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My Keyboards: Estonia L-190, Roland RD88, Yamaha P-80, Bilhorn Telescope Organ c 1880, Antique Pump Organ, 1850 concertina, 3 other digital pianos ------------------------- My original piece on BandCamp: https://frankbaxtermrpianoworld.bandcamp.com/releases
Me banging out some tunes in the Estonia piano booth at the NAMM show...
Hi Frank, This is really ambitious on your behalf. Are you aware that editing is open ended, meaning anyone can add/modify/delete published web pages? If you're comfortable with this, here's a URL for a free tutorial :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial
Regards, Roger
Music is the wine that fills the cup of silence. Estonia 190 - Serial # 6561
I added some shell content for you, probably enough to get started. On Main Page just set up some examples of Brands... Each brand can have its own title and then individuals can edit at their discretion. Using the plus sign new categories can be created. Should be interesting to see if anyone can figure out a good way to organize.
I just added the umlaut over the "o" in Bösendorfer!
That code is pretty wide open. I didn't even have to have an account!
I guess that is the idea.
I wish we could add photos of pianos, perhaps from the manufacturer's website. But would that violate copyright issues? Perhaps just links to manufacturers? But then, that is sort of boring!
I am no expert with Wikipedia...my perspective has been that it is an encylopedia...so I don't know if you can nest categories or if one can use "Pages" to achieve sub categories. I have no idea if there is a chat or IM function either.
I am pretty sure that the sysadmin can set it up such that not everyone can just edit content but users could submit for approval. On the otherhand their must be some "roll back" function if editing is near realtime.
My Keyboards: Estonia L-190, Roland RD88, Yamaha P-80, Bilhorn Telescope Organ c 1880, Antique Pump Organ, 1850 concertina, 3 other digital pianos ------------------------- My original piece on BandCamp: https://frankbaxtermrpianoworld.bandcamp.com/releases
Me banging out some tunes in the Estonia piano booth at the NAMM show...
I do, fortunately, know how to Wiki. On the main page, http://www.wikipiano.com/mediawiki/index.php it links to the new Piano brands page. Please go there and submit information, I've attempted to follow a simple theme throughout.
Another piano-playing organist and organ-playing pianist.
My Keyboards: Estonia L-190, Roland RD88, Yamaha P-80, Bilhorn Telescope Organ c 1880, Antique Pump Organ, 1850 concertina, 3 other digital pianos ------------------------- My original piece on BandCamp: https://frankbaxtermrpianoworld.bandcamp.com/releases
Me banging out some tunes in the Estonia piano booth at the NAMM show...
Okay, it's really quite simple. On the page you want to link from you type the title of the page you want, then stick '[[' on the left of it, and ']]' on the right of it, then save the page. Then click on the link which will have appeared, and it will give you the option of making a new page.
Timothy
Another piano-playing organist and organ-playing pianist.
Originally posted by fathertopianist: I am pretty sure that the sysadmin can set it up such that not everyone can just edit content but users could submit for approval.
That would be censorship and would undermine the very idea of Wikiwhatever.
Censorship creates a bias of whoever censors. Uncensored edits create balanced content.
It is like Communism vs. Captialism, or a regulated market vs. a free market.
Timothy, I've been to your island and had a wonderful time. Actually, I'm just now listening to a Concert for 10 Pianos & Orchestra, conducted by Maciej Zoltowski, with the Cyprus State Orchestra. What an amazing sound 10 pianos can produce!
Thank you for assisting with this endeavor from so far away. Isn't the Internet great?
One of the funny things about the stock market is that every time one person buys, another sells, and both think they are astute. -William Feather
The island's lovely. Didn't know we had 10 concert grand pianos on the island, though, but there we are. Our local Steinway D is in terrible state--they brought it and have given so little care to it it's shameful. In Lefkosia they carry concert grands around at a 40 degree angle on forklift trucks underneath--it looks so dangerously wobbly that I can never bear to look.
The internet's wonderful for things like this--I co-administrate two medium-sized bulliten boards in the USA, our business rents three servers in London which are all administrated locally. I love broadband.
Timothy
Another piano-playing organist and organ-playing pianist.
My Keyboards: Estonia L-190, Roland RD88, Yamaha P-80, Bilhorn Telescope Organ c 1880, Antique Pump Organ, 1850 concertina, 3 other digital pianos ------------------------- My original piece on BandCamp: https://frankbaxtermrpianoworld.bandcamp.com/releases
Me banging out some tunes in the Estonia piano booth at the NAMM show...
