> Not quite a wiki - Faq-O-Matic was the system I was looking at, which
> is a hybrid of the two ideas. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get it
> working now, and in the process created some files which now don't seem
> to want to go away. Grrr.
>
> Anyway, the idea was to have some control over who edits but have a lot
> of people who could contribute easily. If someone can make it work
> without messing it up it is a nice system, but that's just my opinion.
FAQ-O-Matic looked good, and I have nothing against it but for me the
old-fashioned way was quickest and easiest way to get it started. I can
just as easily import people's emailed contributions by hand, makefaq
makes that simple. Or we can move everything to a FAQ-O-Matic, now or
later, though I'm not sure I'm the right guy to run that. What's the
consensus? In any event we might do well to find a place for it at
sourceforge.
Judah
>
> CY
>
> --- Stavros Macrakis <stavros.macrakis@verizon.net> wrote:
> > > Cliff started to put together a Wiki, but we also didn't finish
> > that.
> > > Would people be more comfortable with a FAQ?
> > > (I have to confess I would prefer to have a FAQ as long as someone
> > > wants to maintain it.)
> >
> > The advantage of a Wiki is that it is easy to add to it.
> > The disadvantage of a Wiki is that it is easy for anyone to add to
> > it.
> > Another disadvantage is that information is presented in too
> > fragmented
> > a way.
> >
> > The advantage of a FAQ is that it is edited.
> > The disadvantage of a FAQ is that it requires an editor.
> >
> > Isn't there some intermediate solution?
> >
> > I like Wiki's easy access, but it would be nice to have *a little*
> > more
> > control, with some sort of user registration and vetting/editing
> > workflow.
> >
> > I like Wiki's compartmentalization of subjects (one editing unit per
> > subject), but I don't like its compartmentalization of presentation
> > (one
> > subject to a Web page). It would be nice to have more than one
> > editing
> > unit presented per Web page.
> >
> > I like FAQs' editorial unity. There is no way around the work
> > required
> > to preserve this, but perhaps there is a way to have different levels
> > of
> > vetting in the same hyperdocument.
> >
> > Does anyone know of a better tool? And of servers which will let us
> > run
> > it?
> >
> > -s
> >
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