[APBeta] Documentation using a wiki

[Paul Rodman]

On Jun 20, 2010, at 10:46 AM, Marius Strom wrote:

> Why don't you appoint a core team of folks to police the process, keeping the editing to a core group of folks to begin with.  As it gets more widely used, then it can open up further.

I still need to figure out how to do that.

BTW, the wiki, in all it's empty glory is at http://wiki.astroplanner.net

Paul R.

> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Paul Rodman
> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 10:42 AM
> To: AstroPlanner Beta Testers
> Subject: Re: [APBeta] Documentation using a wiki
> 
> Initially, I need to put together a tentative table of contents and then start adding pages/"articles" which you can poke at/add to/edit, etc.
> 
> I suspect I might need to add some control over who gets to edit stuff. I don't want to have to spend my time policing the process.
> 
> Paul R.
> 
> 
> On Jun 20, 2010, at 10:35 AM, Phil Gaskill wrote:
> 
>> I've done a fair amount of Wikipedia editing, so I guess that qualifies me. ;-)
>> 
>> So count me in.
>> 
>> I don't know what your timeframe is for the release. I'm pretty busy at the moment, with some family health problems to take care of, so I might not be much help initially. But I'm definitely good for at least the continuing stuff.
>> 
>> --Phil
>> 
>> 
>> On Jun 20, 2010, at 12:33 PM, Paul Rodman wrote:
>> 
>>> I am thinking of creating a wiki (a la Wikipedia) for providing documentation for AstroPlanner V2* (in particular the "how to" stuff. The reference stuff will still be via embedded help). As a matter of interest, how many of you are
>>> 
>>> a. Familiar with editing a wiki** (in this case it will probably be MediaWiki, as used by Wikipedia I believe)?
>>> and/or
>>> b. Would be interested in creating content for, or editing existing content of, such a wiki?
>>> 
>>> Apart from (possibly) speeding up the release process, it would allow continuing feedback. e.g. if someone needs to use AstroPlanner to predict variable star peaks and this is not in the wiki, it could be added.
>>> 
>>> I have also heard, but only in passing, that it is also possible to produce a PDF from a Wiki (for those who like printed manuals).
>>> 
>>> Paul R.
>>> 
>>> * Thanks to tester Marius Strom for the idea.
>>> ** I'm actually quite ignorant of these things. I spent yesterday afternoon installing wiki software and starting to figure out how it is edited, etc. Turns out to be quite easy.
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