On Mar 18, 2012 3:45 PM, "Michael Mol" <mike...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 4:38 AM, Michael Mol <mike...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 3:29 AM, Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org> wrote: > >> On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 11:37:49PM +0100, Sebastian Pipping wrote > >>> On 03/17/2012 03:51 AM, Walter Dnes wrote: > >>> > The page will be permanently "under construction", i.e. evolving as > >>> > we find out more about how mdev works. > >>> > >>> Unless you want to maintain total control of the data flow I would > >>> suggest turning that page into a new wiki page at > >>> <https://wiki.gentoo.org/> to ease contribution to others and to > >>> increase availability and accessibility of that content. > >> > >> Probably the best thing to do in the long run. I've never done any > >> wiki editing/posting, so I'll take a day or 2 to read up on it. The > >> help page looks rather complex. Or are there any volunteers here who > >> can copy the contents of the web page to a wiki page? I'll gladly > >> change my webpage to a pointer to the wiki page. > > > > First stab: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Mdev > > > > I don't know the Gentoo wiki's style policies, but I do know MediaWiki > > reasonably well. I did take license to edit for language/linguistic > > style, but not for substantive comment. Please go through and correct > > anything that seems broken. It's almost 4:30AM where I am, and I > > really ought to be sleeping, so I almost certainly mussed something > > up. Pretty sure I switched styles about halfway through, too. > > > > You should find the MediaWiki syntax reasonably accessible; just click > > 'edit' at the top of the page and compare what the 'raw' form looks > > like with what the results look like. > > > >> > >> On a tangent, is that a better tutorial on wiki pages anywhere? > > > > MediaWiki.org has the best content. Generally, you'd play around in a > > sandbox page of your own (on whatever wiki site you have an account > > on) to get a feel for things. > > BTW, where would one go to get involved in organization of the wiki? I > found myself wishing for templates for consistent formatting of things > like files, one-liners and naming of ebuilds, but I don't think I > ought to simply create the templates I'm looking for without talking > with someone first. >
I suggest asking in gentoo-project. The Powers That Be™ are obligatory members there... Rgds,
