John I certainly sympathise. I can just about edit a wiki now.... The technique I use is careful copy paste of existing entries :-) then Edit, then I use Preview and more of the same. Once I could use the preview, and then save if necessary, things became less stressful.
What about starting a thread here of wiki help? alan cocks John Botscharow wrote: > Ruben, > > What you say about the wiki may be true, but the fact is that most > people who are currently participating on this list are NOT using the > wkiki, and I suspect the reason for that is that they, like me, are > unfamiliar with how it works. > > I am learning wiki code by working on my personal wiki, but I am not > going to mess with the team wiki, especially the meeting page, until I > have a better handle on the code used. > > As you said, organizing a meeting is our main priority, and like you, I > am trying to get that meeting organized as quickly as possible. It was > suggested by Vid that we use the wiki to do that and I was responding to > that suggestion, pointing out why I felt that was unfeasible at this > point. For this meeting, at least, let's continue to get this meeting > organized using the list. I think this is the best way for maximum > participation. > > On Fri, 2008-05-30 at 10:58 +0000, Rubén Hubuntu wrote: >> The idea with wikis is to do collaborative work in an incremental phase. >> >> I see your point, but after hanging around for a while I found out >> that the best way to make impact within your community activities is >> to use the wiki as a cooperative tool. And yes, it means an effort in >> learning the syntax (and yes, I know it is nightmarish, but you will >> be happy you did :) >> >> So everybody needs to get involved in the general maintenance of the >> wiki page, and certainly a core group is going to raise to adress this >> issue. But let us just get a meeting arranged and we take it from >> there, will you all folks? >> >> Next week, say wednesday/thursday? >> >> This thread is about finding a passing date for the meeting, let us >> keep this in foucs. Else we are just going around in circles... >> >> R. >> >> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 10:48 AM, John Botscharow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Vid, >> > >> > The problem with your suggestion is that it assumes everyone is >> > comfortable using the Wiki. I took a look at the meeting page, and as >> > someone who is just learning how to use wiki code, I am reluctant to >> > touch that page for fear of messing it up. We all seem to know how to >> > use email :-) >> > >> > A suggestion: Perhaps someone on the team who actually monitors this >> > list amd who knows wiki code could volunteer to update the team wiki >> > pages on, say, a daily basis. >> > >> > Anyone want to take that on? Having an up-to-date wiki page would do >> > much to help keep the team organized. >> > >> > Peace! >> > >> > John >> > >> > On Fri, 2008-05-30 at 03:02 +0100, VidA wrote: >> >> On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 10:23 PM, John Botscharow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> wrote: >> >> > We need to hear from everyone re: their time zone so that we can get >> >> >> >> Folks, do add your preferences on the meetings wikipage[1], which has >> >> a schedule for prefered individual timings. >> >> After the meeting date is fixed, please mail this list with a CC to >> >> the fridge list and it will be put on the Fridge. >> >> >> >> [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/MarketingTeam/Meetings >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Vid >> >> || http://www.svaksha.com || >> >> >> > -- >> > Peace! >> > >> > John >> > >> > You do have choice on what operating system you use: >> > http://www.ubuntu.com/ >> > >> > I am an Ubuntu user! >> > My profile: https://launchpad.net/~jbotscharow >> > My wiki: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/JohnBotscharow >> > >> > -------------------------------------------------------------- >> > Read my blog: http://hbotscharow.com >> > John Botscharow: Reflections on Religion, Politics & Life >> > >> > >> > -- >> > ubuntu-marketing mailing list >> > ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com >> > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: >> > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing >> > >> -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 Linux user #360648 -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list ubuntu-marketing@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
