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Tonisant: /* Which extension/s to use for events? */

2010-11-01T08:54:19Z

Which extension/s to use for events?

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	:My comments on how those calendar of events work are in the previous section. The one used by wikipedia caters for easy access to current week, current month and most importantly, archiving. Of course there would still be the normal wiki pages from where the calendar extract the information, ie. the events. Information would still have to be imputed in the normal way. The issue of having a sort of form to facilitate entries is a totally different ballgame. The Events calendar extension' function is to facilitate the accessibility of the information/data on the wiki pages where events information is imputed and stored..it does not hold the information within itself. I would imagine that the wiki pages holding the events information would have to be imputed in a certain way in order for the extension to be able to 'understand' - just like a database...but that would depend on the extension installed.		:My comments on how those calendar of events work are in the previous section. The one used by wikipedia caters for easy access to current week, current month and most importantly, archiving. Of course there would still be the normal wiki pages from where the calendar extract the information, ie. the events. Information would still have to be imputed in the normal way. The issue of having a sort of form to facilitate entries is a totally different ballgame. The Events calendar extension' function is to facilitate the accessibility of the information/data on the wiki pages where events information is imputed and stored..it does not hold the information within itself. I would imagine that the wiki pages holding the events information would have to be imputed in a certain way in order for the extension to be able to 'understand' - just like a database...but that would depend on the extension installed.
	:I'm pretty sure that the events input 'form' that we were talking about for these couple of weeks would also be another extension...and as the used clicks the Enter button, that info would automatically be sorted in the wiki events page/s for the Events calendar extension to 'understand' and show on demand. But lets sort the calendar extension first :) - [[User:Tonygrimaud\|Tony Grimaud]]([[Talk:Tonygrimaud\|talk]]) 07:49, 1 November 2010 (UTC)		:I'm pretty sure that the events input 'form' that we were talking about for these couple of weeks would also be another extension...and as the used clicks the Enter button, that info would automatically be sorted in the wiki events page/s for the Events calendar extension to 'understand' and show on demand. But lets sort the calendar extension first :) - [[User:Tonygrimaud\|Tony Grimaud]]([[Talk:Tonygrimaud\|talk]]) 07:49, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

			:: There are two essential distinctions we need to make at this point: (a) marking up events mentioned on general wiki entries, and (b) an events calendar to enable users to announce forthcoming events, which are then archived, possibly with comments, reviews, pictures etc. on an individual page. It seems to me that [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Events the Events extension] we're installing should take care of the first issue. The second possibly needs to be addressed by more than one Calendar extension [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Calendar from these]. --[[User:Tonisant\|Toni Sant]] ([[User talk:Tonisant\|talk]]) 08:54, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Tonygrimaud: event extension, data input form extension

2010-11-01T08:25:20Z

event extension, data input form extension

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	Darren S started installing [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Events the Events extension] yesterday afternoon but it proved to be a little more complicated to install than we had hoped. I've now looked into the documentation for the extension a little more and although Darren says he'll try to get the installation sorted on Monday, I'm beginning to realize two things: (a) this extension by itself is ''not'' going to be enough for what we actually need to do on the M3P with Events, and (b) we need to do some research to see which additional extension/s we're going to need [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Calendar from these]. I've found the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Calendar_kit_evaluating_table Calendar kit evaluating table] at the bottom of the Calendar extensions page to be quite useful in helping me start to think about what we should and/or shouldn't look into installing next, if/when the Events extension is sorted. Again, this is mainly because I'm pretty sure that the Events extension by itself is not enough to fulfill the needs we've discussed over the past couple of weeks in terms of displaying a current events page and arching events in general. --[[User:Tonisant\|Toni Sant]] ([[User talk:Tonisant\|talk]]) 17:27, 30 October 2010 (UTC)		Darren S started installing [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Events the Events extension] yesterday afternoon but it proved to be a little more complicated to install than we had hoped. I've now looked into the documentation for the extension a little more and although Darren says he'll try to get the installation sorted on Monday, I'm beginning to realize two things: (a) this extension by itself is ''not'' going to be enough for what we actually need to do on the M3P with Events, and (b) we need to do some research to see which additional extension/s we're going to need [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Calendar from these]. I've found the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Calendar_kit_evaluating_table Calendar kit evaluating table] at the bottom of the Calendar extensions page to be quite useful in helping me start to think about what we should and/or shouldn't look into installing next, if/when the Events extension is sorted. Again, this is mainly because I'm pretty sure that the Events extension by itself is not enough to fulfill the needs we've discussed over the past couple of weeks in terms of displaying a current events page and arching events in general. --[[User:Tonisant\|Toni Sant]] ([[User talk:Tonisant\|talk]]) 17:27, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

