But my point is *why* can't TWL have that? The mechanism is in place to do it, people just don't.
Michael -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of NuclearFriend Sent: Sunday, 31 October 2004 12:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [hlcoders] A Half-life wiki? The Wiki could even be a reference on common HL2 functions, that people could write up at their leisure. That's something TWL and V-ERC don't have. Btw, BlueWolf said hl2db.com would host it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 20:37:08 -0400, Dave Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The main difference is that a wiki is more open, in that anyone can > come in and continually refine and update pages at will. A good > example of this would be if someone wrote a page up for a particular > tool, and then the tool gets an update. The page's instructions may > not be relevant any longer, but the article is often "stuck" talking > about the old version - which may be confusing to readers who find it > later who are trying to follow the tutorial. > > Of course, this DOES open up the downsides of wiki's where people can > put up ill written content, or just go around and destroy pages. > Someone mentioned Wikipedia, which is a great example of the power of > a wiki, but also has a large team of "guardian angels" which maintain > the content against n'er do wells. (Just go look up the history for > George W Bush or John Kerry on wikipedia to see this - people > routinely knock out these pages and the angels have to restore them > sometimes hourly.) > > One of my favorite wiki software packages is the Twiki package > (Twiki.org) as it allows you to host multiple sites easily within on > wiki, and allows regular users to create variables on the fly. It > uses the variables in a hierarchical way to allow people to customize > settings at various levels. (Simple irrelevant example: the entire > wiki site may declare a background color, then declare a different one > for the individual twiki web, then allow the individual user to > declare their own.) This of course can also make it very confusing > and overwhelming too. > > But just about any wiki would work... and really, it doesn't need to > be overly complex. Let me do another round of "state of the wiki > software" that I haven't done in a while, and see what I can find that > will get us out of the gate quickly. Since there does appear to be at > least some interest, I'll likely just get a domain and a cheap linux > web host to host it, and maybe accept donations or run google ads if > it takes off, to cover my costs. > > Give me a few weeks, and I'll see what I can pull together. > > D > > > > > On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 15:03:52 -0500, Jorge Rodriguez > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I support such a wiki, and I would certainly contribute if not for great > > sites like The Wavelength http://www.thewavelength.net and others that > > already have most of the information needed to start an HL mod. The > > subject of an HL wiki has been talked about before, but what purpose > > would it serve which is not already served by existing websites? I'm > > open to ideas. > > -- > > Jorge "Vino" Rodriguez > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
