Category talk:Expedition outcomes
Hey Thomcat, a nice project you have going here. I will categorize my previous and future ones (you did two for me!). I'm probably just lazy, but I find creating a new expedition page really time consuming. Is anyone working on a page generator? It would save us all time, and guarantee properly constructed and categorized pages. Juventas 02:53, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
- I don't know of an auto-expedition-generator, but it would be a good app. Not sure if it can both create the page AND post into the contents of the page. Wiki research is in order... --Thomcat 03:18, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
- Nope, I had never have seen that page until now. :( I see it was added to the "Help" sometime after I was first here figuring this stuff out. I tried it as a preview, but I guess you can't see the editable page until after it's published.
- I spent the evening re-learning forms and created this: [1] It's non-functional, except the URL button is partially. All the fields I filled in would represent values that could be pulled from the user's PC or a cookie. As far as I can see, after a few clicks, everything would be generated except for image names and some achievement details. It seemed cool until I saw that expedition template, which is pretty similar. Juventas 08:46, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
- I'm wondering how automated Thomcat had in mind when he answered your question no. Maybe it is a TSR (or whatever they are called these days) that downloads the daily coordinates, monitors your movements and then automatically uploads an expedition report if you make it there. I wouldn't like reading expedition reports that were that automated! -Robyn
"Failed" Should Be "Thwarted"
Hi Thomcat, it's really nice you take the time to organize and categorize all our stuff. But! I'm going to change the Failed - Did not attempt on 2009-03-21 41 -87 to Failed - Mother Nature. We didn't have a boat, and if it weren't for this I wouldn't even have gone at all. I would also like go a little further and suggest the word "Failed" be replaced by "Thwarted". It is more accurate and less anti-celebratory. I would like to help to do this myself but I do not know how many links would have to be changed. Virgletati 20:23, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- I totally second the wording "Thwarted". I know that the answer to changes is "hundreds if not thousands" unless there is an admin ability to change a category name. I'll ask JoannaC. -Robyn 20:27, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- The only way to move a category page is to manually change all category tags that link to the category, and copy the editable part. There is no automatic way to move a category page in the way one moves an article page..
- On a different note, the failed indicates you failed to reach the coordinates. Is there something I'm missing, or are people really that upset with having the word "failed" on their pages? --joannac 21:04, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- The latter. Someone goes and has a glorious day and writes about it and someone comes along and tells them they failed. Thanks for checking. -Robyn 21:16, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
- Wait, I was temporarily stupid. We could REDIRECT the Failed categories to equivalent Thwarted categories. I say yes. Virgletati says yes. Anyone object to this? We'll give it at least a week. -Robyn 21:20, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
