The UKCF Wiki is live!

[Simon-JG-hr]

Got the humidors section off to a start - take a look here. Some good stuff from Dave in there too.

[Deano]

Great stuff simon, thanks, glad to see someone else is taking the initiative.

[Deano]

Wiki award now being handed out...

[Robusto]

I looked at it last night and was quite baffled. Didn't understand what to do. I'll drop in when you boys have made a head start. Deano - You seemed to be adding cigar sizes and statistics, according to the strings?...

There's a lot of useful stuff buried in previous threads. Can that be cut and pasted into the Wiki?

Not the sleaze. The facts.

[Stevieboy]

I've had a wee fiddle with cutters and construction but I'm struggling to embed any images!?! Can anyone help?

[Deano]

Anything u want can go in. But yeh its fact based, so we'll keep it straight-laced, and the rest goes on the forum.

I'll try to write/video a simple tutorial, but it does take time to get to learn (though it's very simple).

The good thing is, once learnt, you can use on pretty much any Wiki. Your work Wiki, Wikipedia, your own Wiki etc etc. It's a very useful tool to have under your belt.

Maybe if we herf I could bring a lappy and show you the ropes.

[Deano]

Stevie images are easy, took me a mo to do it too. I will put some tutorial on the Wiki now.

[misterbulgarin]

I'd like to contribute as I write on and on. Not sure how to do images and headers and stuff though, tutorial would be grand

[Deano]

http://www.ukcigarforums.com/ukcfwiki/index.php/UKCF_Wiki_Quick_Help

That's quick help we can build up but the main help for MediaWiki (the base software) is here:

http://www.ukcigarforums.com/ukcfwiki/index.php/Help:Contents

[Stevieboy]

Stevie images are easy, took me a mo to do it too. I will put some tutorial on the Wiki now.

Cheers buddy...I'm working towards a medal you know

[Stevieboy]

http://www.ukcigarforums.com/ukcfwik...iki_Quick_Help

That's quick help we can build up but the main help for MediaWiki (the base software) is here:

http://www.ukcigarforums.com/ukcfwik.../Help:Contents

Nice work Dean...I managed to load a cutters pic...piece of piss really. Thanks my man

[Robusto]

I'm still a bit baffled.

Who is this for?
Us? The world?

I know what a Wiki is from a musician's point of view. I've seen local people big themselves up as stars and write ridiculously inflated resumes of their work on Wiki, so I hold Wikipedia at arm's length a bit.

This is not meant to be a dig at anyone, but aren't you just importing knowledge and existing facts and putting them in a new space?

Please - Carry on! But it must be very time-consuming!

I want you to know that I love you all and am not being a biatch.
I just don't quite get it.



But then I do write complete shit on here and not cigar facts, you know...

I can't help with this!

[Deano]

Yeh it's not for everyone, but there's no 100% decent cigar wiki out there, and we could collectively make one. It's also a good repo for stuff like world cigar stores, humi advice etc, where we can point newbies. I think you'll see it come together and find it useful.

[cohibaIV]

I'm still a bit baffled.

Who is this for?
Us? The world?

I know what a Wiki is from a musician's point of view. I've seen local people big themselves up as stars and write ridiculously inflated resumes of their work on Wiki, so I hold Wikipedia at arm's length a bit.

This is not meant to be a dig at anyone, but aren't you just importing knowledge and existing facts and putting them in a new space?

Please - Carry on! But it must be very time-consuming!

I want you to know that I love you all and am not being a biatch.
I just don't quite get it.



But then I do write complete shit on here and not cigar facts, you know...

I can't help with this!

Bare with it mate...could end up a decent resource for cigar knowledge

[Simon-JG-hr]

aren't you just importing knowledge and existing facts and putting them in a new space?

I suppose so... sort of. On the pages I've made a start on I've tried to get information from different places and put it all in the same place - so you don't have to try five or six sites before you get all the information.