Sorry Derek (and Dad, and anyone else looking for a less "geeky" answer...)
I guess after looking after my wife who's been sick for the last 5 days and
trying to keep the house on an even keel with 3 kids including a baby who
has just had his immunisation shots, I was not looking to write a War and
Peace description of what a Wiki is. Just to get something fired off into
hyperspace and go back to playing Mr Mum.
For those who want a more detailed description of what a Wiki is, see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki
That article is the combined genius of probably several hundred different
individuals contributing to the article in some way or other.
Regards
Jason
At 02:53 PM 24/01/2006, Derek Ruddock wrote:
What you probably should explain Jason is what a Wiki actually is, why
we should want to set one up, and, assuming one was set up, what to do
with it.
I don't think 'user editable web site' quite captures the essence and
usefulness of wikis...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:aus-soaring-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason and Jemima
Armistead
> Sent: Tuesday, 24 January 2006 2:12 PM
> To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia.
> Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Anyone interested in creating a gliding
Wiki ?
>
> Geoff
>
> LOL !
>
> Let me give you a quick summary (as best as a dumb electrical and
software
> engineer can manage !) of some of the jargon I used.
>
> Wiki - supposedly the Hawaiian word for "quick". Wikis are user
editable
> web sites, which generally have a lot of features to make it easy to
edit
> and create cross-links between keywords and articles.
>
> Mediawiki - the software behind the Wikipedia freely editable
encyclopaedia
> (see http://en.wikipedia.org/ ). Mediawiki is one of many software
suites
> that implement Wikis.
>
> Dumps - backups, in this case, of the database of articles on a Wiki
> site. The Mediawiki and Wikipedia sites do regular database dumps so
that
> they can be copied by others. This is useful when starting a new
Wiki,
> since there is no Help information or templates provided i.e. you get
a
> TOTALLY blank slate in every regard (not always helpful).
>
> Namespace - Mediawiki allows you to have several sub-sites. Each has
a
> specific name, and thus, its space within the Wiki is called a
namespace.
>
> S/N ratio - signal to noise ratio. A term normally used in relation
to
> communications. The more signal, and the less noise, the better !
>
> Don't worry Geoff - what you really need to know is that others on
this
> list are putting an Australian gliding Wiki together, and you and
everyone
> else will hopefully benefit and be able to contribute to it. In the
> meantime, have a play around on the Wikipedia site (mentioned above)
and
> have a look at some topics you're familiar with. Then see if you can
add
> some further light and knowledge to some of the articles.
>
> Cheers
>
> Jason
>
> At 08:05 AM 24/01/2006, you wrote:
> >Jason,
> >
> > As a dumb mechanical engineer that only (just) understands
Levers &
> > Fulcrums .......... and has only just mastered posting claims on the
OLC.
> >
> > Do you know anyone who can translate that into my lingo?
> >
> >Regards Geoff
> >
> >
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Jason and Jemima Armistead
> >To: <mailto:aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net>Discussion of issues
> >relating to Soaring in Australia.
> >Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 7:51 AM
> >Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Anyone interested in creating a gliding
Wiki ?
> >
> >Gus
> >
> >Already had a quick look at your new site.
> >
> >One thing that Mediawiki DOESN'T come with is the help, since it's
built
> >into the Wiki database itself.
> >
> >You can get a dump from Mediawiki's project "Meta" i.e.
meta.wikimedia.org
> >- and do a search for dumps and import this into your site. It is a
bit
> >tricky because you only want the English language Help namespace, not
the
> >entire Wiki (which would be a lot of excess fluff and a very low S/N
ratio !)
> >
> >I did this for our work Wiki which is still V1.4.x series. I need to
> >convert it to V1.5.x anyway, so I'll see if I can get this for you if
> >required - it's not very big once it's ZIP-ed
> >
> >If you have any specific Mediawiki questions, feel free to contact me
> >directly rather than via Aus-Soaring.
> >
> >Regards
> >
> >Jason Armistead
> >
> >
> >At 11:45 PM 23/01/2006, Gus wrote:
> > >I think wikis are a great idea.
> > >
> > >I've gone ahead and registered the name
> > "<http://www.ausgliding.com>www.ausgliding.com" and in a
> > >day or two once I have it set up will have a gliding wiki there
that
> > >can be contributed to by all. Feel free to put up wiring diagrams,
> > >tost sizes, thermalling tips, pilot profiles, whatever you like.
> > >
> > >I'm also going to put up a bulletin board (using phpBB) that
everyone
> > >can use in a similar way to a mailing list, except everything is
> > >grouped by topic and it reduces the chances of repeating topics all
> > >the time. And great time wasters for work.
> > >
> > >I'm open to suggestions about other content we can put up there.
It's
> > >completely unofficial, and only useful if we contribute once it's
up.
> > >
> > >Let me know your ideas.
> > >
> > >
> > >Gus
> > >
> > >
> > >On 1/22/06, Scott Penrose
<<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > > > On 22/01/2006, at 19:05, Jason Armistead wrote:
> > > > > But a lot of information, as it relates to Australian soaring,
> > > > > where to get equipment, etc, (the kind of stuff that gets
asked
> > > > > from time to time here on Aus-Soaring) is really not what
Wikipedia
> > > > > is all about.
> > > >
> > > > There are no rules for what a wiki is used for. What you
described
> > > > above sounds like a perfect thing for an Australian Wiki.
> > > >
> > > > Someone mentioned that there is already heaps of information on
> > > > WikiPedia - but that is Encyclopaedic in nature - it is not
really
> > > > the place for details information on wiring diagrams, what wax
to
> > > > use, how to connect a B50 to a Blah etc. They are really quite
> > > > different.
> > > >
> > > > In the end though, some people only like lists, some like wikis
and
> > > > some only like read only web pages - you can't make it perfect
for
> > > > everyone.
> > > >
> > > > Scott
> > > > --
> > > > * - * <http://www.osdc.com.au>http://www.osdc.com.au - Open
Source
> > Developers Conference * - *
> > > > Scott Penrose
> > > > Open source developer
> > > > <http://linux.dd.com.au/>http://linux.dd.com.au/
> > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >
> > > > Dismaimer: Open sauce usually ends up never coming out (of the
bottle).
> > > >
> > > > Please do not send me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
> > > > See
> > <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word->
attachments.html>http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html
> > > >
> > > > Microsoft is not the answer. It's the question. And the answer
is no.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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