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::: I think a section about 'Data Dictionaries' could be great. I'll just add one (also containing the Databases' links from Mike --[[User:Jka|Jka]] 10:16, 25 November 2007 (CET)

== ~~Should~~ we have cookbooks ~~= no~~ ==

=== Suggestion for topic (Development Tools)===

Can I suggest that we add a new section or link on the main page for general development tools and articles that sit outside of the existing Web/Windows/WS/Console categories. [[User:Hellboy1975|Hellboy1975]] 00:07, 23 November 2007 (CET)

:Sounds perfectly sensible to me... "Other" as a general catch-all, or "Other Tools": a bit more specific, but then we might have issues with things that fell outside that ''and'' our existing sections. --[[User:Mikepeat|Mike]] 00:14, 23 November 2007 (CET)

:: I am OK with a "tools" section. We can still lay down the law in that page :P The trick is to create a separate page for each tool we want to describe - and keep the external links down to a minimum (this should make it easier to keep track of the content on the page). I think the title "Development tools" could work. articles not related to these sections can be attached to a specific user page - we should try not to clutter the frontpage and 1st level navigation too much. --[[User:Jka|Jka]] 08:15, 23 November 2007 (CET)

== Discussing cookbooks ==

::That structure looks reasonable. My original idea with the "cookbooks" was to put a list of howto-do-stuffs in there. E.g a list of recipes in them - and have the "other" page contain the description. E.g "Windows" contains the description and "Windows cookbook" contains the recipes. I've found that the early contributions have been about "howto do stuff" (e.g something that should go in the cookbook). I can see now , that there should be no distinction between e.g "Windows" and "Windows cookbook" - they should be the same page. --[[User:Jka|Jka]] 09:38, 21 November 2007 (CET)

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:I should have said ''pr<u>o</u>scriptive'' above - it would indeed be ''pr<u>e</u>scriptive'', by intent! [[User:Mikepeat|Mike]] 14:54, 22 November 2007 (CET)

:Something like the Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style Manual of Style] is always a good place to start. Another place to look for examples are in some of the programming manuals on Wikibooks. Here's one of the pages in the C++ manual for instance. [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/C%2B%2B_Programming/Variables] [[User:Hellboy1975|Hellboy1975]] 00:20, 23 November 2007 (CET)

~~== Suggestion for topic (Development Tools)==~~

Can I suggest that we add a new section or link on the main page for general development tools and articles that sit outside of the existing Web/Windows/WS/Console categories. [[User:Hellboy1975|Hellboy1975]] 00:07, 23 November 2007 (CET)

:Sounds perfectly sensible to me... "Other" as a general catch-all, or "Other Tools": a bit more specific, but then we might have issues with things that fell outside that ''and'' our existing sections. --[[User:Mikepeat|Mike]] 00:14, 23 November 2007 (CET)

:: I am OK with a "tools" section. We can still lay down the law in that page :P The trick is to create a separate page for each tool we want to describe - and keep the external links down to a minimum (this should make it easier to keep track of the content on the page). I think the title "Development tools" could work. articles not related to these sections can be attached to a specific user page - we should try not to clutter the frontpage and 1st level navigation too much. --[[User:Jka|Jka]] 08:15, 23 November 2007 (CET)

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 ::: I think a section about 'Data Dictionaries' could be great. I'll just add one (also containing the Databases' links from Mike --[[User:Jka|Jka]] 10:16, 25 November 2007 (CET)
-== Should we have cookbooks = no ==
+=== Suggestion for topic  (Development Tools)===
+Can I suggest that we add a new section or link on the main page for general development tools and articles that sit outside of the existing Web/Windows/WS/Console categories. [[User:Hellboy1975|Hellboy1975]] 00:07, 23 November 2007 (CET)
+:Sounds perfectly sensible to me... "Other" as a general catch-all, or "Other Tools": a bit more specific, but then we might have issues with things that fell outside that ''and'' our existing sections.  --[[User:Mikepeat|Mike]] 00:14, 23 November 2007 (CET)
+:: I am OK with a "tools" section. We can still lay down the law in that page :P The trick is to create a separate page for each tool we want to describe - and keep the external links down to a minimum (this should make it easier to keep track of the content on the page). I think the title "Development tools"  could work.  articles not related to these sections can be attached to a specific user page - we should try not to clutter the frontpage and 1st level navigation too much. --[[User:Jka|Jka]] 08:15, 23 November 2007 (CET)
+== Discussing cookbooks ==
 ::That structure looks reasonable. My original idea with the "cookbooks" was to put a list of howto-do-stuffs in there. E.g a list of recipes in them - and have the "other" page contain the description. E.g "Windows" contains the description and "Windows cookbook" contains the recipes. I've found that the early contributions have been about "howto do stuff" (e.g something that should go in the cookbook). I can see now , that there should be no distinction between e.g "Windows" and "Windows cookbook" - they should be the same page. --[[User:Jka|Jka]] 09:38, 21 November 2007 (CET)
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 :I should have said ''pr<u>o</u>scriptive'' above - it would indeed be ''pr<u>e</u>scriptive'', by intent! [[User:Mikepeat|Mike]] 14:54, 22 November 2007 (CET)
 :Something like the Wikipedia [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style Manual of Style] is always a good place to start.  Another place to look for examples are in some of the programming manuals on Wikibooks.  Here's one of the pages in the C++ manual for instance. [http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/C%2B%2B_Programming/Variables] [[User:Hellboy1975|Hellboy1975]] 00:20, 23 November 2007 (CET)
-== Suggestion for topic  (Development Tools)==
-Can I suggest that we add a new section or link on the main page for general development tools and articles that sit outside of the existing Web/Windows/WS/Console categories. [[User:Hellboy1975|Hellboy1975]] 00:07, 23 November 2007 (CET)
-:Sounds perfectly sensible to me... "Other" as a general catch-all, or "Other Tools": a bit more specific, but then we might have issues with things that fell outside that ''and'' our existing sections.  --[[User:Mikepeat|Mike]] 00:14, 23 November 2007 (CET)
-:: I am OK with a "tools" section. We can still lay down the law in that page :P The trick is to create a separate page for each tool we want to describe - and keep the external links down to a minimum (this should make it easier to keep track of the content on the page). I think the title "Development tools"  could work.  articles not related to these sections can be attached to a specific user page - we should try not to clutter the frontpage and 1st level navigation too much. --[[User:Jka|Jka]] 08:15, 23 November 2007 (CET)