[gameprogrammer] Re: Wiki

 --- Bob Pendleton <bob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 
> I'm thinking about adding a wiki to gameprogrammer.com. I had a bbs
> there for a long time and nobody really used it. Does anyone think
> that
> having a game programming wiki would be a good thing?

Definitely.

> What would you
> use
> it for?

I'd use it to write articles about game programming to get them
peer-reviewed.  I'm sure there's enough knowledge on this list to write
a decent book or 2 on game programming, if only people would get it down
on paper.  The wiki process would really help crystallize this
knowledge. (I presume submissions would be under some kind of open
content license?)

If the game programmer wiki starts up, I'll donate my tutorial series on
programming the Playstation2 Vector Units to get the ball rolling
(although I'm aware that there may be no-one on the list interested it
PS2!)

Bob, you've written some very good articles on SDL in the past, but I'm
also aware they are a source of income for you.  I think publishing some
SDL articles in an open form on such a wiki would also be a great way to
get things rolling.

So, yes, I fully support the wiki idea 100%.  One note - requiring a
login makes it just one step harder to write on an article, either to
append a question or correct something as trivial as a spelling
mistake.  I think the wiki would benefit from not requiring a logon.  I
don't think that requiring a logon gives you much security anyway, but
to get a decent amount of writing going into a wiki it has to be as easy
as possible to create an article there.

There's my tuppence :)

Paul Smith



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