			:My comments on how those calendar of events work are in the previous section. The one used by wikipedia caters for easy access to current week, current month and most importantly, archiving. Of course there would still be the normal wiki pages from where the calendar extract the information, ie. the events. Information would still have to be imputed in the normal way. The issue of having a sort of form to facilitate entries is a totally different ballgame. The Events calendar extension' function is to facilitate the accessibility of the information/data on the wiki pages where events information is imputed and stored..it does not hold the information within itself. I would imagine that the wiki pages holding the events information would have to be imputed in a certain way in order for the extension to be able to 'understand' - just like a database...but that would depend on the extension installed.
	:My comments on how those calendar of events work are in the previous section. The one used by wikipedia caters for easy access to current week, current month and most importantly, archiving. Of course there would still be the normal wiki pages from where the calendar extract the information, ie. the events. Information would still have to be imputed in the normal way. The issue of having a sort of ~~table~~ to facilitate entries is a totally different ballgame - [[User:Tonygrimaud\|Tony Grimaud]]([[Talk:Tonygrimaud\|talk]]) 07:49, 1 November 2010 (UTC)		:I'm pretty sure that the events input 'form' that we were talking about for these couple of weeks would also be another extension...and as the used clicks the Enter button, that info would automatically be sorted in the wiki events page/s for the Events calendar extension to 'understand' and show on demand. But lets sort the calendar extension first :) - [[User:Tonygrimaud\|Tony Grimaud]]([[Talk:Tonygrimaud\|talk]]) 07:49, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Tonygrimaud: /* Which extension/s to use for events? */

2010-11-01T07:58:21Z

Which extension/s to use for events?

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	:My comments on how those calendar of events work are in the previous section. The one used by wikipedia caters for easy access to current week, current month and most importantly, archiving. Of course there would still be the normal wiki pages from where the calendar extract the information. Information would still have to be imputed in the normal way. The issue of having a sort of table to facilitate entries is a totally different ballgame - [[User:Tonygrimaud\|Tony Grimaud]]([[Talk:Tonygrimaud\|talk]]) 07:49, 1 November 2010 (UTC)		:My comments on how those calendar of events work are in the previous section. The one used by wikipedia caters for easy access to current week, current month and most importantly, archiving. Of course there would still be the normal wiki pages from where the calendar extract the information, ie. the events. Information would still have to be imputed in the normal way. The issue of having a sort of table to facilitate entries is a totally different ballgame - [[User:Tonygrimaud\|Tony Grimaud]]([[Talk:Tonygrimaud\|talk]]) 07:49, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Tonygrimaud: /* Which extension/s to use for events? */

2010-11-01T07:49:32Z

Which extension/s to use for events?

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	Darren S started installing [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Events the Events extension] yesterday afternoon but it proved to be a little more complicated to install than we had hoped. I've now looked into the documentation for the extension a little more and although Darren says he'll try to get the installation sorted on Monday, I'm beginning to realize two things: (a) this extension by itself is ''not'' going to be enough for what we actually need to do on the M3P with Events, and (b) we need to do some research to see which additional extension/s we're going to need [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Calendar from these]. I've found the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Calendar_kit_evaluating_table Calendar kit evaluating table] at the bottom of the Calendar extensions page to be quite useful in helping me start to think about what we should and/or shouldn't look into installing next, if/when the Events extension is sorted. Again, this is mainly because I'm pretty sure that the Events extension by itself is not enough to fulfill the needs we've discussed over the past couple of weeks in terms of displaying a current events page and arching events in general. --[[User:Tonisant\|Toni Sant]] ([[User talk:Tonisant\|talk]]) 17:27, 30 October 2010 (UTC)		Darren S started installing [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Events the Events extension] yesterday afternoon but it proved to be a little more complicated to install than we had hoped. I've now looked into the documentation for the extension a little more and although Darren says he'll try to get the installation sorted on Monday, I'm beginning to realize two things: (a) this extension by itself is ''not'' going to be enough for what we actually need to do on the M3P with Events, and (b) we need to do some research to see which additional extension/s we're going to need [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Calendar from these]. I've found the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Calendar_kit_evaluating_table Calendar kit evaluating table] at the bottom of the Calendar extensions page to be quite useful in helping me start to think about what we should and/or shouldn't look into installing next, if/when the Events extension is sorted. Again, this is mainly because I'm pretty sure that the Events extension by itself is not enough to fulfill the needs we've discussed over the past couple of weeks in terms of displaying a current events page and arching events in general. --[[User:Tonisant\|Toni Sant]] ([[User talk:Tonisant\|talk]]) 17:27, 30 October 2010 (UTC)


