Plan for the structure of the VHS wiki

1. Tools page - /tools - a high level overview of tools we have at VHS
2. Area pages - /wiki/* or /wiki/area/* -  for every area that has a committee, create a page like /wiki/3d-printing/ or /wiki/area/3d-printing with info like:
   • what tools need training
   • how to get training
   • rules, policies, guidelines
   • links to training guides, login/booking pages, etc. (e.g. laser.vanhack.ca and booking.vanhack.ca for the laser)
3. TBD - for the rest of the info on the wiki we will need a small number of sections not related to a specific tool or a committee.

This is different from the old “areas” pages, because those were mapped to physical locations at VHS. This is mapped to committees, which have become much more important at VHS since the time when most of the wiki was structured.

Some decisions to make:

1. do tools belong to committees? i.e. do we move the individual tools from /wiki/tools/hammer to /wiki/area/woodshop/hammer or /wiki/area/woodshop/tools/hammer? Leaning towards keeping tools separate, because multiple committees may have involvement with a single tool.
2. what is the url pattern for these new committee sections?

• /wiki/committee/3dprinting/
• /wiki/area/3dprinting
• /wiki/3dprinting
• /wiki/groups/3dprinting ← i like this one (cory).

This plan is quite different from the current, ad-hoc, structure. e.g. the laser cutter has a whole section in the tools directory. i.e. there is /wiki/tools/laser_cutter/training and /wiki/tools/laser_cutter/msds and about 25 other pages. This plan would keep /wiki/tools/laser_cutter as a single page with basic info about the laser, and then move everything else to /wiki/area/lasercutter/ (or something similar)

1. 3d printing
2. Laser cutter
3. paint and mess room
4. electronics
5. wood shop
6. it committee
7. machine shop
8. cnc
9. surplus
10. sewing
11. membership
12. finance
13. welding

1. Policy - rules, codes, guidelines, howto for events, what is a shhh
2. Resources - pages with general info, like https://vanhack.ca/wiki/food - but move things like the individual “member written guides” into the Groups section
3. Tools - a list and description of all the tools at VHS
4. Groups - or Committees or Areas, see above
5. Wiki - how to edit the wiki, info about the wiki, etc.

1. VHS
2. Wiki
3. The Space
4. Resources
5. How To
6. Events
7. Policies

1. admin
2. arc
3. area
4. committees
5. events
6. hacks
7. infrastructure
8. knowledge
9. minutes
10. playground
11. policies
12. retirement
13. shhh
14. tidyspace
15. tools
16. tutorials
17. vhswiki
18. wiki
19. wikiattic