<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">My comments are below.<br><br>On
Sat,
2008-02-02
at
12:03
-0600,
Kipton
Moravec
wrote:<br>>
The
link
is
<a href="http://www.wikimatrix.org" target="_blank">http://www.wikimatrix.org</a>
(NOT
.com)<br><br>Thanks
for
the
correction
on
the
URL
Kip.<br><br>>
The
one
feature
I
am
not
sure
of
is
WYSIWYG
Editing.
My
initial<br>>
impression
is
yes
it
would
be
helpful
for
anyone
wanting
to<br>>
contribute
(not
just
Wiki
experts).
What
are
other
people's<br>>
thoughts
on
this?<br><br>>I'm
not
sure
if
a
WYSIWYG
editor
is
really
that
helpful.
Most
wikis
use<br>>very
simple
markup
comparable
to
a
typical
web-based
message
forum.
But<br>>I'm
not
opposed
as
long
as
I
still
have
an
optional
small,
fast<br>>interface.<br><br>I implemented a wiki at my workplace. I discovered that another department<br>was already using a wiki which was Media Wiki but the only content that was<br>added to it was done by the system administrator. The main reason: too difficult to<br>use.<br><br>That is why I decided on Deki Wiki, which by default is WYSIWYG, whereas MediaWiki<br>there is a add on to do that. Yes there are some people that are more comfortable with HTML<br>or vi or emacs than a WYSIWYG editor, but the vast majority of people prefer WYSIWYG.<br><br>BTW, under DekiWiki, you can still enter HTML if you want. <br><br>>
>From
my
looking
at
them,
I
would
prefer
one
with
a
spell<br>>
checker
and
one
that
allows
mathematical
formulas.<br><br>Don't
all
web
browsers
have
built-in
spell
checkers
these
days?
I'm
not<br>sure
it
makes
sense
to
duplicate
web
browser
features
in
the
Wiki.<br><br>A
lot
of
wikis
support
math
plug-ins.
I'm
sure
DokuWiki
and
MediaWiki<br>would.
I
think
the
UTD
guys
set
up
a
wiki
that
allowed
math
forumula<br>editing
-
anyone
know
what
wiki/plugin
they
used?<br><br>On
Sat,
2008-02-02
at
14:02
-0800,
Sanjay
Dastoor
wrote:<br>>
2.
No
login/password.
There
are
good
spam
block-lists
that
are<br>>
automatically
updated,
so
keep
the
wiki
open.
People
will
edit
more<br>>
often.
If
spam
or
vandalism
become
an
issue,
then
it
can
be
changed<br>>
later.
Also,
keep
good
backups
of
the
wiki
data.<br><br>>Unfortunately,
spammers
find
wikis
on
high
page
rank
sites
pretty<br>>quickly.
But
I'd
like
to
integrate
it
with
the
existing
DPRG
member<br>>system
so
we
don't
have
to
have
two
sets
of
logins. <br><br>>Backup
is
no
problem.
Aside
from
the
Wiki's
internal
history,
daily<br>>backups
are
made
of
the
entire
DPRG
site.<br><br>Yes spammers can ruin a wiki pretty fast. It wouldn't be difficult to add a login<br>for contributors. Most wikis support this. I wouldn't advise a public wiki<br>without a login for this reason.<br><br>Also DekiWiki does support templates, so its look it customizable.<br><br>Thanks,<br><br>Glenn<br></div><br></div></div></body></html>