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22 July 2026

14 July 2026

  • 19:4119:41, 14 July 2026 Flutter Dart (hist | edit) [8,331 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Yes—'''Flutter/Dart could be useful later for the iPhone and Android apps''', but I would not use Flutter as the primary technology for customizing the MediaWiki web application. The strongest architecture is: <code>MediaWiki remains the core platform and system of record ↓ MediaWiki skin and extensions provide the web experience ↓ MediaWiki APIs expose application functionality ↓ Flutter provides an optional iOS/Android client</co...") Tag: Visual edit

23 June 2026

  • 19:0819:08, 23 June 2026 Community Restrictions (hist | edit) [501 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This page describes any restrictions or limitations we may need to impose for legal or regulatory reasons. ==== Age Restrictions ==== * Community members aged 13 to 17 ** Can add info to their personal wiki ** Can view public info throughout the community ** Cannot add connections and cannot be added as a connection by anyone else (therefore, they cannot share or collaborate) * Community members 18 years of age or older ** No restrictions") Tag: Visual edit
  • 17:5817:58, 23 June 2026 MediaWiki Extensions (hist | edit) [1,164 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This page contains information about which extensions are used today and which might be used in the future. * OpenID Connect ** Allows integration with Google and other authentication providers; already installed * ConfirmEdit ** Provides CAPTCHA; already installed * DiscussionTools ** Adds the Discuss button to the top of every wiki page; already installed * Cargo ** Allows you to store structured information in database tables while still editing wiki pages. ** I susp...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 11:2711:27, 23 June 2026 Governance (hist | edit) [75 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The community elects a Board of Directors and the board appoints a manager. I will be the manager initially, but the board could replace me at any time.") Tag: Visual edit
  • 11:2511:25, 23 June 2026 Health & Finance (hist | edit) [488 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "In my personal wiki, two of the most important sections to me are my notes on Health and Financial. I organize all my doctor's appointments, for every ailment I have symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, outcome, I have notes about every visit to a healthcare professional, and every prescription. Within finance, I have a page for every account so I have a place to take notes in case I ever need to call their customer service. I can write down when I called, who I spoke to and...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 11:2511:25, 23 June 2026 Higher Education (hist | edit) [2,004 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "For community members aged 13 to 17, you can add info to your wiki, but you cannot add any contacts or be added to anyone else's contacts, so you can't share anything, but you can view public info throughout the community. On the wiki page for Education, upload the photo of my notes from Duke. This picture is another reason why having a wiki is so important to me. For listeners, I’m showing a photo of a stack of three-ring binder notebooks - and there are about 20 not...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 11:2211:22, 23 June 2026 Structured Data (hist | edit) [1,335 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Users can store information in structured fields that automatically generate useful views and reports. With structured data, I can have a section header called Gift Ideas on some of the wiki pages for my contacts; then I can create a page that shows the Gift Ideas section from all my contacts. Many page sets will have a structured version and an unstructured version. For the Books module, the unstructured version includes a Reading List of books I might want to read, a...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 11:2211:22, 23 June 2026 Page Sets (hist | edit) [1,910 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This page contains information on Page Sets, which are content templates that can be imported to your wiki and optionally shared with others. The goal is to eliminate the blank-page problem. Each Page Set contains a pre-built structure designed to help users capture information consistently. Users can create new Page Sets, customize existing ones, and share them with trusted individuals or groups. ==== Examples ==== * Vacations ** Planning: itineraries, hotels, tran...") Tag: Visual edit

