[dokuwiki] Re: DokuWiki forum

On Sat, 2005-09-24 at 20:53 -0600, Matt Pascoe wrote:
> Since everyone is adding their two cents, I've got a hand full of
> change to throw in the pot.
> 
> I acknowledge that there are to overall topics here.  Issue one around
> the desire for a forum for people to talk outside of this mailing
> list.  I'm impartial to that topic so I'll go on.
> 
> The second topic of forum integration into Dokuwiki.  I agree with the
> bottom line that Andi expresses quite often.  Dokuwiki does wiki
> things very well and we should keep on track with that without making
> Dokuwiki do everything out there.  I also agree that a
> discussion/forum is something that compliments a wiki very well.  I
> often desire one when working on pages with they other people I work
> with.  They ask me about it just as many do here.
> 
> I think that a consensus should be reached on picking a forum package
> or two that many of us like that would partner well with Dokuwiki. 
> Then, as many have suggested, work to get Dokuwiki integrated very
> well with them through plugins or something.  I would hope that we
> could even go as far as working with the authors of the selected forum
> software to work the integration from their side as well and create a
> partnership.
> 
> Bottom line is Wikis and Forums go hand in hand and enhance eachother.
>  Lets find a forum package that shares the philosophies of Dokuwiki of
> small/simple/clean then work TOGETHER with them to integrate both
> cleanly.  Then it would be a choice of the end user to enable this
> feature or not.  Both products would shine on their own for what they
> are, and would compliment eachother.

i agree.. dokuwiki and the forum of choice, should be seperate packages,
however, with some form of integration. so that you would download
either a forum, or a wiki, and if you like, both, and then integrate
them, but easily..

> 
> Anyway, hope my thoughts are clear.  Thanks as usual!!
> 
> On 9/24/05, Bert Garcia <hcgtv.net@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Andreas Gohr wrote:
> >
> > > Just my 0.02$ that's not the last word in adding a forum. I'm just not
> > > convinced yet ;-)
> >
> > Just hoping to stir interest.
> >
> > The reason I moderate forums, 4 at present, is that I learn so much by
> > reading user's questions and the subsequent replies. It's like, wow,
> > that's good to know, and I store the pointer to the topic in my brain.
> >
> > Should you decide to one day to give it a try, let me know.
> >
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