[openbeos] Re: The Wiki

Hi Urias,

Urias McCullough wrote:
On 9/29/06, *Waldemar Kornewald* <wkornew@xxxxxxx <mailto:wkornew@xxxxxxx>> wrote:

    A knowledge base might be a good use for our wiki. I just don't know
    whether enough people will maintain it in case we use some other tool
    for our documentation.


I think once it is clearly communicated that the wiki is an appropriate place for certain types of community involvement, the community will use it. Right now, I suspect the uncertainty of the wiki's future is preventing much contribution to the wiki at all (I know it has deterred me somewhat). 

I totally agree; I would feel exactly the same.

In order to define the role of the wiki, I fell we need (at least IMHO) to understand the scope of the website too (first?). I have to be honest: this is where I am having difficulty; there is a lot of content in the new website, but I am having difficulty understanding under what criteria it was included, and how it is intended to be organized. But then, maybe it is just me...

    Who will remove spam?


I doubt this will be a problem - a couple of active "watchers" can resolve this pretty easily, as we have demonstrated in the past. The wiki spam problem is much less now than it was a couples months ago.

I am not concerned about spam. The community has done a good job maintaining the wiki all this time, and I think that can continue to be the case.

However, I would much rather use the "Monobook" skin with the wiki if it is intended for community-contribution. It was a lot friendlier for actual contributions while still looking halfway decent. I find the new theme to be mostly just "pretty" and difficult to navigate for those who really want to contribute. I really yearn for the "Recent Changes" link to work from the main wiki page again even - as that is my first stop usually.

I think it would be better if the wiki had a unified look as the website (like Mozilla or Ubuntu, for example). But then we need a Drupal theme first. I know a few people are working a themes, so lets wait to see what comes out from their efforts.

Koki


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