22 June 2026

  • 18:1318:13, 22 June 2026 Improve Login Process (hist | edit) [385 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This page contains information about how to improve the user login and onboarding experiences. The current process with Authentik takes several seconds with multiple page redirects. It seems like there is room for improvement.") Tag: Visual edit
  • 18:1218:12, 22 June 2026 Socializing (hist | edit) [878 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Although this project will have some elements that are most often associated with social media platforms, we want to avoid being categorized as one. === Differences from Social Media === * Social media is optimized for broadcasting information. A wiki is optimized for organizing information. * Social media asks, "What do you want to share today?" WikiFam asks, "What do you want to remember five years from now?" * There will not be a "feed"; there are no automatic not...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 18:0418:04, 22 June 2026 Projects (hist | edit) [363 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Projects are just like organizations, but they have a planned date or milestone when they will end. Any user could create a project in their own wiki and share it, but a separate project wiki could be jointly owned by multiple people. For any project or organization page, you can click a toggle switch on any wiki page to see a per-user color coding on all of the text, so you can see right away who is writing most of your wiki content.") Tag: Visual edit
  • 18:0418:04, 22 June 2026 Organizations (hist | edit) [652 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Can either be owned and governed by an individual or a board of directors. It has its own wiki, can add contacts, and can be added to other's contacts. Each contact can have either read only or read-write access to each page - maybe even within a section header. Or maybe you can keep one section private on a page that is otherwise public.") Tag: Visual edit
  • 18:0218:02, 22 June 2026 Sharing & Collaborating (hist | edit) [809 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This page contains information on making a page or a section of a page on one user's wiki viewable or editable by another community member. === Sharing Levels === * Private: the default for all content * Select Contacts: you can specify which contacts or groups of contacts * All Contacts * All Community Members * Public") Tag: Visual edit
  • 17:5617:56, 22 June 2026 Connections (hist | edit) [1,040 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This page contains information pertaining to Contacts and how they are used. Add a Contact * One user sends a request * The other user accepts Question * Should contacts always be a bi-directional relationship? * Should it automatically create a page for each of your contacts that you can both edit? If so, would that page exist only in one of the users' wikis or would both have a page? Features Related to Contacts * You can group your contacts * You can share page...") Tag: Visual edit originally created as "Contacts"
  • 17:0217:02, 22 June 2026 Board Candidates (hist | edit) [346 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "If you would like to be considered for board membership, please provide your name, social media profiles, and any information about yourself that you would like to share. ==== Matthew Shell ==== [https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewshell1/ LinkedIn]. Founder and creator. Project manager by day… Wiki farmer by night…") Tag: Visual edit
  • 17:0217:02, 22 June 2026 Board of Directors (hist | edit) [1,888 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This page contains information about the Board of Directors for the nonprofit organization. Anyone interested in serving should add their name to the Board Candidates page. Board members are responsible for ensuring that to organization: * Remains mission-focused * Operates effectively and ethically * Maintains financial integrity * Complies with all legal and regulatory obligations * Implements effective advocacy and public-outreach strategies ==== Key Responsib...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 16:1016:10, 22 June 2026 FreeCodeCamp (hist | edit) [564 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This page contains information about a potential partnership with FreeCodeCamp.org - a nonprofit that provides learning resources related to software and application development. This partnership seems ideal because: * Similar nonprofit mission * Strong focus on learning (which often involves note taking) * Users frequently work on projects (another need for an organized note taking system) * Potential pool of volunteer developers") Tag: Visual edit
  • 15:4615:46, 22 June 2026 User Profiles (hist | edit) [390 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This page contains info related to the user profiles. When users create an account, during the setup wizard, we ask first name and email address. On the default home wiki page, there is a link Click here to setup your profile. Users can upload an image or create an avatar, it prompts you to enter information about yourself - this is your personalized note taking system so the more it knows about you, the more helpful it is. Information like: name, address, hobbies, cont...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 14:5414:54, 22 June 2026 Volunteer (hist | edit) [446 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This page contains information related to staffing. * Initially, we will request board members, developers, and other contributors volunteer their time * The Board of Directors will establish guidelines that will be executed by managers * All expenses (including staff related) will be made public to the community") Tag: Visual edit
  • 14:4914:49, 22 June 2026 Fundraising (hist | edit) [192 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This page contains notes related to fundraising. * One option is to remain “community funded”; donations are not solicited from non-members * Grants ** AWS for Nonprofits ** Google for Nonprofits ** Microsoft for Nonprofits ** Wikimedia Foundation ** Mozilla Foundation") Tag: Visual edit
