[LON-CAPA-users] Can we have a wiki?

[Gerd Kortemeyer]

Hi,

Just to point out that we have an FAQ-O-Matic, which nobody used, and  
which is now really outdated.

- Gerd.

On Apr 14, 2009, at 9:53 AM, H.K. Ng wrote:

> I like the idea of having a wiki. The wiki can replace the current  
> help page and will probably be more useful. Anyone else in favor of  
> a wiki? If so, we can next decide who is going to host it, which  
> software to use ....
>
> -hk
>
>
>
> At 10:20 AM 4/11/2009, you wrote:
>> I think a LON-CAPA wiki would help increase the number of users by  
>> lowering
>> the learning curve.  We could put tutorials on the site, fix  
>> documentation
>> errors and omissions, and point out bugs to new users, so they  
>> don't get
>> frustrated rediscovering them.  Having a wiki does not seem  
>> unusual:  Moodle
>> has one at http://docs.moodle.org/en/Main_Page (powered by  
>> Mediawiki);
>> Drupal has one (powered by Drupal).
>>
>> Mediawiki, which runs Wikipedia, is open-source, and fairly easy to  
>> install
>> (on Ubuntu, it's automatic).  Copyright and license require some  
>> thought.  I
>> recommend doing what Wikipedia does:  copyright is retained by the
>> contributors; license is Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike.   
>> That
>> license allows the content to be sold, so, for example, I could  
>> include the
>> documentation in a lab manual and charge students for the whole  
>> package.
>> That license would also allow content to be freely transferred  
>> between
>> LON-CAPA & Wikipedia (since they would both have the same license).
>> Allowing contributors to retain copyright, rather than transferring
>> copyright to, e.g., the University of Michigan, prevents a change in
>> license.  (The website could not shut down, then reopen with all  
>> the content
>> relicensed under a commercial license.)
>>
>> Doable?
>>
>> Chris
>>
>> Christopher King
>> Chemistry Department
>> Troy University
>> Troy, AL 36082
>>
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