From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FyHPE-0004Rt-Rk for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 05 Jul 2006 20:07:44 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FyHPB-0004RY-Eq for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 05 Jul 2006 20:07:43 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FyHPB-0004RV-AJ for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 05 Jul 2006 20:07:41 -0400 Received: from [128.8.10.163] (helo=po1.wam.umd.edu) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1FyHPE-0007fT-UI for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Wed, 05 Jul 2006 20:07:45 -0400 Received: from jbrown.mylinuxbox.org (jma-box.student.umd.edu [129.2.250.193]) by po1.wam.umd.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k6607dHM001777 for ; Wed, 5 Jul 2006 20:07:39 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 20:07:38 -0400 From: "Jim C. Brown" Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Documentation for Windows host - is a QEMU wiki the way forward ? Message-ID: <20060706000738.GA31240@jbrown.mylinuxbox.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Reply-To: qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: "Qemu-Devel (E-mail)" On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 07:55:14PM -0400, Armistead, Jason wrote: > I know there is the "Unofficial #qemu Wiki" on > http://kidsquid.com/cgi-bin/moin.cgi/ > > How about an official (rather than unofficial) QEMU Wiki where we can ALL > contribute to the documentation process ? I think there are lots of things > the collective geniuses on this list could contribute - and a wiki is often > a lot nicer way to summarize knowledge than trawling through and endless > number of mail archive postings. If people want to contribute to the > documentation, they can. If they want to just lurk and watch selected > pages, they can. If they want to add screen-shots, they can. If they want > to ask questions about particular documentation, there is always the > Discussion pages associated with each article. I've always been a big fan > of MediaWik as used on Wikipedia for all these reasons. > > How about it ? > You can already do this with the unofficial wiki. I don't see any difference between an "official" and an "unofficial" wiki other than its title. Lots of people contribute to the wiki. If you have something to say, just stick it in there. A wiki wouldn't be viable unless it was completely open. -- Infinite complexity begets infinite beauty. Infinite precision begets infinite perfection.