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chgoeditor Apr 18, 2014 11:26 am

I'm very confused. I know what a Wiki is. I opened the first three threads in OMNI that have the Wiki icon and I don't see anything which resembles a Wiki, nor do I see a link to such a thing. I'm using Chrome v35.0. Is there something I have to enable within FT?

mia Apr 18, 2014 12:24 pm


Originally Posted by chgoeditor (Post 22725164)
...I don't see anything which resembles a Wiki,

Most likely the Wiki is minimized. Look above the Reply button for a blue horizontal bar labelled "Wikipost". On the right side is a + icon which you can click to open it. This setting is sticky. If you visit another thread which includes a Wiki it will already be open.

If you find a thread with a [WIKI] flag, but without a Wikipost, please include a link to it in your reply.

MSPeconomist Apr 18, 2014 12:37 pm


Originally Posted by mia (Post 22725440)
Most likely the Wiki is minimized. Look above the Reply button for a blue horizontal bar labelled "Wikipost". On the right side is a + icon which you can click to open it. This setting is sticky. If you visit another thread which includes a Wiki it will already be open.

If you find a thread with a [WIKI] flag, but without a Wikipost, please include a link to it in your reply.

There's a blank wiki in the sticky thread at the top of this forum. I suspect Hans Golden created a wiki and then deleted it. Nevertheless, the blue wiki icon remains.

beltway Apr 18, 2014 1:56 pm


Originally Posted by Kagehitokiri (Post 22722135)
PainCorp, are you on mobile device?

Apropos of which, the wiki tags do not appear when I browse the site using Safari/iOS.

CMK10 Apr 18, 2014 2:48 pm

I like the tags. They're especially helpful when you're venturing into a forum you don't use much trying to get some basic info about an airline/hotel etc. you don't have much experience with. Might help cut down on redundant questions too.

nerd Apr 18, 2014 5:33 pm


Originally Posted by mia (Post 22721943)
Each member has the ability to minimize Wikis, and this toggle is sticky. If I close the wiki of one thread all the others appear closed until I open one. This means that I may not even realize that I thread I am reading has a Wiki.

Oh, my...

I thought you had to be incorrect (no offense :)) and that it couldn't possibly be designed so silly (closing the Wiki in one thread closes all Wikis), but it does work the way you describe. :eek:

goalie Apr 18, 2014 5:51 pm


Originally Posted by nerd (Post 22726655)

Originally Posted by mia (Post 22721943)
Each member has the ability to minimize Wikis, and this toggle is sticky. If I close the wiki of one thread all the others appear closed until I open one. This means that I may not even realize that I thread I am reading has a Wiki.

Oh, my...

I thought you had to be incorrect (no offense :)) and that it couldn't possibly be designed so silly (closing the Wiki in one thread closes all Wikis), but it does work the way you describe. :eek:

Bolding mine: Which is exactly why I leave my wikis closed as there are some which take up too much screen space

MSPeconomist Apr 19, 2014 6:34 am

The blue WiKi icons on thread titles seem to be gone now.

Some of us liked them. Personally I hope they'll come back, especially given the software feature that closing one wiki closes all of them when one goes to a new thread or new forum.

OverThereTooMuch Apr 19, 2014 8:47 am


Originally Posted by wharvey (Post 22725018)
Personally, I would get rid of the "icons" that appear in column 2: lightbulbs, triangles and replace with the Wiki icon.... more valuable to me.... I find the current icons in column 2 worthless.

Totally agree.

Glad to see the current wiki icons seem to be gone. Can't wait to complain about wiki icon 2.0! :p

MSPeconomist Apr 19, 2014 1:31 pm

Can people still select these icons when starting a thread?

nsx Apr 21, 2014 11:49 am


Originally Posted by wharvey (Post 22725018)
Personally, I would get rid of the "icons" that appear in column 2: lightbulbs, triangles and replace with the Wiki icon.... more valuable to me.... I find the current icons in column 2 worthless.

I agree with you and kokonutz: This is an excellent suggestion!

goalie Apr 23, 2014 2:03 pm


Originally Posted by MSPeconomist (Post 22728202)
The blue WiKi icons on thread titles seem to be gone now.

Some of us liked them. Personally I hope they'll come back, especially given the software feature that closing one wiki closes all of them when one goes to a new thread or new forum.

Bolding mine: They have returned

PainCorp Apr 23, 2014 2:47 pm


Originally Posted by goalie (Post 22749355)
Bolding mine: They have returned

Just came here to say the same thing. =(

nerd Apr 23, 2014 5:30 pm


Originally Posted by PainCorp (Post 22749584)
Just came here to say the same thing. =(

Yuck! Whose idea was this?

Why on earth would I care that a thread has a Wiki? :confused:

It's about as useful as that 2nd column in the thread list. :)

JDiver Apr 23, 2014 11:08 pm


Originally Posted by nerd (Post 22750391)
Yuck! Whose idea was this?

Why on earth would I care that a thread has a Wiki? :confused:

It's about as useful as that 2nd column in the thread list. :)

At this point, that might depend on which fora you frequent. Some fora don't much use wikipost, whereas in other fora a wikipost is an indication the information you need is in the wikipost and you don't have to auger down to find your answer in a hard-to-find post.


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