Talk:Flu Wiki

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General principles

Sorry to top post, but I think that we need to decide what goes on the front page. Do we include the WHO Pandemic phase (which has just gone to 4)? how do we keep to Jimbo's principle of balance while maintaining honesty? RichardRothwell 23:07, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

I'm not sure that your average citizen needs to know the global alert level - nor would it make much sense. Different parts of the world have completely different levels of danger, so giving local information is the only way to be accurate and honest. Gboyers ^talk 11:03, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

I think I agree - which is why I posed the question. So is this style of front page right? If the virus is seen in many more countries it would have to move to a continental level over-view.RichardRothwell 12:52, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Tab view

Hi, Ose! I was just looking at this wiki -- you guys are doing a really interesting job with it. There's one thing you may not know -- putting the Contents into a tab view actually hides it from Google search bots. Google won't be able to index the site properly if all the useful content links are hidden in the tab view, which will hurt our Google rank.

I would suggest putting the Header and the Contents into the actual main page code, and making the main page editable again. The stuff that you've done is cute, but it won't actually help the site if it makes our Google rank go down. -- Danny (talk) 19:34, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Thanks Danny - thats a good point. Normally this sort of JS just replaces content (so at least some shows by default), but this doesn't. I don't think getting rid of it causes us any great loss. So long as the contents are there, then the "helping out" section and the map can be compressed, or simply linked to (albeit quite visibly). I also think a latest news section would be more valuable than having multiple cluttered feeds. Gboyers ^talk 20:10, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I totally agree! I think simpler can be better, especially on a main page. -- Danny (talk) 20:25, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

I've expanded the tabview into straightforward transcludes (of Contents, News & Helping out). I've missed out Visualizing H1N1, but added the map into News. Does that still seem too cluttered? Gboyers ^talk 22:44, 27 April 2009 (UTC) EDIT: This section imported from User talk:Ose - Gboyers ^talk 22:46, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

It does, but it's better than it was. How about we go the whole way and put the actual content into the page, rather than transcluding? That way, people have a fighting chance of being able to edit and update the page. -- Danny (talk) 22:49, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

The problem with that is scaring users off with large chunks of code with masses of content hidden inside. Even I find that off-putting. How about we just add a handful of edit buttons to edit the individual sections? Or if thats still too complicated, have a nice user-friendly "edit the main page" page which links to those sections used within? Gboyers ^talk 23:10, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

I took out the HTML comment, so now it's editable by wysiwyg. That should make it easier for people... -- Danny (talk) 23:15, 27 April 2009 (UTC)

At the moment, I don't see any way to edit the homepage at all. :-( ----Jimbo Wales 00:23, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Me neither. I tried to add a link to United States Health Departments to the Sources of Information list, but was unable to do so. 69.19.14.38 13:12, 28 April 2009 (UTC)KathleenSeidel

Someone hid the toolbar at the top of the main page, but this has since been restored. Might need to clear your cache or hard refresh to make it reappear. Or just cheat. And thanks for that Danny, that simplifies things even more. Gboyers ^talk 00:30, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Excellent! I'm glad you like it. -- Danny (talk) 05:03, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Interactive Map + Timeline

Is there any way we can build an interactive map + timeline on Wikia? I like the one the Guardian has got goin'--Pooya72 07:08, 28 April 2009 (UTC)

Outbreak Table

There should definitely be an outbreak table on the front page. I copied this Outbreak Table from Wikipedia. I don't know if we're allowed to do that. We could build on it. --Pooya72 07:34, 28 April 2009 (UTC)