Urban Arena Wiki:Development plan

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  • Wiki will eventually become a shared resource for the CoP
  • DRIFT hoping to share the database with fellows and CoP participants from the start of November
  • Not expecting much direct engagement of fellows and CoP participants with wiki before Arena, but enabled if they wish
  • Promote engagement at the Arena itself: have a wiki corner where people can directly create content, with support
  • Invite direct input following Arena, especially before deliverable deadline
  • From 2020, use social media posts to stimulate discussion about approaches etc.
  • Provide participants with wiki accounts so that they can add information throughout Arena process:
    • Remotely before
    • In person during, with support
    • Directly via wiki afterwards (and ongoing)
    • Include different mechanisms for different levels of confidence:
      • Direct editing of pages
      • Commenting via talk pages
      • Commenting via other methods (e.g. email), integrated by cluster leads
    • Cluster leads retain responsibility for relevant pages
  • Part of deliverable from WP3:
    • Including a snapshot of the database
    • Deadline December 20th
  • How do we support consortium partners, to make it easier for them to finalise their wiki pages?
    • Identify needs at reflection meeting next week
  • Concrete actions:
    • Change introductory page to target fellows and Arena participants
    • Change list of clusters to make it easier to follow (alphabetical)
    • Align formats of wiki pages and Google docs

Changes needed pre-arena

  • Create project pages with templates, delete from database
  • Abandon clusters: all approaches
  • Check categories for each approach/cluster page
  • Add metadata to each approach page
  • Change database index to a dynamic page
  • Remove distinction between methodological and substantive clusters
  • Make cluster category page
  • Add license; update permissions page (maybe add that name as a redirect)
  • Review content by DRIFT
    • Mail partners when complete to invite them also to look over, and make suggestions via the relevant Talk pages
  • Structural review by ECOLISE
  • Karlijn reviewing front page
  • Extensions etc. to improve useability
  • User guide:
    • How to edit pages
    • Links to main sources of help (could also specify topics in the MediaWiki help)
    • Guide to commenting via talk pages
    • How to contact cluster leads (via User Talk pages)
    • (assess whether any other mechanism necessary, for people who find the wiki difficult - maybe consult participants directly)
  • Pictures?
    • Karlijn will ask at SG meeting if/when we can add them?

Enabling participation

  • Email to participants following email on November 5th. Could send personal accounts afterwards.
    • Has to be manual (as far as we know - can check if there is any batch invitation facility).
    • Can we change the text of the invitation email?
  • Webinar is an opportunity to engage with the wiki
    • Participants will discuss questions at the webinar
    • Will invite participants to look at wiki and identify 'verwonderingsvraag' (burning questions) that they can bring to the Arena.
    • Cluster leads have their own questions - e.g. who has experience with Transition Towns in an Urban area? Could ask partners to consider the input they need for their wiki page, and list these on the relevant Talk page. Can then demo answering the question in the webinar. This also provides an introduction to use of the Talk pages in a more general sense, which is a more accessible level than directly editing wiki pages.