Vagrant Cascadian <vagr...@debian.org> writes:
> On 2022-01-09, Matt wrote: >> Concern 7: the manual can easily be read and modified while offline >> >> This is another good point. Things shouldn't be tied to the >> internet. >> >> Fortunately, most wikis allow users to download the wiki (apart from >> tools like wget). >> >> Unfortunately, the manual requires users to have a full system >> install and either commit rights or an extended conversion in order >> to modify. To quote the Wikipedia on wikis, >> >> "All that people require to contribute is a computer [including a >> mobile device], Internet access, a web browser, and a basic >> understanding of a simple markup language (e.g. MediaWiki markup >> language)" > > There are definitely wikis which use fairly simple markup > (e.g. markdown) and can usefully be read and updated online via a web > interface and git offline or online. The one I'm most familiar with is > ikiwiki (available in guix), though don't have a lot of experience > updating it via the web interface. > > > live well, > vagrant Personally this is what I'd consider the primary concern before a wiki can be considered even remotely seriously. While some wikis allow you to download the database, the vast majority do not allow you to export or import diffs & modifications (mediawiki's own support for this feature seems to be underdocumented), so what you get is a lot less useful than even just a directory hierarchy with a bunch of markdown files like some projects and forges do for their docs. Other than ikiwiki and [fossil][1] I don't know of any wiki that supports these features. 1: https://fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/wikitheory.wiki
