Personal Wiki Pages @ MindSay

I'm bored so I'm going to post the list of Wiki pages I've worked on here on Mindsay.

 

Pages I've started/created:

High Fidelity (this one's my baby)

HitchHiker Guide to the Galaxy 

Marvin the Paranoid Android (another of my babies)

Regina Spektor (this is a work is process)

 

Personal wiki Pages I've Created:

My own (obviously)

TallHo's (just 'cause this lady is awesome:) )

 

I've also put my own input into a hwole lot of other pages but there just isn't the time to list them all. It's pretty safe to say that if you go onto a wiki page and I've left a comment there I've also edited it in some way.

Everyone here should be creatine wiki's it's fun!

 

Thanks,

 Mark

In my previous post I talked about who is on top of my list of nominations for the annual Mindsay Awards hosted this year by mmca.  One category I felt was missing was acknowledgement for the hard work folks have done for the Mindsay wiki pages.  I was surprised to see it not mentioned on mmca's list.  Even if it isn't included on the category list for final nominations, I want to personally acknowledge the achievements of Mindsayers who have taken the time and effort to create some very entertaining wiki pages at Mindsay.

 

*Best Mindsay wiki page -- this would be the page most Mindsayers like to visit when they hit that Wiki index.  These are the public Mindsay wiki's not the personal ones. 

My nominations for Best Mindsay Wiki Page:

Andreux really has put together one of the best pages with his homage to Night Watch -- a Russian fantasy/horror film that's worth checking out for its stunning visuals and engaging story.

I'm going to toot my own horn here again, and direct your attention to my  Night of the Living Dead wiki page. I believe it's the best page I've done here at Mindsay and I did my best to make it interactive, too. That being said, I may go ahead and do the sequels to all four of the Living Dead films by George A. Romero... so keep an eye out for those later.

The Adult Swim Mindsay wiki page most captures the design and feel of Cartoon Channel's Adult Swim programs. When you log on to the page, it's like taking a trip through Adult Swim.  callmeroger did such an excellent job with this page, I think he should work for Adult Swim! 

 

 

*Best Informational Mindsay wiki page -- this is a category I only just know thought of and wanted to bring up here before I forget it.  Out of all the wiki pages produced by Mindsayers, this is one wiki that even people outside of Mindsay can turn to for the best, most up-to-date information on a particular subject not every many people are familiar with but should know about.

insolence has done an excellent job with the Aphex Twin page, in fact it was the first Mindsay wiki page that caught my attention because not only for its sleek and practical design, it was filled with information about the music of DJ Richard David James.  When I saw this page, it served me as a basis and standard for which Mindsay wiki pages about musicians should be.  I loved the way he added music videos in such a neat, easy to download and view fashion, too. 

I  am rather proud of the informational pages I designed for  Wicca and Witchcraft. The reason why I feel I deserve your notice for these pages is because these are the pages I've done that have garnered me the most thoughtful responses from people who later printed out what I wrote and used for classes and/or seminars at their churches. I was very touched by that.
I also think my design for the Tarot wiki page is a good one, too.

 dayzeday, otacon120, and midimacman have done an excellent job with the Web Design page, making it an excellent stop for those beginners just getting into web design and need some support. This wiki page has a simple design with colors that are easy on the eyes.

 

*Best Collaboratively Created Mindsay wiki page -- this is a Mindsay wiki page that has been most successfully created and designed by a whole group of Mindsay bloggers who didn't have to step on each other's toes to make a great page we all can enjoy.

That page I would say is the Firefly page. Over a span of a few months, fans of Firefly here at Mindsay have banded together like the Browncoats they love and have independently logged on together to provide not only information about the series, but have also made the page pretty to look at. Those brave designers are: jessicabonnie, dayzeday, and valentinaxxx (myself), and we never had interacted with each other before!

