> Tom Purl wrote: >> However, there are still people, including Bram, who seem to feel pretty >> strongly about using the Google wiki. Bram, are we going down the wrong >> track by planning for a non-Google wiki? For this site, I think it's >> very important that we get as close to a consensus as possible regarding >> who will do the hosting. > > No, I don't feel strongly about using the Google wiki. It was just an > idea that came up. Being able to use the large server base and > cleverness of Google would be an advanage. But there are also > disadvantages, mainly that it's not simple to let everybody edit the > wiki.
Ok, thanks for clearing that up. > Using wikibooks.org sounds attractive, but I don't see any protection > against spamming. And that is exactly what happens to the Vim tips. > It's just a matter of time before this happens on wikibooks.org too. I agree that spam protection should be our top priority. > Besides that, transferring all existing tips to the wiki needs to be > tried out. I don't understand what you mean here. Are you saying that we should move forward with a Google wiki conversion, irrespective of whether or not we end up using the Google wiki? Converting all of the files getting "sign-off" from the Vim community would probably takes more than a couple of weeks. This seems like a lot of time to spend for on a solution that looks like it may not pan out. I too am in favor of making steady progress with the conversion, but converting the tips before we pick a wiki seems to be the wrong order of operations to me. Thanks! Tom Purl
