On Tue, 7 Mar 2023, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
So - which format may be less prone to long term bit-rot and
security fails, MediaWiki or WordPress? What will be easier for a
future disciple (if any) to host and expand on their own website?
This seems like asking which 1980 BBS system or Usenet UUCP mailing
list is easiest to migrate to Twitter.
It is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future.
You're asking which publication software will last, which seems an odd
question because yo want to know about keeping your content alive, not
about keeping its current html presentation.
If I were asking, my question would concern which markup language will
be most resistant to deprecation over the next several years. Were I
betting, I'd say markdown currently has the inside track for longevity
since it's github's current markup of choice -- and several other
content generators can use it as well.
This assumes that you don't have dynamic content of a sort that
requires an database that can be queried. If that's the case, I have
no answer for you.
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