meeting minutes & group communication, daren welsh, smwcon fall 2014
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By using a single form and one key property, notes from meetings are now appended to associated topic pages (no more searching through email archives!). Going further, how to use the main page as a plaza to annunciate relevant meetings and featured articles.TRANSCRIPT
Meeting Minutes
Semantic MediaWiki Conference Fall 2014
Or …
How we learned to stop emailing and love the wiki
Daren Welsh, NASA Flight Opera0ons
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Email!
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• Email is necessary, but abused • Email is good for conversaAons, but a terrible way of storing data
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MeeAng Minutes
• We can’t eliminate all email, but maybe just notes from meeAngs
• MeeAng Minutes template/form is very simple – Type of meeAng – Date – Time – AIendee – AIachments – Links to documents – Topics
§ Title § Content
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MeeAng Minutes
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MeeAng Minutes
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MeeAng Minutes
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MeeAng Minutes
• Now meeAng minutes – Can be entered by anyone – Are linkable – Are Web accessible – Can link to hardware/topic
pages – Are searchable … ?
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MeeAng Minutes
We can do beIer with one addiAonal property:
Related arAcle [[Has type:: Page]]
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Related ArAcle
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Related ArAcle
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Related ArAcle
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Related ArAcle
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Related ArAcle
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Extension:HeaderFooter – Enables headers and footers per namespace
Extension: Header Tabs – Adds tabs to a page separaAng top-‐level secAons
__NOTOC__<br style="clear:both;" /> {{#ask: [[Topic from meeAng::+]][[Related arAcle::{{PAGENAME}}]] |mainlabel=-‐ |? From page |? Has date |? Has topic Atle |? Synopsis |? Related arAcle |link = none |format = template |template = MeeAng references row |intro = <h1>MeeAng References</h1> |offset = 0 |limit = 10 |sort = Has date |order = DESC |searchlabel = <br /><br /><br />Click to browse earlier meeAng references }} <headertabs />
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Related ArAcle
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Related ArAcle
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More SemanAc Linking
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User Queries
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User Queries
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Exposure
• Individual pages are linked – [[wiki links]] – SemanAc queries (inline, infobox, and footer)
• User queries – Somewhat exposes users to unfamiliar pages, but limited in scope
How do we make sure our users are aware of pages they might be interested in?
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Warrens & Plazas
• Discussion at Houston wiki summit with Brandon Harris and Philippe BeaudeIe (Wikimedia FoundaAon)
• Each wiki page is maintained by a small community • Even with SemanAc sharing, there are disconnects • How do we connect these communiAes?
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The Main Page Plaza
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The Main Page Plaza
• Masonry Main Page – Masonry Javascript/CSS
packed into an extension for MW
– Provides auto-‐sized blocks based on content and window size
• MeeAng Minutes is the focus
• AddiAonal blocks provide relevant arAcles and queries
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The Main Page Plaza
MeeAng Minutes • Link to form for new
minutes • Title linking to full
minutes • Topics and synopses
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The Main Page Plaza
Featured ArAcle • Title linking to arAcle • Primary image • Overview
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The Main Page Plaza
Upcoming Events • Encourages users to
contribute to events they are supporAng
• Helps us ensure we are tracking the correct event dates (they change A LOT)
• Currently only vehicles and missions. Eventually will include training and on-‐orbit acAviAes.
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The Main Page Plaza
Recent Discussions and Changes • Helpful for new users not familiar
with “Recent Changes” • Highlights discussion
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The Main Page Plaza
Proficiency Training • Currently a passive system • Users unknowingly get
addiAonal proficiency training and review our data
• In the future, we could track click-‐through of these types of boxes for proficiency training
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The Main Page Plaza
Morning RouAne • Coffee • MeeAng Minutes • Recent changes • Recent discussion • Watchlist • Email (yes, sAll, but less)
– Now more focused on discussions and less focused on “documenAng” technical info
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The Future
• Future concept of expanding engagement • Connect warrens • User watches one page, but does not watch related page
(determined by Property:Related article, wiki links, common contributors, etc.)
• Main Page blocks customized by username, expiration date, etc.
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