[GreenKeys] Borderline OT - greenkeys wiki?

[Richard]

In article <061001ce3c7c$c4ed9980$4ec8cc80$@gmail.com>,
    "Virgil Bierschwale" <vbiersch at gmail.com> writes:

> Not familiar with the modern day wiki's, but you probably won't have to
> do any coding.

With mediawiki, no coding is required.  There's a rich community of
add-ons for special needs, but I have only used a few things.  It does
require a little knowledge to get things setup initially, but it's not
particularly hard and doesn't involve coding.

> Another option is wordpress.

I think wordpress is good for a stream of news items, but the wiki is
better for a reference.  The two can complement each other.  For
instance, when you have news about an event, a blog framework like
wordpress is better.  When you write a reference article on a
particular teletype, then a wiki is better IMO.

However, a wiki is free form enough that there's no reason you can't
have a stream of news on the main page and have user pages, discussion
areas, etc.  The wiki discussion mechanism is a little more involved
than your typical mailing list or web forum, however.

Also, there's no reason you can't try things one way and then switch
later if it's not a good fit.
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