SEDSWiki updates

Blog Spam Blacklist: 13 May 2008 Update

Posted at 11:35 on Tuesday 13 May 2008

Added two more entries to the Blog Spam Blacklist:

• nature-review.com
• webng.com

If you're a SEDS Blogs user, here's how this blacklist can be helpful to you. Copy the blacklist from the wiki. In your blog settings, go to Preferences > Settings > Spam Prevention and paste the list there. Now, trackback spam from these domains will be prevented.

SEDSWiki categorization: 13 May 2008 Update

Posted at 04:48 on Tuesday 13 May 2008

The SEDSWiki Categorization Drive of 2008 is over. It's OK to have a few uncategorized categories, nearly impossible -- or at least impractical -- to categorize all of them.

• Uncategorized pages: 0
  
• Uncategorized images: 0 (previous: 80)
  
• Uncategorized templates: 0
  
• Uncategorized categories: 14 (previous: 20)
  

Thanks again for using SEDSWiki. It's a free and open service to anyone that wants to use it constructively.

The next step in improving the organization of SEDSWiki is to remove the orphaned pages, i.e., pages that are not linked to -- either by deletion (perhaps they are irrelevant and unused) or by creating links to them on relevant pages. Want to help? It's as easy as adding [[Links]]. If you can help, please go to the SEDSWiki project page.

Previous status:

• 12 May 2008
• 10 May 2008
• 9 May 2008
• 8 May 2008
  

SEDSWiki categorization: 12 May 2008 Update

Posted at 05:25 on Monday 12 May 2008

Updated status of the Great SEDSWiki Categorization Drive of 2008:

• Uncategorized pages: 0 (previous: 50)
  
• Uncategorized images: 80 (previous: 90)
  
• Uncategorized templates: 0
  
• Uncategorized categories: 20

If you are a SEDSWiki user or viewer, please consider helping us. How can you help? Go to the SEDSWiki Project Page, see the list of uncategorized articles and add categories. Confused about how to do that? Leave a note on the discussion page -- see the discussion tab at the top of the project page -- and we will show you how.

Thanks, all, for using SEDSWiki.

Previous status:

• 10 May 2008
• 9 May 2008
• 8 May 2008
  

SEDSWiki categorization: 10 May 2008

Posted at 05:32 on Saturday 10 May 2008

Updated status of the Great SEDSWiki Categorization Drive of 2008:

• Uncategorized pages: 50 (previous: 60)
  
• Uncategorized images: 90 (previous: 190)
  
• Uncategorized templates: 0
  
• Uncategorized categories: 20

If you are a SEDSWiki user or viewer, please consider helping us. How can you help? Go to the SEDSWiki Project Page, see the list of uncategorized articles and add categories. Confused about how to do that? Leave a note on the discussion page -- see the discussion tab at the top of the project page -- and we will show you how.

Thanks, all, for using SEDSWiki.

Previous status:

• 9 May 2008
• 8 May 2008

SEDSWiki categorization: 9 May 2008 Update

Posted at 05:04 on Friday 9 May 2008

OK, thanks to Pradeep, we've cleared a lot of the uncategorized pages, images, and templates on SEDSWiki...

• Uncategorized pages: 60
  
• Uncategorized images: 190
  
• Uncategorized templates: 0
  
• Uncategorized categories: 20

Things are looking good. I think we can fix all of this particular disorganization -- and there is plenty other cleanup to follow -- by the end of May. If you are a SEDSWiki user or viewer, please consider helping us. How can you help? Go to the SEDSWiki Project Page, see the list of uncategorized articles and add categories. Confused about how to do that? Leave a note on the discussion page -- see the discussion tab at the top of the project page -- and we will show you how.

Thanks, all, for using SEDSWiki.

Previous status:

• 8 May 2008
  

8 May 2008 Space Info Archive Update

Posted at 07:52 on Thursday 8 May 2008

• 13 May 2008: Mars Phoenix Landing Briefing, Washington, USA (Courtesy: NASA Breaking News)
• 21 May 2008: Open Source 3D Visualization with NASA World Wind, San Francisco, USA (Courtesy: Robert Scoble)
• 10 June 2008 to 12 June 2008: 26th International Communications Satellite Systems Conference (ICSSC), San Diego, USA (Courtesy: AIAA)
• 1 September 2008 to 6 September 2008: Third International Symposium "UNIVERSAT-2008: University Satellites in Space Sciences Education", Zvenigorod, Russia (Courtesy: International Space University)
• 9 September 2008 to 12 September 2008: Space Tools and Solutions for Monitoring the Atmosphere and Land Cover, Graz, Austria (Courtesy: UNSPIDER email list)
• 3 July 2008: What is Needed to Extend Life Permanently Beyond Earth?, London, United Kingdom (Courtesy: Royal Aeronautical Society)

Please help us maintain the Space Information Archive. See the SIA project page for details.

SEDSWiki categorization: 8 May 2008 Update

Posted at 04:57 on Thursday 8 May 2008

Back in November 2007, we started a drive to add categories to the articles on SEDSWiki. Why? There are many articles on SEDSWiki, and if they are not organized well the information is difficult to find. By adding a category tag to the articles, the MediaWiki software creates an index of the articles. This is useful because you can have two types of information organization in the wiki: (1) vertical, by categories; (2) horizontal, by linking between articles. (Perhaps there is a better way to describe this, but I have no training in database design.)