 

*Best Personal Mindsay wiki page -- the best personal Mindsay wiki pages people like to visit.
There are several favorites of mine I want to see get a BIG back slap for their achievement in designing some of the best personal wiki pages I've seen on Mindsay:
Andreux not only has done stellar work on public Mindsay wiki pages, but he has truly made his own personal wiki a very entertaining spot to regularly visit. Plus he regularly updates his personal wiki each week. I've also noticed that many people love to visit his page and leave him several thought provoking replies. Also, since Andreux's blog is set to private (in other words, you have to be one of his friend's to access his blog) he leaves his personal wiki as a place for the public to respond to him and check out what he's all about. Not bad.

CallmeRoger's personal page is, by far, one of the best and brightest, serving for many of us as an example of how excellent you can make a personal wiki page at Mindsay.  He has also shared the love by providing tips to how you can make your personal wiki page neat, too. 

If it weren't for callmeroger and Andreux, many of us would still be in the dark about designing excellent Mindsay wiki pages!

Another excellent personal Mindsay wiki page I want to draw attention to is Leedman's personal wiki -- not only is his design simple and easy to read, it serves as an excellent example of how to use your personal wiki page as an extension of your blog.

 

*Best Mindsay wiki page theme -- the most creative and best designed Mindsay wiki page (public).  This would be the most PRETTIEST page created, in other words, the one that is fun to visit because it's good looking.  It may not have the best information on it, but it doesn't matter, it's just a breath of fresh air to the eyes. 

Neon Genesis Evangelion is a page I often reference back to, not because I'm a fan of the series, but because what callmeroger has done with it is so pretty and neat, really capturing the essence of the series that makes me want to go to my local video store and check it out.

The Fooly Cooly Mindsay wiki (another page designed by CallmeRoger) is also worthy of attention.

My prettiest Mindsay wiki page themes are:
Pirates of the Caribbean
Portishead

Moulin Rouge
Marie Antoinette
Damien Rice (to name just a few)

 

I know I'm not the only one creating Mindsay wiki pages, so if you think there's a few more someone out there has created, nominate them, please!

 

So far the new personal wiki pages seem to be getting a good amount of usage - or at least experimentation.  I think we'll see the activity continue to increase as we make them as easy to access and browse as profiles and blogs.  My observations a few days into the project, for what it's worth:

 

One somewhat common theme I've seen on a bunch of the personal pages I have visited is "I'm not sure what to use this for", which is kind of surprising, because we always get e-mails asking for more customization options, the ability to insert music and videos, and lots of other things that can't be accomplished with our current blogging system.  The personal wiki's are meant to serve this need - among many other things - by letting users have almost complete control over the design in a place that is more permanent than a blog entry. 

 

The best description I have seen of the personal pages so far is to think of them as an extended profile.  They are not as structured as the regular MindSay profiles, but also not time-sensitive like blogs.  It's a personal place to let people to get know more about you on one page - and your friends can help tell the story through words, pictures, and design help if you want them to.

 

Another key thing about the personal pages is the comment area.  Personally, I get a lot of comments on my blog unrelated to my entries.  This probably has something to do with the fact that I'm one of the guys that runs the site and people need a way to get in touch with me, but I always see a lot of off-topic conversations on blog entries comment areas around MindSay.  Don't get me wrong - we want our site to be as open for discussion as possible - but the comment area on the personal pages is ideal for random discussion.

 

So, that's what I see a couple days in.  We'll be adding many new things in the days and weeks ahead to make personal pages more accessible and easy-to-use.  Enjoy!

You know, I've often wondered why, um...

There's been a lot of call on Mindsay for a need for, um...

You know what makes my life more complete? Having something which accompanies my blog which, um...

Look. It's there. And I'm not quite certain why, but I'm sure I'll find a purpose for it sometime. In the meantime, I've put what I felt best appropriate in the space. Feel free to tinker at will.

http://www.mindsay.com/wiki/user/shiny

I have never bothered to understand what a Wiki page is, but now somehow the folks at Mindsay have given me one.  I'll be curious to see what everyone else does with their wiki pages (if anything), but feel free to check out the animal photos I just posted on mine!