Actually, rather than PmWiki/WikiRefactoring, it could be WikiEttiquette/WikiRefactoring. I think PmWiki is better used as documentation as that is the group shipped with a new copy of PmWiki. The group name could do with some rework, as it could easily be "UsingPmWiki" or WhatHaveYou. :-)
BenWilson On 3/6/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >So, its up to you > - use PmWiki more, > - use the mailing list less > - write and refactor > > With that in mind, Simon*, I've started up a new page: > http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/PmWiki/WikiRefactoring A good > chunk of your mail below could be dropped in there. As well as other entries > in the "thread." > > > Where should this page be? It's not a Cookbook recipe; and the other other > applicable group seems to be PmWiki -- but is that to be "Reserved" for > documentation? > > > *your profile seems to be > http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Profiles/Simon correct? And I am > OtherMichael, in the interests of full disclosure. > > ---------- > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:18:57 +1300 > From: Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [pmwiki-users] Does this list inhibit development of > good > documentation? > Cc: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I think the short answer is yes. > > It is tooo easy for a quick question to be flicked off, > instead of ''reading the documentation''. > > Thinking about what you want and reading documentation is hard, > getting someone else to think for you is easy. > > UseMod is a wiki with NO email list. - this is good. > Consequently its website (eating its own dog food) is better polished > and up to date. > > The longer answer is that it is incumbent on us to > * refer to the seemingly most pertinent documentation we have searched > in our quest for an answer > * update the documentation with the answer after we receive it, or > * if the answer was already there, add a few links and references from > where we thought it would be to where it is. > > > Documentation isn't a linear or a hierarchical thing. > Its a network. > What we need is content and navigation. > > Content is simply a matter of thinking about what needs to be said, > and then writing it down. > > Navigation is subtler. Its a personal thing. > > PmWiki is admirably provided with navigation through the page and group > structure, > search, categories. > > So, its up to you > - use PmWiki more, > - use the mailing list less > - write and refactor > > cheers > > Simon > > PS I use my profile page to list the documentation I find most valuable. > > Michael J. Paulukonis > Programmer/Analyst > Diversified Information Technologies > 570.207.2413 or 570.343.2300 x 3043 > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: If you have received this e-mail in error, please > immediately notify the sender by e-mail at the address shown. This e-mail > transmission may contain confidential information. This information is > intended only for the use of the individual(s) or entity to whom it is > intended even if addressed incorrectly. Please delete it from your files > if you are not the intended recipient. > Copyright (c) 2007 Diversified Information Technologies > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > _______________________________________________ > pmwiki-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users > > -- Ben Wilson "Words are the only thing which will last forever" --- Churchill _______________________________________________ pmwiki-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users
