On 12/17/07, Jay Levitt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:02:48 -0800, Rick Olson wrote: > > > We're talking about moving the Mephisto wiki (which is riddled with > > spam) to a custom mephisto setup and appointing writers to maintain > > the docs. > > I feel like the Rails wiki plus Jeremy's project could help a lot of this. > > But - let's be honest - the Rails wiki is just utterly useless. I can't > remember the last time I even bothered looking at it before (or after) > Googling - or even debugging. > > I'm gonna make another in a series of unpopular suggestions: > > MediaWiki. > > Now, keep in mind: I hate MediaWiki. I hate its syntax, I hate its feel, I > hate its complexity. I hate that it's not written in Ruby. > > But you know what? Wikipedia's freaking awesome. And whatever it needs, > MediaWiki has. > > It's got despamming, it's got authentication, it's got terrific history > tools, fancy templates, etc. etc. There's a syntax-highlighting plugin for > it, too. There's even a Textile plugin. And the article/talk page > dichotomy would solve one big problem of the Rails wiki. > > Wikis are particularly handy because - at least from my POV - you spend > huge amounts of time on a problem or question when you're working your way > through it, and then you never think about it again. That's why we have > all these beginners asking the same questions, and all the experts > wondering why people keep asking. Wikis are a very handy way of working on > a problem while you're thinking about it, and organizing your thoughts > later. > > MediaWiki has two additional benefits: Huge numbers of people are already > familiar with how to use it (thanks to Wikipedia), and there are a bunch of > automated tools that work with it. > > What would it take for rails-core to even consider such a thing?
I just wonder how much of Wikipedia's usefulness is due to the software, and how much is due to the community that keeps everything tidy. At any rate, I think mediawiki's worth a shot. Go for it. -- Rick Olson http://lighthouseapp.com http://weblog.techno-weenie.net http://mephistoblog.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-core@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