			:My comments on how those calendar of events work are in the previous section. The one used by wikipedia caters for easy access to current week, current month and most importantly, archiving. Of course there would still be the normal wiki pages from where the calendar extract the information. Information would still have to be imputed in the normal way. The issue of having a sort of table to facilitate entries is a totally different ballgame - [[User:Tonygrimaud\|Tony Grimaud]]([[Talk:Tonygrimaud\|talk]]) 07:49, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

Tonisant: /* Which extension/s to use for events? */ new section

2010-10-30T17:27:30Z

Which extension/s to use for events?: new section

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	:::::::::Yes, I'm at uni in the morning, so I'd do it then. - [[User:Tonygrimaud\|Tony Grimaud]]([[Talk:Tonygrimaud\|talk]]) 23:43, 26 October 2010 (UTC)		:::::::::Yes, I'm at uni in the morning, so I'd do it then. - [[User:Tonygrimaud\|Tony Grimaud]]([[Talk:Tonygrimaud\|talk]]) 23:43, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

			== Which extension/s to use for events? ==

			Darren S started installing [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Events the Events extension] yesterday afternoon but it proved to be a little more complicated to install than we had hoped. I've now looked into the documentation for the extension a little more and although Darren says he'll try to get the installation sorted on Monday, I'm beginning to realize two things: (a) this extension by itself is ''not'' going to be enough for what we actually need to do on the M3P with Events, and (b) we need to do some research to see which additional extension/s we're going to need [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Calendar from these]. I've found the [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template:Calendar_kit_evaluating_table Calendar kit evaluating table] at the bottom of the Calendar extensions page to be quite useful in helping me start to think about what we should and/or shouldn't look into installing next, if/when the Events extension is sorted. Again, this is mainly because I'm pretty sure that the Events extension by itself is not enough to fulfill the needs we've discussed over the past couple of weeks in terms of displaying a current events page and arching events in general. --[[User:Tonisant\|Toni Sant]] ([[User talk:Tonisant\|talk]]) 17:27, 30 October 2010 (UTC)

Lito: /* Links to specific events-related pages */

2010-10-28T16:07:06Z

Links to specific events-related pages

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	::I will arrange a meeting with Darren asap about the possibilities of installing a calendar extension. [[User:Tonygrimaud\|Tony Grimaud]]([[Talk:Tonygrimaud\|talk]]) 09:49, 27 October 2010 (UTC)		::I will arrange a meeting with Darren asap about the possibilities of installing a calendar extension. [[User:Tonygrimaud\|Tony Grimaud]]([[Talk:Tonygrimaud\|talk]]) 09:49, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

	Please check out my updates especially when others' updates regarding dj sets were included and tell me what do you think...lito		::Please check out my updates especially when others' updates regarding dj sets were included and tell me what do you think, please do not make a calendar more difficult and time consuming as the present ... lito

	==Using an extension for an Events Calendar==		==Using an extension for an Events Calendar==

Lito: /* Links to specific events-related pages */

2010-10-28T15:49:24Z

Links to specific events-related pages

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	::I will arrange a meeting with Darren asap about the possibilities of installing a calendar extension. [[User:Tonygrimaud\|Tony Grimaud]]([[Talk:Tonygrimaud\|talk]]) 09:49, 27 October 2010 (UTC)		::I will arrange a meeting with Darren asap about the possibilities of installing a calendar extension. [[User:Tonygrimaud\|Tony Grimaud]]([[Talk:Tonygrimaud\|talk]]) 09:49, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

