block; float:right; width:75%;margin-top:-2px;"><p>[[Neoteric_Ensemble|''Ephemera'']] is our big book of everything Neoteric. Please help this project attain critical mass: if you have material festering in long-forgotten boxes in the basement, storage unit, or broken-down van over by the tracks, [mailto:gongmaster@wikigong.com contact us] for options on how to copy, loan, convert, or post. And if you're blessed with an organizing impulse, well...'nuff said!</p> | ||
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<div style="display:block; float:right; width:75%;margin-top:-2px;"><p>[[Blickhan_Collection_0022|'''New Music America '82''']] is arguably the most exciting document trove we've posted yet. Tim Blickhan's SLR managed to capture the early Ensemble's hysterically charged performance energy along with glimpses of actual new music illuminati in the audience.</p> | |||
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<div style="display:block; float:left; width:125px; height:150px; margin-top:7px; margin-right:19px; margin-bottom:14px">[[Image:Relache_album_stat_125.gif|link=Ayer_Collection_0042]] | |||
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<div style="display:block; float:right; width:75%;margin-top:-2px;"><p>[[Ayer_Collection_0042|'''Relâche video project''']]: Getting video working on the wiki—especially in a way any member can readily use—turned out to be a month-long endeavor. But at last we have clips from the grainy document—recorded live in 1986 on a much re-used VHS tape—converted to MPEG-4 and Flash and playing on most browsers.</p> | |||
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<p>[[dekalbowiki:Current_events|'''Mission status''']]: Getting any site off the ground is complicated. Things are planned and some of them happen, while other things happen, some of them planned. We've posted a list of things done and those needing doing at [[dekalbowiki:Current_events#Raising_the_barn]].</p> | |||
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<div style=" | =Finding your way around dekalborama= | ||
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<p>[http://dekalborama.com/ '''This graphic'''] indicates you're on a non-wiki part of the site. It should also usually work as a link to take you to the [http://dekalborama.com dekalborama home page].</p> | |||
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=About MediaWiki = | |||
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* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] | * [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] | ||
* [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ] | * [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ] | ||
* [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list] | * [https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list] | ||
= [[Sandbox]] | =For the experimentally inclined= | ||
* The [[Sandbox]] should probably be safer than it is.... | |||
* The [[Video Sandbox]] should work better than it does. Someday, my HTML5 will come.... | |||
=History of dekalborama= | |||
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<p>[[dekalbowiki|'''Mission 0000: Site Launch''']]: At this stage we may as well admit the site is launched. The countdown looked something like this: | |||
:...3... = 12:29, 6 January 2012 (MST) | |||
:...2... = 15:12, 14 January 2012 (MST) | |||
:...1... = 00:22, 21 January 2012 (MST) | |||
:...0... Well, we missed zero, somehow. It was sometime before [http://dekalborama.com/2012/firing-stage-2/ ''Firing Stage 2''] was written on April 15, 2012. And there's a smidgen more history on the earliest [http://dekalborama.com/blog/ blog] pages, but not much.</p> | |||
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Revision as of 06:14, 15 May 2012
Welcome!
Welcome to the wiki. A few explanations are probably in order.
Pardon the security
First, we're not as open as we'd like. Thanks to the prevalence of link spammers and our volunteer nature—who has time for spambot hunting?—this is currently a semi-closed site. Please contact us if you'd got stuff to upload and we'll send you a key. Better yet, if you're able to secure a wiki (know how to configure the Spam Blacklist extension?) or have extensive web design experience to share, tell us how and help us figure out how we can skip the login step.
Projects on the wiki
Ephemera is our big book of everything Neoteric. Please help this project attain critical mass: if you have material festering in long-forgotten boxes in the basement, storage unit, or broken-down van over by the tracks, contact us for options on how to copy, loan, convert, or post. And if you're blessed with an organizing impulse, well...'nuff said!
New Music America '82 is arguably the most exciting document trove we've posted yet. Tim Blickhan's SLR managed to capture the early Ensemble's hysterically charged performance energy along with glimpses of actual new music illuminati in the audience.
Relâche video project: Getting video working on the wiki—especially in a way any member can readily use—turned out to be a month-long endeavor. But at last we have clips from the grainy document—recorded live in 1986 on a much re-used VHS tape—converted to MPEG-4 and Flash and playing on most browsers.
Mission status: Getting any site off the ground is complicated. Things are planned and some of them happen, while other things happen, some of them planned. We've posted a list of things done and those needing doing at dekalbowiki:Current_events#Raising_the_barn.
Finding your way around dekalborama
This graphic indicates you're on the wiki part of the site. Generally it will also work as a link to take you to the main wiki page.
This graphic indicates you're on a non-wiki part of the site. It should also usually work as a link to take you to the dekalborama home page.
About MediaWiki
For the experimentally inclined
- The Sandbox should probably be safer than it is....
- The Video Sandbox should work better than it does. Someday, my HTML5 will come....
History of dekalborama
Mission 0000: Site Launch: At this stage we may as well admit the site is launched. The countdown looked something like this:
- ...3... = 12:29, 6 January 2012 (MST)
- ...2... = 15:12, 14 January 2012 (MST)
- ...1... = 00:22, 21 January 2012 (MST)
- ...0... Well, we missed zero, somehow. It was sometime before Firing Stage 2 was written on April 15, 2012. And there's a smidgen more history on the earliest blog pages, but not much.
