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James Harris
Given the recent discussions over the C FAQ has it been discussed
whether it's worth storing it in a form that multiple people can
update it? Could you open it to public updates? I guess not but maybe
a few updaters could be chosen by consensus.
Options:
- a wiki (public updates or updates only to known userids)
- a Google site (not tried but AIUI can be limited to userids)
- anything similar
As an example the FAQ for another Usenet group, alt.os.development,
was placed on a wiki. You can see it at the first of the following
links.
http://aodfaq.wikispaces.com/
http://codewiki.wikispaces.com/faq
The second link (from a different wiki but with the same provider)
deals with some of the potential concerns of the wiki mechanism:
security, protection against vandalism, backups, notification of
updates and requiring one or more people to have overall control such
as the current editor, Steve(?).
Wikispaces is the only one I've tried that I can recommend but there
are other options. I mention it principally because it addresses some
of the concerns I expect people may have.
Lessons learned from aodfaq.wikispaces.com? At some point we'll
probably split it to smaller sections rather than use a single page.
Othter than that it has been a good solution. Periodic reminders are
posted to the newsgroup but all they do is point to the wiki.
What about the C FAQ? Could anything similar bring benefits?
James
whether it's worth storing it in a form that multiple people can
update it? Could you open it to public updates? I guess not but maybe
a few updaters could be chosen by consensus.
Options:
- a wiki (public updates or updates only to known userids)
- a Google site (not tried but AIUI can be limited to userids)
- anything similar
As an example the FAQ for another Usenet group, alt.os.development,
was placed on a wiki. You can see it at the first of the following
links.
http://aodfaq.wikispaces.com/
http://codewiki.wikispaces.com/faq
The second link (from a different wiki but with the same provider)
deals with some of the potential concerns of the wiki mechanism:
security, protection against vandalism, backups, notification of
updates and requiring one or more people to have overall control such
as the current editor, Steve(?).
Wikispaces is the only one I've tried that I can recommend but there
are other options. I mention it principally because it addresses some
of the concerns I expect people may have.
Lessons learned from aodfaq.wikispaces.com? At some point we'll
probably split it to smaller sections rather than use a single page.
Othter than that it has been a good solution. Periodic reminders are
posted to the newsgroup but all they do is point to the wiki.
What about the C FAQ? Could anything similar bring benefits?
James