[APBeta] Documentation using a wiki

[Jorge Arranz]

You know I offerred to translate manuals into Spanish, so could do with
wiki.

Jorge Arranz

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2010/6/20 Paul Rodman <paul at ilanga.com>

>
> 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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