			Please check out my updates especially when others' updates regarding dj sets were included and tell me what do you think...lito

	==Using an extension for an Events Calendar==		==Using an extension for an Events Calendar==

Tonygrimaud: /* Links to specific events-related pages */

2010-10-27T09:49:54Z

Links to specific events-related pages

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	:The Events link in the top banner on the main page is temporary. It's just there along with other main categories. Eventually, it may just go away, especially if/when we have much more info page and categories and we decide what we'd really like in the top banner on the main page. Meanwhile it's essential that we sort out what we're actually doing with gathering data about events by having an extension installed and seeing how we're going to capture data that's readily available via Lito and others while attracting others to input more data about both past and current events. --[[User:Tonisant\|Toni Sant]] ([[User talk:Tonisant\|talk]]) 16:15, 26 October 2010 (UTC)		:The Events link in the top banner on the main page is temporary. It's just there along with other main categories. Eventually, it may just go away, especially if/when we have much more info page and categories and we decide what we'd really like in the top banner on the main page. Meanwhile it's essential that we sort out what we're actually doing with gathering data about events by having an extension installed and seeing how we're going to capture data that's readily available via Lito and others while attracting others to input more data about both past and current events. --[[User:Tonisant\|Toni Sant]] ([[User talk:Tonisant\|talk]]) 16:15, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

			::I will arrange a meeting with Darren asap about the possibilities of installing a calendar extension. [[User:Tonygrimaud\|Tony Grimaud]]([[Talk:Tonygrimaud\|talk]]) 09:49, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

	==Using an extension for an Events Calendar==		==Using an extension for an Events Calendar==

Tonygrimaud: /* Using an extension for an Events Calendar */

2010-10-26T23:43:33Z

Using an extension for an Events Calendar

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	::::::That's great! So, I've made a note about this on the [[M3P:To Do list]] now and listed it as urgent. I'm sure Darren will pick it up as soon as he finds some time this week. Meanwhile, you may want to have a face-to-face chat with him about it since there may be some settings that need further consideration beyond whatever the default categories etc may be. --[[User:Tonisant\|Toni Sant]] ([[User talk:Tonisant\|talk]]) 18:34, 24 October 2010 (UTC)		::::::That's great! So, I've made a note about this on the [[M3P:To Do list]] now and listed it as urgent. I'm sure Darren will pick it up as soon as he finds some time this week. Meanwhile, you may want to have a face-to-face chat with him about it since there may be some settings that need further consideration beyond whatever the default categories etc may be. --[[User:Tonisant\|Toni Sant]] ([[User talk:Tonisant\|talk]]) 18:34, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

	:::::::As I said earlier, this extension is not the best solution for M3P since it is still not easy for people to enter data. But it's the best solution under the circumstance. - [[User:Tonygrimaud\|Tony Grimaud]]([[Talk:Tonygrimaud\|talk]]) 21:37		:::::::As I said earlier, this extension is not the best solution for M3P since it is still not easy for people to enter data. But it's the best solution under the circumstance. - [[User:Tonygrimaud\|Tony Grimaud]]([[Talk:Tonygrimaud\|talk]]) 21:37, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

	::::::::OK, let's see how the extension works once it's installed and we'll take it from there. I take it you'll have a chat with Darren about this asap, right? Thanks. It's listed as urgent on the [[M3P:To Do list]] --[[User:Tonisant\|Toni Sant]] ([[User talk:Tonisant\|talk]]) 16:06, 26 October 2010 (UTC)		::::::::OK, let's see how the extension works once it's installed and we'll take it from there. I take it you'll have a chat with Darren about this asap, right? Thanks. It's listed as urgent on the [[M3P:To Do list]] --[[User:Tonisant\|Toni Sant]] ([[User talk:Tonisant\|talk]]) 16:06, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

			:::::::::Yes, I'm at uni in the morning, so I'd do it then. - [[User:Tonygrimaud\|Tony Grimaud]]([[Talk:Tonygrimaud\|talk]]) 23:43, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

