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Meta Would you folks be interested in getting a wiki going?

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We could do a wiki with WordPress themes that are very wiki like.

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We could use the yada wiki plugin that can be embedded directly into WordPress
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We could install wiki software with the Softaculous app installer

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Kenneth Erwin Engelhardt said:
A wiki is simply a knowledge base. What's wrong with WordPress?
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Because you're trying to take the easy way out and it's going to show like footprints in cement.

MediaWiki is designed for the type of collaboration needed for this to be a success. You aren't going to write all the content yourself, are you? No, we are all going to. Everybody can put some effort, and we collectively can have something to be proud of. Which is more than your KF counterpart has.

WordPress is for blogs. You already have a blog. Why do you need another blog? Don't be greedy. That's my job, goy.
 
Gargamel said:
Because you're trying to take the easy way out and it's going to show like footprints in cement.

MediaWiki is designed for the type of collaboration needed for this to be a success. You aren't going to write all the content yourself, are you? No, we are all going to. Everybody can put some effort, and we collectively can have something to be proud of. Which is more than your KF counterpart has.

WordPress is for blogs. You already have a blog. Why do you need another blog? Don't be greedy. That's my job, goy.
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I am not familiar with configuring MediaWiki. I have a little more familiarity with Dokuwiki. WordPress can easily accommodate multiple users. But the drawback is that WordPress will have more of a blog look than a media look and there are other drawbacks because of it's design.

The wiki will be a mixture of 1 or 2 lolcows and 1 or 2 political cows. Both are valuable in their own way.
 
Kenneth Erwin Engelhardt said:
I am not familiar with configuring MediaWiki. I have a little more familiarity with Dokuwiki. WordPress can easily accommodate multiple users. But the drawback is that WordPress will have more of a blog look than a media look and there are other drawbacks because of it's design.

The wiki will be a mixture of 1 or 2 lolcows and 1 or 2 political cows. Both are valuable in their own way.
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Well so long as the wiki doesn't have the same fucking Saul Goodman suit looking ass color scheme as this forum, you're all good 👍🏻
 
Kenneth Erwin Engelhardt said:
I am not familiar with configuring MediaWiki. I have a little more familiarity with Dokuwiki. WordPress can easily accommodate multiple users. But the drawback is that WordPress will have more of a blog look than a media look and there are other drawbacks because of it's design.
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In terms of appearance, WordPress is one step up from a Nigerian scam. It's suitable for the ramblings of a madman, or the selling of worthless ebooks.

For example, MATI has a WordPress site.
Kenneth Erwin Engelhardt said:
The wiki will be a mixture of 1 or 2 lolcows and 1 or 2 political cows. Both are valuable in their own way.
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Don't even bother then, there's no point. I don't think very many people are interested in your 2-4 favorite lolcows specifically. That sounds really boring. Unless it's dedicated to @Null. That might actually work, but it seems self-limiting.

If you want any of your existing userbase to care, it should be open to any content relating to these farms, those other farms, lolcows of all kinds (including politically-involved people and Nigerian prices, but only if they're funny), and anything relating to the above. It should work like ED, with articles on people, things, concepts, and historical events, and organized into categories. Unlike ED, the content should be written with a serious tone and to a standard, like the CWCki.

If you're concerned about spam, you can limit wiki user accounts to only people who actually post here. You still absolutely need wiki jannies, and they need to know what they're doing.
 
Gargamel said:
In terms of appearance, WordPress is one step up from a Nigerian scam. It's suitable for the ramblings of a madman, or the selling of worthless ebooks.

For example, MATI has a WordPress site.

Don't even bother then, there's no point. I don't think very many people are interested in your 2-4 favorite lolcows specifically. That sounds really boring. Unless it's dedicated to @Null. That might actually work, but it seems self-limiting.

If you want any of your existing userbase to care, it should be open to any content relating to these farms, those other farms, lolcows of all kinds (including politically-involved people and Nigerian prices, but only if they're funny), and anything relating to the above. It should work like ED, with articles on people, things, concepts, and historical events, and organized into categories. Unlike ED, the content should be written with a serious tone and to a standard, like the CWCki.

If you're concerned about spam, you can limit wiki user accounts to only people who actually post here. You still absolutely need wiki jannies, and they need to know what they're doing.
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Null is exactly who I had in mind. But if you want more than one or two, I won't object
 
Gargamel said:
Can't you whitelist my email or something? Am I too Jewish to be on your whitelist?

Making an account to make an account is a lot of effort.
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I don't know how to whitelist an email address. Just create a proton mail account. It takes 2 minutes.
 
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