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

[James C. Robinson]

Andy,

Thanks for taking interest. I am not an expert (obviously) in VTK nor in
online documentation. I would be willing, if such a system were set up, to
submit the methods that I (may) successfully employ to achieve my goals
using VTK (specifically what filters and pipelines I use to view a FE mesh
etc.). Having said that, there would be strong merit in also posting methods
that don't work (to which I might be a more substantial contributor).

Best regards,

Jim

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-----Original Message-----
From: Andy Cedilnik [mailto:andy.cedilnik at kitware.com]
Sent: 18 March 2004 15:09
To: Prabhu Ramachandran
Cc: j.robinson at kepler-systems.com; John Biddiscombe; Vtk Users
Subject: Re: A WikiBook for VTK (was RE: [vtkusers] I think this is
theproblem.....)

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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