Re: Choice of wiki (Re: [gnome-women] Um, where is the G-W wiki?)

[Clytie Siddall <clytie riverland net au>]

On 18/08/2005, at 2:24 PM, Mary Gardiner wrote:

> However, it unfortunately tends to be pretty hard to switch an active
> wiki to new software. Most wikis use their own custom varient  
> version of
> wiki markup (MoinMoin and MediaWiki markup is pretty different), and
> store their data in incompatible formats. You are therefore locked  
> into
> your choice of wiki to some extent. I don't know how long the GNOME  
> Live
> one has been around... probably long enough to have this effect.

Yes, I'm sure you're right. A bit like an unsatisfactory partner: you  
have to decide whether the hassle of having them around is worse than  
the hassle of getting rid of them. :D

One of the things I dislike most about the varying wikis is the  
similarity but small difference between markup. You really need to  
learn each one separately, and have the key next to you, so you  
remember, no, this isn't the wiki that uses double square brackets  
for links, this one only uses single square brackets, but double for  
footnotes, where wiki 3 uses one round bracket for footnotes... etc.  
They're not different enough to stick in your mind (at least, not in  
mine when I use several different wikis from time to time), but  
they're different enough not to work!

I agree with you that MediaWiki is a good one, I forgot that one when  
discussing wikis. Its layout and display are definitely superior!

bfn

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