[A6] a6 wiki

[Chris Pickett]

Joan Sarah Touzet wrote:
> You know, I want to post a followup to my own comment.  Basically, I
> vote for a wiki if it's something Sioux would use to help maintain the
> FAQ.

Cool!

> I'd really like to see the FAQ online as a wiki effort.  That way it'll
> always be available for updates, Sioux can review all changes to it if
> she wants to take that responsibility, and we can all contribute as we
> learn new things.  Sioux, have you used a wiki before?  Would you feel
> comfortable in using one to help maintain the FAQ more easily?  They are
> a real pleasure, especially if HTML feels foreign or difficult to you.
> (They tend to have simplified and intuitive systems for laying out
> text.)  

Well, yes, Susan posted earlier that she thinks it sounds neat.  I also 
think it's a bit unfair that she's taken on all this work and is still 
struggling with it.

I think wikis work best if they're the primary / only interface to your 
information (I agree that redundancy is generally not a good thing). 
Otherwise you still end up having to maintain things like patch and mp3 
uploads, and pages can still get stale.  It does mean letting go of a 
bit of control, but it's backed up daily so you can revert 
vandalism/spamming.  Of course the major benefit here is that there's no 
bottleneck to getting things published.

> And we are fortunate to have access to free online hosting for such a
> service for an indefinite period of time.  Do note that if this goes
> away in the future (which I do not see on the horizon at all), we may
> have to secure another free hosting service capable of providing online
> database and perl/PHP scripting, or put together for donations from the
> list to maintain such a service.  I only say this in the interest of
> full disclosure; I don't know how far into the future y'all are thinking
> about keeping the site going.

I can probably arrange for unlimited space and bandwidth through my 
university if you need another host.  Grabbing a6.org or a6wiki.org at 
some point might not be such a bad idea though.

Cheers,
Chris