8 Dec
2004
8 Dec
'04
2:09 p.m.
Mark Knecht wrote:
I don't need convincing. I'm not against a wiki
at all. I was, in
fact, quite impressed at the idea. However, what does it mean to be
managed? If that means Dave has to look at everything that his new
helpers do then it likely isn't going to save him much time.
I hadn't used a wiki until my first attempt last evening. The one I
used didn't enforce any specific page formats or content. One thing I
really appreciate about Dave's site is it's consistency, even if it is
a bit old school to look at. If there's a wiki way to keep things
consistent, improve the way it looks, and give helpers access to do
the dirty work for him, then I'm very much in favor of using a wiki to
do this.
First, thanks to all who replied. Alas, I really don't want to change
the format, not at this time. It would mean a measure of work I'm not
prepared to do at this time.
OTOH, it's clear that the wiki is a preferred Way. So my shortest
response is: Grab a section or sections from the Linux soundapps site
and use it as a starting point in a standalone wiki form. If you want
the original HTML, it's free for the asking/taking. If enough people
actually did that, with an agreed-upon wiki format, then eventually they
could merge (re-merge?) into a spanking new wiki-ized Linux soundapps
site. If that should happen, then at some point someone is going to have
to assume managerial duties, which may be considerable.
It seems that there are enough wiki-savvy souls on this list to start a
working group for this project.
Btw, Mark: My site is not "a bit old school", it's *profoundly* Old
School. :)
And if anyone feels like maintaining a section of the current pages, let
me know.
Best,
dp