On Saturday, November 22, 2014 3:37:16 AM UTC+1, Jed Carty wrote: > > I think that we could try making a public tiddlywiki on tiddlyspot and > make a list of topics people want documentation for the most, then collect > explanations and examples from people and hopefully get someone who is good > at technical writing or design to collect everything into a nice tiddler we > can submit for inclusion on the main page. >
That sounds easier than github pull requests (if I'm using the term correctly) but there will be a problem with version management i.e an upload overwrites the latest version of the whole wiki potentially overwriting something that had been contributed just recently. Tiddlyspace would probably work better in this respect as each tiddler is saved separately. There could be a policy that you're not allowed to manipulate, or at least not delete, someone elses tiddler but instead e.g append a new tiddler with your updated version. Maybe www.tiddlywiki.org, which actually is on tiddlyspace and already open for edit, could be modified to suit this ( @tobibeer ) However... the greater crux is that documentation is still very demanding, effectively limiting it to the few individuals who'll contribute. And while a few individuals can accomplish great things, I think documentation for TW is a big task. Heck, one of our *super* contributors estimates it will take 3 months of continuous writing to get the most basic questions explained well and he is super qualified on all matters. link <https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/inside-tiddlywiki-the-missing-manual>. I outlined an idea in the notorious thread (linked to in Jeremys post above) that takes another approach to documentation. The work to set up system that is probably much more limited than the work needed for documentation (which is open ended more or less) - but, of course, few *can* implement it and we can't expect anyone to *actually* implement it. (Personally, I'd gladly help support such a project financially. I believe it has potential to bring temendous value to the community. Anyone interested?) I also started another thread <https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#%21topic/tiddlywiki/K9O5eBkIuW0> with, if technically possible, is yet aother completely differnt take on what could be used for documentation contributions. Another question is of course what would bring the most value to TW. I'm not certain it's the documentation issue, important as that is. Then again, in practice people will (and should) only do what they like in an unpaid project :-) <:-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
