Mount Wellington Boulder Guide

Great. Would you see it as 2 or more splits? I'm happy as long as it's not too derivative and hard to find things.

We could have:

2 areas: Upper (dolorite) and lower (Sandstone)

3 areas: Summit, Big bend, Sandstone

What do you think, John?

Hey guys, figured I'd put my in my 2 cents since the MW bouldering guide is something I've spent countless of hours with

I'd be happy for a subdivison of the guide, BUT it needs to make sense to outsiders just as much as it does to us.

A split into dolerite and sandstone bouldering doesn't make the most sense in my opinion

I'd prefer a split similar to:

A: Summit B: Big Bend C: Springs

This would make the most sense right? These three are the big three subdivisions I could first think off, everything that's on the mountain bouldering wise fits quite nicely into those categories

Thoughts?

Great idea. Yes, there will be some that don't necessarily fit perfectly, but it will improve the guide regardless. If we split them up into general parking areas, they should still fit (e.g. Awesome boulder and Sphinx in the Springs section). We would just need to note this in the start, and if there are any more subtle parking (e.g. Luckman's is not at the bend but just up the road) - just note it in the guide. Doesn't have to be perfectly split up to be improved.

So, we could have 

1) Summit parking (dildo, ticktack, fence, etc.)

2) Big bend parking (gold coast, lost world, etc.)

3) Springs parking (Sphinx, springs, etc.)

4) Chalet parking (crocodile rock boulders, etc.)

5) Other areas (e.g. Morphet's road and pipe line boulders)

Feel free to suggest any others. I've been to all the areas.

M

Mike I had forgotten about the Pipeline stuff but was thinking about just having the four areas, Summit (including Luckman's, panaorama) Big Bend, Springs (including sphinx, Croc rock and Rocky Whelan's) and now pipeline too. This will probably need a general Mountain introduction page pointing to the sub-pages too (top bit of the existing page). Happy to implement other cutups if you feel this suggestion would be too odd.

Discussed the method to cut up the original with Jon who thought that cloning the pages as many times as needed, then removing what isn't in the area (text and attachments) would be the best method because it maintains the attachment links.

The other aspect is that the old page will need to be maintained while the changes are being worked on so it doesn't disappear from the app. I'm not sure if we can stop it being updated to avoid new problems being added to the old page rather than the new ones while both exist.

I was hoping to get the pages cloned and roughly cut down to the areas by next week (this is mainly bulk xml work), after that editing shouldn't be too onerous using the usual edit tools.

Also thought it might be worth removing things like Vx/y grades by making them Vx and removing beta where sensible from the descriptions. Anyone have any thoughts on this or more general editing?

Sounds like a plan  You're choice with cut ups. I'm not fussed. Though, if there are out-of-the-way areas that you struggle with - maybe just go with a "Other boulders" section. 

Yes, would be great to improve while we are splitting them. There is some random information! Some climbs with beta for three or four variations. Happy to slim these down into something more sensible after the split. 

The guide has been broken into areas with a minimal edit. Basically the pages are ready for editing. Intros need some work on the various pages and the unused attachments need removal, one at a time appears to be the only way.