On 03/08/07, john s wolter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wiki's. I have not used them myself. What's the general idea? Is there a > form type that would be easy to use? >
wikis are very easy to use. in short, its basically a "forum" where people can write and store information in a form that can be searched, browsed, and catalogued. more like a tool for constructing a forever-changing book. useful to augment static documentation. a mailing list is like a discussion. a user forum like on sourceforge is a lot like a mailing list, except it is constrained into topics, logons, etc. so ideally, if one were to have a discussion on (for example) updates based on selects, as in another thread i've just replied to, once i have learned something i would then go to the wiki and put that on a page somewhere sensible. if it wasn't a stupid question. if it was, then i would put the answer on a "AnswersToStupidQuestions" wiki page. do this enough, and people will first refer to the wiki before asking for help on the mailing list. the mingw wiki is a good example of this. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
