FIRSTWiki

[phrontist]

Quoth the ModWiki Documentation...

A Wiki is a collaboratively-edited website which many people also view as an anarchistic publishing tool. The distinguishing feature of wikis is that they typically allow all users to edit any page...

A wiki is essentially a fantastic way for a group of people to organize very complex knowledge and collaborate on the formation of new ideas. I am a big fan of wiki, and it just occurred to me that a wiki would be ideally suited for FIRST.

Anyone interested?

(For those of you who still don't follow, check out these sites:

http://wikipedia.com - An Encyclopedia wrought through wiki
http://sensei.xmp.net - A wiki about Go, a really fantastic game)

[KyleGilbert45]

Please use the Search Feature.......

FIRSTWiki

[Joe3]

Actually, I think he was talking about making a "wiki" for all of the things FIRST related...that is, making a encyclopedia for all the things you could need to know when you're involved in FIRST. That other post you mentioned is talking about putting a FIRST entry in another “wiki”. Two similar, but still quite different things.

Maybe before assuming that the other person is incompetent and didn’t search, people should read others posts more closely before telling the other person to search… Just a thought.

[phrontist]

Originally Posted by KyleGilbert45

Please use the Search Feature.......

FIRSTWiki

<evil-villian>
Muhahaha! The tables have turned Mr.Gilbert...

You laughed, but who is incompetent now!!!
</evil-villan>

[KyleGilbert45]

I would say you are incompetent for posting such a stupid child like reply.

[Joshua May]

Back onto topic I think that this is a great idea, there is so much to know about FIRST, and certainly very few people have a FULL knowledge of FIRST. But by combining the knowledge of all FIRSTers, we could create something seriously comprehensive.

And I, too, am a big fan of WIKI's, specifically Wikipedia.

[Max Lobovsky]

Originally Posted by KyleGilbert45

I would say you are incompetent for posting such a stupid child like reply.

ok, enough fighting kids, we are all just joking around.

seriously though, good idea. If anyone does start one, Use wikipedia's software, i think its the most excellent one available.

[Joshua May]

Originally Posted by maxlobovsky

ok, enough fighting kids, we are all just joking around.

seriously though, good idea. If anyone does start one, Use wikipedia's software, i think its the most excellent one available.

I'll look into that, although I don't have any real secured webspace. Really, though, I think this is a great idea.

I was looking at the WikiPedia. Great idea...


But what would we use it for?

[phrontist]

Hmmmm... Well, I like wikipedia's software, but lets not rule out others. I'd prefer one of the following:

ModWiki - I use this for my personal wiki, and really like it. I don't like the way it handles uploads though! It works for me, but for a large public one we might run into issues.

Twiki - Has a cult following...

As max mentioned earlier, WikiPedia's software is nice, but I don't know much about it...

UPDATE:

After looking into Wikipedia's features list, I have mixed feelings. I'm not sure the complexity is warranted in this situation...

[phrontist]

Originally Posted by SilverStar

I was looking at the WikiPedia. Great idea...


But what would we use it for?

I'm envisioning something like ChiefDelphi's Whitepapers section meets a collaboration system, meets a comprehensive FIRST encyclopedia. Hey, this could even address recent talks of a code repository...

In short, we can use it for almost anything!

I think ChiefDelphi stands on its own. It seems enough for our current needs.

[phrontist]

Originally Posted by SilverStar

I think ChiefDelphi stands on its own. It seems enough for our current needs.

I don't mean to imply that we need to compete with CD!

CD is geared towards discussion, and aims to be more a communication's medium more then anything. This would be more for the exchange of technical musings, and also as a "encyclopedia". Think FIRST History, Newbie's Intro to FIRST, etc.

Just one caution:

I know I'm getting ahead of myself, but if there is a FIRST Wiki, only registered users should be able to contribute. I was looking through the Wikipedia logs and there are so many bad users that randomly vandalize/delete pages. If the ChiefDelphi user database could somehow be incorporated into it, that would be great.

[Madison]

Originally Posted by phrontist

<evil-villian>
Muhahaha! The tables have turned Mr.Gilbert...

You laughed, but who is incompetent now!!!
</evil-villan>

You're still incompetent

Search harder.