The page for managing the "categorization drive" is located on the SEDSWiki Project Page. As of 8 May 2008, the magic numbers for uncategorized pages are:

• Uncategorized pages: 100 88
  
• Uncategorized images: 210
  
• Uncategorized templates: 190 32
  
• Uncategorized categories: 20

How can you help? Go to the SEDSWiki Project Page, find the uncategorized articles -- they are listed there -- and add categories. Confused about how to do that? Leave a note on the discussion page -- see the discussion tab at the top of the project page -- and we will show you how. It is as simple as adding [[Category:CATEGORYNAME]] to a page. Easy.

It does not matter how much information is stored on SEDSWiki if it is not easy to access. Thanks for the help, all.

Blog Spam Blacklist updated

Posted at 02:47 on Thursday 8 May 2008

The Blog Spam Blacklist has been updated. So, if you have a blog here, you might want to move this into the area under Preferences > Settings and under the spam list towards the end of the settings page to try and limit the spam coming into your comment box.

We try and update this list. Check it on the wiki page or subscribe to this blog.

7 May 2008 Space Info Archive Update

Posted at 04:53 on Wednesday 7 May 2008

Added to Organizations:

• Colorado, USA: American Astronautical Society Rocky Mountain Section
  
• Texas, USA:  American Astronautical Society Houston Section
  

You can help maintain the Space Information Archive. See the SIA project page for details.

24 Apr 2008 Space Info Archive Update

Posted at 03:12 on Thursday 24 April 2008

• 22 May 2008: Space 2.0: The future of commercial spaceflight, Haarlem, Netherlands (Courtesy: RLV and Space Transport News)

23 Apr 2008 Space Info Archive Update

Posted at 12:10 on Thursday 24 April 2008

• 19 May 2008 to 23 May 2008: Responsive Access to Space Technology Exchange (RASTE 2008), Dayton, USA (Courtesy: Space Frontier Foundation)
• 3 May 2008 to 4 May 2008: JPL Open House, Pasadena, USA (Courtesy: Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
• 25 April 2008: The Future of Space and Earth Robotic Exploration: Scientific and Technological Challenges, Fairmont, USA (Courtesy: International Space University)
• 24 April 2008: ESA Science Programme; 400 jaar telescopisch onderzoek van de sterrenhemel, Delft, Netherlands (Courtesy: International Space University)

You can help maintain the Space Information Archive! See the SIA project page for details.

SEDS VIT newsletters; Space Information Archive Working Group

Posted at 05:20 on Wednesday 23 April 2008

Two newsletters from the SEDS chapter at the Vellore Institute of Technology were uploaded to SEDSWiki:

• February 2008
• April 2008 

SEDS VIT hosted the 2007 SEDS International Conference -- check out what they're up to now.

Also, the former Education Directory Working Group was reorganized as the Space Information Archive Working Group (SIAWG). The SIAWG is responsible for coordinating the work of the SIA -- if you want to help us maintain the archive, sign up on that page.

21 Apr 2008 Space Info Archive Update

Posted at 05:57 on Monday 21 April 2008

• 8 July 2008 to 11 July 2008: UN-SPIDER Barbados Workshop, Hastings, Barbados (Courtesy: UNSPIDER mailing list)
• 22 April 2008 to 24 April 2008: Heliophysics Performance Assessment, Washington, USA (Courtesy: National Academies Space Studies Board)
• 22 May 2008 to 23 May 2008: Workshop on the Societal and Economic Impacts of Severe Space Weather Events, Washington, USA (Courtesy: National Academies Space Studies Board)
• 26 June 2008: Forging the Future of Space Science: The Next 50 Years, Washington, USA (Courtesy: National Academies Space Studies Board)

18 Apr 2008 Space Info Archive Update

Posted at 03:47 on Friday 18 April 2008

Added to Places to Go directory:

• Malaysia: Planetarium Negara (Courtesy: Angkasa)
• New York, United States: Suits-Bueche Planetarium, Schenectady Museum (Courtesy: Planetary Society)
• Massachusetts, United States: Clay Center Observatory, Brookline (Courtesy: Planetary Society)
• California, United States: San Diego Air and Space Museum (Courtesy: Planetary Society)
• Washington, United States: Willard Smith Planetarium, Pacific Science Center, Seattle  

Added to Events directory:

• 10 May 2008: National Astronomy Day, Schenectady, USA (Courtesy: Planetary Society)
• 10 May 2008: National Astronomy Day, Brookline, USA (Courtesy: Planetary Society)
• 25 May 2008: Planetfest 2008, Pasadena, USA (Courtesy: Planetary Society)
• 10 May 2008: Fifth Annual Space Day, San Diego, USA (Courtesy: Planetary Society)

17 Apr 2008 Space Info Archive Update

Posted at 05:28 on Thursday 17 April 2008

• 23 April 2008: Next Steps for Space Infrastructure, London, United Kingdom (Courtesy: British Interplanetary Society)
• 7 May 2008: Space-Based Solar Power for Peace, Prosperity and Survival, London, United Kingdom (Courtesy: British Interplanetary Society)
• 4 June 2008: What's Up with Small Satellites, London, United Kingdom (Courtesy: British Interplanetary Society)
• 7 June 2008: Chinese/Soviet Symposium, London, United Kingdom (Courtesy: British Interplanetary Society)
• 14 June 2008: BIS Science Museum Tour and Lecture, London, United Kingdom (Courtesy: British Interplanetary Society)
• 30 July 2008: Mars Symposium, London, United Kingdom (Courtesy: British Interplanetary Society)
• 6 September 2008: 63rd Annual General Meeting, London, United Kingdom (Courtesy: British Interplanetary Society)