User talk:Josiah Rowe

Re: Lots to do, where to begin?
Greetings Josiah, and welcome aboard! I'm very pleased with your enthusiasm for the project and greatly apprecaite the input you've given and the edits you've made.

To address some of your questions, I had thought of calling the site "The Matrix," but that might lead people to think this was a wiki about a certain Keanu Reeves film trilogy. "Amplified Panatropic Computer Network" would have been too cumbersome a name, plus it would make the URL too long unless I specified "APCN" as the desired URL. Plus, folks who have only recently been introduced to Doctor Who or had not seen "The Deadly Assassin" might not recognize either "Amplified Panatropic Computer Network" or "APCN" as Doctor Who references. I wanted a name that would be instantly recognizable as being related to Who, and since "TARDIS Information System" had the word "TARDIS" in it, and referred to a searchable database, I chose that. Of course, I've since changed the project name to "TARDIS Index File," for reasons mentioned in the Talk on that subject.

As for the first order of business, I honestly haven't a clue where to begin. Though it would seem to make since that if we expect people to contribute to this wiki, we should give them some idea of how to do it, since not all of them will be familiar with wiki, and also make it easier for them to find their way around the site. Yes, the Help section needs to be developed further. The Community Portal needs work. Articles on the Doctor, Gallifrey, the stories and so forth, can probably get done as we get to them. Conventions can also be worked out later, but not too much later, else we'll have a truckload of entries that will need editing to bring them within the confines of these conventions.


 * Thanks for the input, Freethinker! --Josiah Rowe 17:49, 23 Feb 2005 (GMT)

Sysop Status?
In light of your contributions and familiarity with wiki, I am considering granting you sysop status. Please let me know if you are interested. Thanks.

--Freethinker1of1 20:38, 8 Mar 2005 (GMT)

Was it you?
I have been on Whoisdoctorwho.co.uk and looked at the guestbook. I was wondering if the entries were put there by the BBC or if they are actually sent in by real fans as there are entries from Mr. Yates and I wondered if they were official. Then I saw the name Josiah Rowe and wondered if you sent it in? --GingerM 17:52, 1 Sep 2005 (UTC) 18:09: Tue 20 Dec 2011

Featured article system
Hey Josiah! I notice you've stopped by recently, so I'm gonna try leaving a message here before going to.

Since you have experience both on Wikipedia and Wikia, I was wondering if you had any thoughts on how we could best implement some sort of featured article "process" here. Would a straight import of the Wikipedia system — with and all that — be advisable? Or is that system overly ambitious for a Wikia wiki, due to its smaller userbase? I've looked at what Wookieepedia and MemAlpha do, and there are lessons to be learned there. But I'm kind of hoping that since you're a Wikipedia leader with experience over here, you might have some thoughts on how to get smaller communities to build articles in a more cooperative and purposeful way. 21:29: Sat 14 Apr 2012