Gentoo Wiki:Suggestions/Archive 3

Consistency in article titles
I would like to suggest moving the GNOME "configuration" page to GNOME/HOWTO in order to match the title style of the other HOWTO articles. Either that or change HOWTO articles to "X/Configuration" instead of having "HOWTO" in title of the articles. This would maintain consistency throughout the wiki and make the titles easier to search. I could make the changes myself but I would need admin privileges to move a page and it's probably best to actually have input on this type of change... ;) I can continue to post other inconsistencies as I discover them.

Articles using "Configuration" in their titles:

GNOME/Configuration

Xorg/Configuration

Articles using "HOWTO" in their titles:

Openbox/HOWTO

Xfce/HOWTO

--Maffblaster (talk) 19:16, 3 February 2015 (UTC)


 * I think "HOWTO" does not really convey much information about the guide, so I prefer to use a noun or title that reflects the content better. If the guide is about the configuration of a tool or service, then "Configuration" makes more sense.
 * I wouldn't go as fas as to start moving/renaming articles because of this - first work on content, we can rename later when there's a global consensus to do so ;-)
 * --SwifT (talk) 18:38, 2 March 2015 (UTC)


 * I have compiled a longer list of the "HOWTO" articles in my user space area. When we are ready to make a decision on this it will be easy to migrate them to new locations. I think the term "Guide" would work best for most of the renamed articles since many of them cover not only configuration, but concepts, installation, Kernel features, suggestions, etc. In my opinion using the term "Guide" would be more descriptive of what the article is for while at the same time allowing for a broader range of content inside each article. What do you think? --Maffblaster (talk) 18:36, 7 April 2015 (UTC)


 * I have moved the respective pages to */Guide completing this discussion. --Maffblaster (talk) 17:48, 4 May 2015 (UTC)