Re: [Mediawiki-l] Help - Social Network

2011-06-19 Thread Adam Meyer
I would also like to note that I am actually looking at using other software for my project after 2 years of mediawiki because I would like it to behave more like a social network. I too love mediawiki, but I think it is the wrong choice for your project. On Jun 18, 2011, at 1:56 AM, Phillip

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Help - Social Network

2011-06-19 Thread Phillipe, Eros
Nina, thanks for the suggesion. I will certainly take a look. If you want help, we got already some people from Michigan University, BYU and Chicago University helping. It would be a pleasure. On Sunday, June 19, 2011, McHale, Nina wrote: > Phillipe, > > Your project and philosophy sound wonde

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Help - Social Network

2011-06-19 Thread McHale, Nina
Phillipe, Your project and philosophy sound wonderful, but I don't think MediaWiki, as great as it is, is the right tool for the job. Since you are already working with PHP and MySQL, I'd highly recommend considering Drupal. It was designed specifically with social networking sites in mind, and

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Help - Social Network

2011-06-18 Thread Steve VanSlyck
But I wish you the best for your project. - Original Message - From: "Steve VanSlyck" To: "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list" Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 08:28:47 -0400 Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Help - Social Network > I'm not gmailed, linked-in, face

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Help - Social Network

2011-06-18 Thread Steve VanSlyck
I'm not gmailed, linked-in, facebooked or my-spaced. I guess I'm not very social. - Original Message - > On Jun 18, 2011, at 10:38 AM, Eros wrote: > > At the moment this wasn't a very good pitch. I already know a very good social network anyway! _

[Mediawiki-l] Help - Social Network

2011-06-18 Thread Phillipe, Eros
Yeap..but they don't allow the type of user interaction we are looking for..Moodle is a very poor platform, actually, for what we need. Most of the content comes from youtube and sites alike.. All the content from itunes u, for example, it's on youtube, but mostly only available on it's original l

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Help - Social Network

2011-06-18 Thread Ruud Habets
My 2cents: Mediawiki is not for elearning. Have you looked into software like moodle and alike? Ruud Verstuurd vanaf mijn iPad Op 18 jun. 2011 om 07:56 heeft "Phillipe, Eros" het volgende geschreven: > Guys, > > we are creating an open source, nonprofit, e-learning social network and > look

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Help - Social Network

2011-06-18 Thread Phillipe, Eros
Alright, fair enough. Let me share with you guys: I'm from Brazil and we are starting a project to share knowledge between people and create an open source, free and nonprofit e-learning social network. So, we are all volunteers. The whole concept of the project is that knowledge should be a univ

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Help - Social Network

2011-06-18 Thread Domas Mituzas
On Jun 18, 2011, at 10:38 AM, Phillipe, Eros wrote: > Sorry. It was not intention to offend anyone. Is just that we have a > very good project and we seek volunteers to help. My apologies. Well, if you actually provided information about your project - how you want it to work, what kind of tech

Re: [Mediawiki-l] Help - Social Network

2011-06-18 Thread Phillipe, Eros
Sorry. It was not intention to offend anyone. Is just that we have a very good project and we seek volunteers to help. My apologies. On Saturday, June 18, 2011, Phillipe, Eros wrote: > Guys, > > we are creating an open source, nonprofit, e-learning social network and > looking for people to he

[Mediawiki-l] Help - Social Network

2011-06-17 Thread Phillipe, Eros
Guys, we are creating an open source, nonprofit, e-learning social network and looking for people to help. Any interested send an email to infinit...@infinitunm.com or to me eros.ph...@gmail.com regards eros ___ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lis