  • 14:2814:28, 22 June 2026 Vote on Future Projects (hist | edit) [554 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This page contains information on a system that would allow community members to indicate which new features they think are the most important. Illustrative Example * If there are 10 projects being voted on, each user get 20 points (projects * 2 = points) * Users can allocate their points among each project; allocating a max of 5 points to any project * Votes will be tallied on the first of every month and a dashboard will show graphs of points per project * Once users...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 14:2114:21, 22 June 2026 Privacy and Security (hist | edit) [767 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Every aspect of the project will follow generally accepted best practices for security. I have a background in information security and from the beginning I designed the infrastructure, database, and application, to adhere to generally accepted best practices for security. I like the idea of making any customized code we write as open source. We might fork off MediaWiki The entire architecture will be build with the following goals * Each user owns their own data and...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 13:5513:55, 22 June 2026 Timeline (hist | edit) [820 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This page contains information about the timeline of future project activities. June 2026 * Build Proof of Concept environment * Create list of potential future features * Discuss it on Between the Brackets Podcast July through September 2026 * Identify board members * Submit paperwork to form nonprofit * Onboard a few dozen users from the MediaWiki community * Build production environment * Identify people interested in helping with development * Develop potential f...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 13:5213:52, 22 June 2026 Podcast Request to Create a Wiki (hist | edit) [544 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This page contains information about our planned rollout. *") Tag: Visual edit
  • 13:1013:10, 22 June 2026 Proof of Concept (hist | edit) [541 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This page contains information about the pilot wiki farm created in June of 2026. Features Working * Google authentication * Auto-creates a new wiki upon first login * All community members can view this wiki * Edit access to this wiki can be granted to other users Architecture * Web server and applicaiton ** AWS EC2 *** Instance *** Storage ** MediaWiki (version?) * Database ** Engine * Image Storage ** EC2 local storage; may be moved to S3 soon CI/CD Pipeline * G...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 05:3805:38, 22 June 2026 Improvement to Home Page (hist | edit) [392 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This page contains info about potential enhancements to the home page. Current Stats * Total number of users, wikis * Logins in the past 24 hours * Estimated weekly infrastructure costs * Total donations received in the past week") Tag: Visual edit
  • 05:2305:23, 22 June 2026 Financial Transparency (hist | edit) [246 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This page contains information on the transparency policy for financial information. The nonprofit will disclose to all community members: * All Expenses * All Donations * All Bank Statements * Estimates for any cost involved in future projects") Tag: Visual edit
  • 05:1005:10, 22 June 2026 Production Architecture (hist | edit) [2,109 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This page contains notes on the architecture that will one day support hundreds of thousands of users in a wiki community. Register Domain Once we decide on a name. DNS Hosting I will host in my personal AWS account and transfer to the nonprofit once it exists. Database * Platform: AWS RDS * Engine: MariaDB (MySQL) Upload Storage * Platform: AWS S3 Web and Application * Platform: AWS Fargate / ECS * Container image: MediaWiki Docker * Instance class: * Storage...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 04:3904:39, 22 June 2026 Formation of NonProfit (hist | edit) [414 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This page contains") Tag: Visual edit
  • 04:0804:08, 22 June 2026 New Authentication Providers (hist | edit) [683 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This page contains content related to one of the New Features being proposed to enhance our community. === Google === Offers an API for easy integration with Mail, Calendar, Contacts, and their entire Office suite. === Microsoft === Not as easy as Google, but at a minimum we can integrate Contacts and Calendar. === Local Authentication === Enabling this would require we create a procedure to handle user support requests.") Tag: Visual edit
  • 00:5700:57, 22 June 2026 Possible Names (hist | edit) [774 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "I built this proof-of-concept design using the name goalstriving.org, because I already owned that domain. Before I build the production system, we need to pick a name, register the domain, and form the nonprofit. Realistically, that could all happen within two or three months. I am open to name suggestions. Here are a few of mine: * myknowledgetree.org * everknowledge.org * goalstriving.org * KnowledgeGarden.net * knowledgetree.wiki * gardenofknowledge.net, gardenofkn...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 00:5500:55, 22 June 2026 Why MediaWiki (hist | edit) [753 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "I used Microsoft OneNote as my primary note-taking app for over ten years. When I decided to switch to a wiki-based system, I looked at Confluence, Notion, Obsidian, and others. Ideal Criteria * Widely adopted * Open source * Not owned by a commercial vendor * A platform that could be deployed to a scalable infrastructure * No advertisement or selling/sharing of user data * Minimal formatting options: the goal is to capture and organize ideas - not to make them look p...") Tag: Visual edit
  • 00:4600:46, 22 June 2026 Why a wiki (hist | edit) [2,539 bytes] Mshell (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This page describes why a wiki is the ideal platform for personal note-taking and idea cultivation. === Common Uses of a Personal Wiki === # Learning ## Taking notes while taking a course or seminar ## Taking notes when reading a book, article, etc. # Projects ## Event planning ## Job search # Life Notes ## Vacations: bucket list, planning details, journal ## Entertainment: notes on books, movies, shows, concerts you have seen or would like to see ## Hobbies: ## House...") Tag: Visual edit

6 June 2026

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