What you probably should explain Jason is what a Wiki actually is, why we should want to set one up, and, assuming one was set up, what to do with it.
I don't think 'user editable web site' quite captures the essence and usefulness of wikis... > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:aus-soaring- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason and Jemima Armistead > Sent: Tuesday, 24 January 2006 2:12 PM > To: Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia. > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Anyone interested in creating a gliding Wiki ? > > Geoff > > LOL ! > > Let me give you a quick summary (as best as a dumb electrical and software > engineer can manage !) of some of the jargon I used. > > Wiki - supposedly the Hawaiian word for "quick". Wikis are user editable > web sites, which generally have a lot of features to make it easy to edit > and create cross-links between keywords and articles. > > Mediawiki - the software behind the Wikipedia freely editable encyclopaedia > (see http://en.wikipedia.org/ ). Mediawiki is one of many software suites > that implement Wikis. > > Dumps - backups, in this case, of the database of articles on a Wiki > site. The Mediawiki and Wikipedia sites do regular database dumps so that > they can be copied by others. This is useful when starting a new Wiki, > since there is no Help information or templates provided i.e. you get a > TOTALLY blank slate in every regard (not always helpful). > > Namespace - Mediawiki allows you to have several sub-sites. Each has a > specific name, and thus, its space within the Wiki is called a namespace. > > S/N ratio - signal to noise ratio. A term normally used in relation to > communications. The more signal, and the less noise, the better ! > > Don't worry Geoff - what you really need to know is that others on this > list are putting an Australian gliding Wiki together, and you and everyone > else will hopefully benefit and be able to contribute to it. In the > meantime, have a play around on the Wikipedia site (mentioned above) and > have a look at some topics you're familiar with. Then see if you can add > some further light and knowledge to some of the articles. > > Cheers > > Jason > > At 08:05 AM 24/01/2006, you wrote: > >Jason, > > > > As a dumb mechanical engineer that only (just) understands Levers & > > Fulcrums .......... and has only just mastered posting claims on the OLC. > > > > Do you know anyone who can translate that into my lingo? > > > >Regards Geoff > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Jason and Jemima Armistead > >To: <mailto:[email protected]>Discussion of issues > >relating to Soaring in Australia. > >Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 7:51 AM > >Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] Anyone interested in creating a gliding Wiki ? > > > >Gus > > > >Already had a quick look at your new site. > > > >One thing that Mediawiki DOESN'T come with is the help, since it's built > >into the Wiki database itself. > > > >You can get a dump from Mediawiki's project "Meta" i.e. meta.wikimedia.org > >- and do a search for dumps and import this into your site. It is a bit > >tricky because you only want the English language Help namespace, not the > >entire Wiki (which would be a lot of excess fluff and a very low S/N ratio !) > > > >I did this for our work Wiki which is still V1.4.x series. I need to > >convert it to V1.5.x anyway, so I'll see if I can get this for you if > >required - it's not very big once it's ZIP-ed > > > >If you have any specific Mediawiki questions, feel free to contact me > >directly rather than via Aus-Soaring. > > > >Regards > > > >Jason Armistead > > > > > >At 11:45 PM 23/01/2006, Gus wrote: > > >I think wikis are a great idea. > > > > > >I've gone ahead and registered the name > > "<http://www.ausgliding.com>www.ausgliding.com" and in a > > >day or two once I have it set up will have a gliding wiki there that > > >can be contributed to by all. Feel free to put up wiring diagrams, > > >tost sizes, thermalling tips, pilot profiles, whatever you like. > > > > > >I'm also going to put up a bulletin board (using phpBB) that everyone > > >can use in a similar way to a mailing list, except everything is > > >grouped by topic and it reduces the chances of repeating topics all > > >the time. And great time wasters for work. > > > > > >I'm open to suggestions about other content we can put up there. It's > > >completely unofficial, and only useful if we contribute once it's up. > > > > > >Let me know your ideas. > > > > > > > > >Gus > > > > > > > > >On 1/22/06, Scott Penrose <<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > On 22/01/2006, at 19:05, Jason Armistead wrote: > > > > > But a lot of information, as it relates to Australian soaring, > > > > > where to get equipment, etc, (the kind of stuff that gets asked > > > > > from time to time here on Aus-Soaring) is really not what Wikipedia > > > > > is all about. > > > > > > > > There are no rules for what a wiki is used for. What you described > > > > above sounds like a perfect thing for an Australian Wiki. > > > > > > > > Someone mentioned that there is already heaps of information on > > > > WikiPedia - but that is Encyclopaedic in nature - it is not really > > > > the place for details information on wiring diagrams, what wax to > > > > use, how to connect a B50 to a Blah etc. They are really quite > > > > different. > > > > > > > > In the end though, some people only like lists, some like wikis and > > > > some only like read only web pages - you can't make it perfect for > > > > everyone. > > > > > > > > Scott > > > > -- > > > > * - * <http://www.osdc.com.au>http://www.osdc.com.au - Open Source > > Developers Conference * - * > > > > Scott Penrose > > > > Open source developer > > > > <http://linux.dd.com.au/>http://linux.dd.com.au/ > > > > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > Dismaimer: Open sauce usually ends up never coming out (of the bottle). > > > > > > > > Please do not send me Word or PowerPoint attachments. > > > > See > > <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word- > attachments.html>http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html > > > > > > > > Microsoft is not the answer. It's the question. 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