>The Wiki could even be a reference on common HL2 functions, that people >could write up at their leisure. That's something TWL and V-ERC don't >have.
Sorry, either I misunderstood you, or you misunderstood me. What I meant to say was that why cant placed like TWL be a general reference for common HL2 function that people have written at their leisure. Any registered member can currently submit articles on TWL. The only difference that I see between a Wiki and this setup is the ability for anyone to edit the content of their article. Michel -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce "Bahamut" Andrews Sent: Sunday, 31 October 2004 1:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [hlcoders] A Half-life wiki? Because they probably don't want a dead part of their site with twits erasing stuff all the time. Unless they had assurances that this project would actually go somewhere most websites would be reluctant. - Bruce "Bahamut" Andrews Michael Shimmins wrote: >But my point is *why* can't TWL have that? The mechanism is in place to do >it, people just don't. > >Michael > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of NuclearFriend >Sent: Sunday, 31 October 2004 12:01 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [hlcoders] A Half-life wiki? > >The Wiki could even be a reference on common HL2 functions, that >people could write up at their leisure. That's something TWL and V-ERC >don't have. > >Btw, BlueWolf said hl2db.com would host it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 20:37:08 -0400, Dave Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>The main difference is that a wiki is more open, in that anyone can >>come in and continually refine and update pages at will. A good >>example of this would be if someone wrote a page up for a particular >>tool, and then the tool gets an update. The page's instructions may >>not be relevant any longer, but the article is often "stuck" talking >>about the old version - which may be confusing to readers who find it >>later who are trying to follow the tutorial. >> >>Of course, this DOES open up the downsides of wiki's where people can >>put up ill written content, or just go around and destroy pages. >>Someone mentioned Wikipedia, which is a great example of the power of >>a wiki, but also has a large team of "guardian angels" which maintain >>the content against n'er do wells. (Just go look up the history for >>George W Bush or John Kerry on wikipedia to see this - people >>routinely knock out these pages and the angels have to restore them >>sometimes hourly.) >> >>One of my favorite wiki software packages is the Twiki package >>(Twiki.org) as it allows you to host multiple sites easily within on >>wiki, and allows regular users to create variables on the fly. It >>uses the variables in a hierarchical way to allow people to customize >>settings at various levels. (Simple irrelevant example: the entire >>wiki site may declare a background color, then declare a different one >>for the individual twiki web, then allow the individual user to >>declare their own.) This of course can also make it very confusing >>and overwhelming too. >> >>But just about any wiki would work... and really, it doesn't need to >>be overly complex. Let me do another round of "state of the wiki >>software" that I haven't done in a while, and see what I can find that >>will get us out of the gate quickly. Since there does appear to be at >>least some interest, I'll likely just get a domain and a cheap linux >>web host to host it, and maybe accept donations or run google ads if >>it takes off, to cover my costs. >> >>Give me a few weeks, and I'll see what I can pull together. >> >>D >> >> >> >> >>On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 15:03:52 -0500, Jorge Rodriguez >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>I support such a wiki, and I would certainly contribute if not for great >>>sites like The Wavelength http://www.thewavelength.net and others that >>>already have most of the information needed to start an HL mod. The >>>subject of an HL wiki has been talked about before, but what purpose >>>would it serve which is not already served by existing websites? I'm >>>open to ideas. >>>-- >>>Jorge "Vino" Rodriguez >>> >>> >>> >>>_______________________________________________ >>>To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> >>> >please visit: > > >>>http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >>> >>> >>> >>> >>_______________________________________________ >>To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> >> >please visit: > > >>http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >> >> >> >> > >_______________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >please visit: >http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > >_______________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: >http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
