A WikiBook for VTK (was RE: [vtkusers] I think this is the problem.....)

[Andy Cedilnik]

Hi Prabhu,

If there is interest, I can setup Wiki on our web server.

			Andy

On Thu, 2004-03-18 at 09:56, Prabhu Ramachandran wrote:
> >>>>> "JCR" == James C Robinson <j.robinson at kepler-systems.com> writes:
> 
> [...]
>     JCR> substantial section of the user base. Why should we have to
>     JCR> keep experimenting all of us individually? It is a total
>     JCR> waste of time. If we are a real community (of users) we
>     JCR> should be able to create a structure (on the web) where such
>     JCR> valuable info is stored. We could have a proforma document to
>     JCR> fill in and submit. I feel the suggestion of just going to
>     JCR> the mail list and doing a search is a total cop out. There
>     JCR> must be thousands e-mail, all very weakly titled and not in a
>     JCR> structure that would make it easy to find anything specific.
> 
> I have been thinking about this kind of detailed user supplied, web
> based documentation for a while and think that a wikibook model fits
> this best.  I wanted to suggest it at some point of time but since I
> am short of spare time I did not mention it.  Now that you've brought
> it up, here is what I thought of.
> 
> Start a wiki based book on 
> 
>   http://www.wikibook.org
> 
> These can be written completely by users, are searchable and available
> freely on the web.  Occasionally, experienced users can contribute
> some of their tips on the site.  If every user on this list were to
> just write a page we'd have a huge online resource thats freely
> available and constantly updated.  If the users contribute and help
> updating and adding material this would really work nicely.  However,
> if the users don't take any interest, this will go nowhere.  I think
> its certainly worth a shot.
> 
> A conventional wiki is another possibility but I think wikibooks seems
> to fit what we want best.  We dont have to worry about setting up
> infrastructure or anything of the sort, just get started, spread the
> word and let the users have a go.
> 
> A good place to start would be:
> 
>   http://wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks%3AAbout
> 
> and
> 
>   http://wikibooks.org/wiki/Wikibooks%3AWelcome%2C_newcomers
> 
> 
> I am not sure what everyone thinks about this and how many would be
> willing to spare time to write this.
> 
> For my part, I cannot afford any time for this in the next couple of
> months but definitely later.
> 
> If someone can start things off after some discussion on this list I
> think we can collectively fill a much desired need.
> 
> 
> cheers,
> prabhu
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