User blog:Dopp/Would you like to browse episode pages with a map?

Hi, I'm Dopp, a member of Wikia's Community Support Team. We've been working on a new feature called Places, which allows wiki editors to geo-tag article pages and display them on a map. It just so happens that the engineer who's working on it is also a big fan of Supernatural, and thinks this wiki would be the perfect place to test it out next… and I agree! With each episode happening in a different location, it could be fun to browse your wiki pages as locations on a map. What do you think?

Here's how it works:
First, you'll need to agree that you're interested (we're not going to turn it on without permission -- it's your choice), and let me know if you'd like it enabled. Then, once I've enabled the extension, you'll be able to add tags to episode pages. These tags will include the latitude and longitude of the location the episode takes place in, as well as a few other attributes (like map size and zoom level). You don't need to manually look up the latitude and longitude -- we'll give you a button that makes that easy.

Adding these tags to a wiki article will make two things happen:


 * 1) It will add a small map to the page like you see here, which shows location of the episode.
 * 2) It will add the episode to a larger map like you see here (accessible by clicking on the page map, or by going to Special:Places). This map will show all articles that have a place tag, and allow a user to browse by clicking around.

This feature is still in development, so we'll be interested in your feedback on how we can improve it. But first, the question is: '''would you like to try it out? '''

Let us know!

Best,

Dopp