> I guess we need (if possible) something along the lines of "the" wiki, > <language>.wikipedia.org
Mediawiki (the wiki engine used by Wikipedia) is very nice, and it's the one I'm leaning towards also. >> This awkward user-registration process will most certainly keep >> people from contributing or updating tips. It will also create a lot >> of tedious and error-proned work for the project's admins, even if I >> were to add a dozen more. > Or give every member admin privileges, but I suppose that isn't wise > either. IMHO every wiki needs admins even if everyone can get an > account and edit any page. I agree. >> So as I see it, we have two things we need to do if we want to keep the >> wiki conversion project moving: >> >> 1. Define our wiki requirements >> ... >> * Does the wiki have to be hosted by Google, or is it ok if we move >> to another wiki host if they match all of our requirements? >> * This question is probably mostly for Bram, since he first >> suggested the Google wiki. >> * I personally really like Google in general. They just don't >> have the apps that we need today. > Google, Schmoogle, I don't care. Ideally an alias DNS record should be > set up, so that wiki.vim.org will bring us to the wiki frontpage, > wherever it's hosted. Or is that impossible due to the way vim.org is > entangled with sourceforge? I don't know if this option is possible right now without paying for hosting. >> * Cost? >> * I'm assuming that the ideal number if free :) >> * Embedded WYSIWYG editor, etc. > > Embedded WYSIWIG editor is a "cherry on the cake": en.wikipedia.org > has no WYSIWIG editing but if we could lay hands on something working > that way (and at that price, i.e., free as in beer), IMHO we shouldn't > think twice about it. Yeah, this was a foolish question. We're all plain-text lovers anyways if we're using Vim :) >> 2. Choose the wiki host that best suits our needs >> * I see two options: >> * Wait for Google to meet all of our requirements? >> * Google recently acquired JotSpot, so maybe that wiki will >> be functional enough to meet all of our requirements >> some day. >> * Find a different wiki host that does meet all of our >> requirements, and should be able to do so for at least 3 >> years or so. > > Only three years? For how long have the tips & scripts been hosted by > sourceforge? I imagine that three years from now the project may be > barely up to speed; the longer the better, and I'd say 5 years > minimum. Sounds good to me. I was just throwing out a number. > A last-minute thought: would it be possible to name the project > vim.wikipedia.org or something (and set it up in Wikipedia space)? Hm, > I guess not: there might already be some obscure language with the ISO > code "vim"... I think we're putting the cart in front of the horse here. Let's satisfy all of the requirements first before we settle on the wiki engine. Thanks! Tom Purl
