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Polverone
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Welcome to the wiki discussion forum
Some months ago I set up a wiki for Sciencemadness members to replace the ad-laden Wikia one. It has now reached a sufficiently mature state that I am
ready to announce it to a wider audience:
http://www.sciencemadness.org/smwiki/index.php/Main_Page
It is build on MediaWiki, just like Wikipedia. It doesn't have all of the bells and whistles that the main Wikipedia site does -- they run a lot of
extensions -- but it should be mostly familiar to those who have used wikis before.
The biggest limitations are that you must be a forum member in good standing to get edit access to the wiki, and you
must send me or zts16 a message requesting an account. Your wiki account will be named after your forum account but there is no
automatic integration; passwords are separate and unsynchronized.
I have only done the technical setup for the forum. If you look at its edit history, you will see other members have contributed much more in the way
of content.
I believe that this should become the long-term repository for writeups derived from Prepublication threads, tutorials, information compendia, etc.
[Edited on 2-1-2016 by Polverone]
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Velzee
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Yay! I've already had the wiki bookmarked a while back. It's really helpful, though many photos and some linked compounds are missing.
Thank you for all of your work; you and all of those who worked on the wiki!
Check out the ScienceMadness Wiki: http://www.sciencemadness.org/smwiki/index.php/Main_Page
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diddi
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thanks for the thread polverone. we might generate some more interest.
Beginning construction of periodic table display
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Texium
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Quote: Originally posted by Velzee  | Yay! I've already had the wiki bookmarked a while back. It's really helpful, though many photos and some linked compounds are missing.
Thank you for all of your work; you and all of those who worked on the wiki! |
Yeah, many of the pictures
still need to be transferred from the old wiki. Amos has downloaded them all and is intending to do most of that, but he's been busy lately.
I'm happy to see that there is now a dedicated subforum here, thank you Polverone. 
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j_sum1
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About time I did some more editing and contributions. It's been off my mind for a while. Thanks for the reminder.
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At the risk of sounding like a demented parrot, my main issue remains accessibility/promotion of the Wiki. Right now, when I want to access it I look
for a zts16 post, for his signature.
Once that problem is resolved, I'll join, if I'm accepted of course... 
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j_sum1
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You have a point bloggers. But you could always make yourself a bookmark.
Personally, I would like to see a link at the top of every SM page, but I can't really use that as an excuse for not getting involved.
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Texium
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I agree that a link in the top navigation bar would be very convenient to have, though I'd understand if it would be difficult for Polverone to
implement, as it may require changing parts of the forum software itself to fit it into the template. For now I suppose you can keep using the link in
my signature... I certainly have plenty of posts, they're pretty easy to find. 
@blogfast: I'm going to make a wiki account for you now, and whether you use it or not is up to you. 
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blogfast25
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Thanks, zts16.
You miss my point. It's not about ME: it's about ALL SMers being able to find the Wiki very easily, that will increase both its usage and possible new
contributors.
I've in the past suggested creating a 'subfolder':
Fundamentals > ScienceMadness Wiki
... just below 'Organic Chemistry'.
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j_sum1
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I think you misunderstood me. I fully concur that a better link and better promotion is in order.
But in the meantime, there are probably more convenient options than tracking down zts's sig.
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blogfast25
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@j_sum1:
Whatever. For this initiative to survive and thrive, relentless self-promotion is needed, at least for some time. To gain
critical mass, so to speak.
In outer space, no one can hear you scream.
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I see that such a subfolder has now been, created, so mea culpa for sounding like an ungrateful brat.
I think this is definitely progress.
[Edited on 30-1-2016 by blogfast25]
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Texium
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Oh, yeah, I didn't catch that you hadn't realized that since this was the first thread started in said subforum!
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Just my personal preference, but I assure you it would make me much more likely to resume work on the wiki at a heavy pace: Please consider using the
editing engine that Wikia uses; it's much easier to do quick, painless work on articles with it. Especially with regards to adding images.
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woelen
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Good initiative. I'll join and I hope to contribute as well (pictures, articles, corrections etc.).
@Polverone: Can you give me an account so that I can login?
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Texium
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| Quote: Originally posted by woelen | Good initiative. I'll join and I hope to contribute as well (pictures, articles, corrections etc.).
@Polverone: Can you give me an account so that I can login? |
I took care of it for you, as I can also create
accounts.
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Mabus
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Yay, this is a good idea. Thanks a lot Polverone!
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blogfast25
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First page created. Still only a bit of a stub so far and will complete in the next days but that was relatively pain-free:
http://www.sciencemadness.org/smwiki/index.php/Potassium_hex...
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Hello,
Has anyone the ability to delete pages?
These seems to be mistakes and should be deleted.
http://www.sciencemadness.org/smwiki/index.php/Antimony.jpg
http://www.sciencemadness.org/smwiki/index.php/Sodiumperchlo...
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Texium
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Alright, I deleted both of them
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http://www.sciencemadness.org/smwiki/index.php/DeuteriumNote...
There is missing space between the Deuterium_and_Notes.
Is there a way to correct the title ?
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crystal grower
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Thanks for solving this problem.
I have another question.
Could I make a category where will be listed all editors of the smwiki?
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Texium
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Already a built-in page for that: http://www.sciencemadness.org/smwiki/index.php/Special:ListU...
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Ok.
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Just want to point out a mistake into the acetic acid page in that link
Quoted from there:
"Chemical
Acetic acid undergoes the typical chemical reactions of a carboxylic acid. Upon treatment with a standard base, it converts to metal acetate and
water:
CH3COOH + MOH → CH3COOM + H2"
Water is H2O not H2
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Texium
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Thanks for pointing that out, I fixed it along with another error in the section.
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