Using Mediawiki for Scouting

[Alex Dinsmoor]

This year on the FEDS we decided to do something different in regards to scouting. In the previous years we have tried many ways of organizing scouting information including paper and binders, memorizing (didn't work too well ), and a program made in java, but all of those things were not user friendly. So this year we had a brilliant idea; creating a wiki for all things scouting!

After we made our decision we were faced with how to host the wiki. There were many methods of hosting a mediawiki, but most of all are costly, and not practical. Among the methods that we brainstormed were web hosting and local hosting. In our final decision we decided to load our mediawiki on a flash drive, so we can take it from computer to computer. That way all we have to do is plug it in, start the local servers, and we're good to go!

Why I came here to tell you about this is that we would like the communities input into what they would like to see from a scouting wiki. Although we can come up with a site on our own, it's nicer for us to have community input.

We are also planning on having our wiki open in the pits in all events we attend, so that all teams can access this great resource!

Thanks,
Alex Dinsmoor
Team 201 Capitan