Tonisant at 16:24, 26 October 2010

2010-10-26T16:24:53Z

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	:May I suggest that this Talk page be moved to the 'Category:Music Events in Malta' Talk /Discussion page...contributors are finding it hard to locate this page. - [[User:Tonygrimaud\|Tony Grimaud]]([[Talk:Tonygrimaud\|talk]]) 04:56, 26 October 2010 (UTC)		:May I suggest that this Talk page be moved to the 'Category:Music Events in Malta' Talk /Discussion page...contributors are finding it hard to locate this page. - [[User:Tonygrimaud\|Tony Grimaud]]([[Talk:Tonygrimaud\|talk]]) 04:56, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

	::You're absolutely right to think and say that the Category:Music Events in Malta can and should have ~~it's~~ own talk page. If you're talking about issues related to the category, then the respective category talk is the right place to have that discussion. However, most of the discussions we're having on this page are about handling current events vis-a-vis the M3P in general. Please don't hesitate to let me know if I've misunderstood what you're asking~~. Not~~ all the current contents of this talk page belong on the Category talk page, but I wouldn't mind if you (or anyone else) cut/paste the whole section about Categorizing Events currently still on this page as it's probably better placed on the Category:Music event in Malta talk page. --[[User:Tonisant\|Toni Sant]] ([[User talk:Tonisant\|talk]]) 16:23, 26 October 2010 (UTC)		::You're absolutely right to think and say that the Category:Music Events in Malta can and should have its own talk page. If you're talking about issues related to the category, then the respective category talk page is the right place to have that discussion. However, most of the discussions we're having on this page are about handling current events vis-a-vis the M3P in general. Please don't hesitate to let me know if I've misunderstood what you're asking -- it happens! :-) What I'm trying to say here is that not all the current contents of this talk page belong on the Category talk page, but I wouldn't mind if you (or anyone else) cut/paste the whole section about Categorizing Events currently still on this page as it's probably better placed on the Category:Music event in Malta talk page. --[[User:Tonisant\|Toni Sant]] ([[User talk:Tonisant\|talk]]) 16:23, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

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	::::::That's great! So, I've made a note about this on the [[M3P:To Do list]] now and listed it as urgent. I'm sure Darren will pick it up as soon as he finds some time this week. Meanwhile, you may want to have a face-to-face chat with him about it since there may be some settings that need further consideration beyond whatever the default categories etc may be. --[[User:Tonisant\|Toni Sant]] ([[User talk:Tonisant\|talk]]) 18:34, 24 October 2010 (UTC)		::::::That's great! So, I've made a note about this on the [[M3P:To Do list]] now and listed it as urgent. I'm sure Darren will pick it up as soon as he finds some time this week. Meanwhile, you may want to have a face-to-face chat with him about it since there may be some settings that need further consideration beyond whatever the default categories etc may be. --[[User:Tonisant\|Toni Sant]] ([[User talk:Tonisant\|talk]]) 18:34, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

	:::::::As I said earlier, this extension is not the best solution for M3P since it is still not easy for people to enter data. But it's the best solution under the circumstance. - [[User:Tonygrimaud\|Tony Grimaud]]([[Talk:Tonygrimaud\|talk]]) 21:37		:::::::As I said earlier, this extension is not the best solution for M3P since it is still not easy for people to enter data. But it's the best solution under the circumstance. - [[User:Tonygrimaud\|Tony Grimaud]]([[Talk:Tonygrimaud\|talk]]) 21:37, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

	::::::::OK, let's see how the extension works once it's installed and we'll take it from there. I take it you'll have a chat with Darren about this asap, right? Thanks. It's listed as urgent on the [[M3P:To Do list]] --[[User:Tonisant\|Toni Sant]] ([[User talk:Tonisant\|talk]]) 16:06, 26 October 2010 (UTC)		::::::::OK, let's see how the extension works once it's installed and we'll take it from there. I take it you'll have a chat with Darren about this asap, right? Thanks. It's listed as urgent on the [[M3P:To Do list]] --[[User:Tonisant\|Toni Sant]] ([[User talk:Tonisant\|talk]]) 16:06, 26 October 2010 (UTC)

			:::::::::Yes, I'm at uni in the morning, so I'd do it then. - [[User:Tonygrimaud\|Tony Grimaud]]([[Talk:Tonygrimaud\|talk]]) 23:43, 26 October 2010 (UTC)