On Mon, Feb 28, 2005 at 04:36:34PM -0800, Ofer Nave wrote: > > Valid points, but I disagree on one - I think it IS partly a technical > problem. Jimmy Wales tried to start a free online encyclopedia called > Nupedia before Wikipedia was a twinkly in his eye, and it failed > miserably after getting 24 articles total. The problem was a technical > one - you had to submit articles, have them reviewed and approved, etc. > When Wikipedia was launched, it had 1000 articles within a month, > because the form factor was right - want to change something? The edit > button is right at the top. Go for it.
I agree that the wiki format can be a great one for creating a "low barrier to entry" for collaborative documentation writing. I've witnessed work really well for darcs ( http://www.scannedinavian.org/DarcsWiki/ ) and CGI::Application. ( http://www.cgi-app.org/ ). After working a good deal on both of those wikis, I've convinced that even more subtle details of the format can make a different. The darcs wiki is much more pleasant to work on-- it feels easier to use. I'm more likely to contribute there. I'm rather satisifed as user of that software-- it's running the MoinMoin wiki: http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/ So what does it take to get wiki.cpan.org or wiki.perl.org set up? I suppose a first order of business would be to arrange hosting space, and one more volunteers to set up and administer the wiki. Mark -- http://mark.stosberg.com/
