User talk:SylvstaB.

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[edit] Welcome

Hi, SylvstaB. Welcome to the Central Wikia! I'm not quite sure what your questions about the wiki you want to found are, so please help me clarify them?
One option, if you're thinking about something that's school specific (content about particular professors, program rules, classes, etc.) would be the students Wikia. It is designed for school wiki. If you want to talk about the law in general, not just the U.S., there's a legal Wikia.
Or, if you want to talk about something in between, like law education in the U.S., you could start a Wikia specific to that. A broader scope creates a greater potential contributor base, and you can always start with more specific articles. Too broad, and it may totally lose the things you wanted to focus on. So, first consider your scope. Then try to name it appropriately and make the request. Feel free to describe the scope and ask for additional assistance refining it or the name.
I highly suggest picking a Wikia to contribute a few articles to, just to get a sense of how it works before you start your own. You don't have to become a major contributor, just an article or two. I'd suggest picking a hobby or something and seeing what's here. I've been trying to get a few articles on people's favorite books or essays on the Literature Wikia. Want to add something there? You mentioned creating 2 pages already. Do you mind saying where/what they are?
Be aware that if you start your own, as it says on some of the articles you've already referred to, you will have a lot of work to do before it's self-sustaining. Best wishes!
--CocoaZen 18:19, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Oh, there's also the GradWiki, Graduates, about graduate programs in general. --CocoaZen 19:46, 8 November 2006 (UTC)

Welcome from me too. "http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia_Mentoring_Project#Sylvia.27s_Law_Page", eh? Well, after 40-odd years in employment in fields where various New Zealand laws needed to be known, I know a bit. Have you checked many other Wikia to see if some have aspects of the law in them that you could either cut your teeth on or copy?

Kind regards

Robin Patterson 06:14, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

OK, SO HEY GUYS! WOW! SO, yes, I am a newbie, and i have bitten the bullet, and I am starting off on this adventure on my own (as opposed to beginning to write for other wikis, which is undoubltedly a good idea yet... well, i'll continue the more relevant news below). Since November, there's been some progression! First, let me say that I only read your answers now - I am too excited to be ashamed, as I think my head is working better today than it did when I was first fishing around for info. I see that 'Help: Tutorial' is just the beginning of the iceberg ;-) when it comes to info on using wikia ;-)...

So, the news: 1) Wikia empowered me to take on legal.wikia (http://legal.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page).Its mandate is not limited to McGill law. The catchall phrase is "transsystemic legal education", which will mean that special TLC will be needed for the site's design, if it's to make any sense :-) 2) I know exactly where I want to go with this 3) I have received very positive feedback from other students whom I approached around the Faculty (and others beyond it too, since the project aims to take legal ed beyond the tower) 4) I now understand that to realise my vision, I need templates. That's the good news. The bad news is where I'm flailing like a newborn dolphin out-of-water, and the main reason I've been delaying entry of this wiki online, and not inviting other contributors: 5) I have no idea how to program style sheets or templates. 6) I want the site to begin with a certain inherent organization, otherwise 1) it will get very messy, and 2) users won't understand how it is original, practical or unique; and this will deter them from contributing and helping it to grow.

I plan to upload the 'architecture'/org. plan of how the site will be structured tomorrow. I've done some chatting with GreenReaper on IRC (baby steps, baby steps... I'm so happy to be making contact with real people to help! THANK YOUs.). He recommended just getting started w/ content. However, he said he did not know about legal wikias and what might be specific to them. I'M REALLY LOOKING FOR A CSS-KNOWLEDGEABLE COLLABORATOR AT THIS POINT. It will make it so much better from the start. Any leads? :-) Thank you, Peace and Goodnight. Sylvs

[edit] Mentoring

SylvstaB. -
In order for us to provide mentoring, we need to have some information from you. Where is your page? Please respond to my message above.
--CocoaZen 05:27, 21 November 2006 (UTC)