On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 19:27:06 -0800 Arlo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled:
> I like wikis but it depends very much on the people behind them. Wikis
> provide a more formal format than forums and offer a better presentation
> in my opinion. Personally I hate digging through forums and mailing
> archives. A wiki allows you to present important discussions and
> detailed issues in a more organized format.
>
>
> A wiki fills a certain gap with documentation. Questions such as "Why
> the binary config format?" and others that deserve a full answer
> supported by different opinions is best presented by a wiki. This could
> go in the FAQ but to do full justice to the question it would span quite
> a bit of the FAQ. There are other fundamental design issues that ought
> to go into a wiki sort of format to preserve their importance and
> maintain a logical argument for their existence. With the forum/mailing
> system these issues are quickly lost in the past and inevitably arise
> again when someone new (or forgetful) brings up the same issue.
>
> Anyhow, for an example of a well developed wiki see:
> http://wiki.osafoundation.org
>
> I did some wiki experiments a while ago; here are a few of my reactions:
> TikiWiki - Full featured but a bit cluttered looking and complex, well
> known and has a large community
> MediaWiki - Clean and Stable but lacking some features such as file
> upload other than pictures (wikipedia)
> Kwiki - A simple clean wiki, modular design
> DokuWiki - Another wiki designed for documentation that has a nice clean
> feel
>
> Not Recommended:
> Phpwiki - Seemed a bit buggy and I've seen errors from sites that use
> phpwiki, not particularly feature full anyway
> MoinMoin - A bit harder to install because its python based, I found
> some design quirks annoying, not all that bad though, just not great.
i was looking mainly at cms's as they provide an even more structured/organised
way of dealing with web site content. they can act as wikis as such but are more
geared to site content management than discussion management.
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