[sdiy] SDIY wiki

[Rob Kam]

Thanks :-)

The configuration is still being worked on - I'll get back to you about extension WYSIWYG. Anything that encourages ease of use has to be a good thing.

Spam is a real problem. I would have preferred to have a new users first few edits moderated, but there doesn't seem to be a way to do this. So there are spam filters. Don't post an external link at first or you'll  trigger one of the filters.

Rob

From: "nvawter at media.mit.edu" <nvawter at media.mit.edu>
To: Rob Kam <robkam at ymail.com> 
Cc: Synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl 
Sent: Thursday, 11 April 2013, 15:39
Subject: Re: [sdiy] SDIY wiki


brilliant and great initiative!

I've worked on a dozen or so wikis and even written a book via wiki (http://10print.org).

Would you please enable the "WYSIWIG" extension?  I've found it greatly increases the quality of the posting because it's easier to edit that way.  I've found the problem with coded wikipedia markup is that people's state of mind literally switches out when they press "Edit" and all of the visible text disappears then gets replaced with the fixed-width coded version of their text.  Is as if the mind is suddenly looking at a different page in a different book and it's hard to remember what the updates you wanted to make are.

As MediaWiki puts it:
"For the more technically inclined, wiki markup is a simple way of formatting a wiki page. However, many would-be users of MediaWiki are put off by what looks to them — rightly — to be code of any sort. These users are adjusted to publishing and editing in a more visually straightforward WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) environment."

Also, I tried to post some links to other communities, but I got a message saying:
"This action has been automatically identified as harmful, and therefore disallowed. If you believe your edit was constructive, please inform an administrator of what you were trying to do. A brief description of the abuse rule which your action matched is: Spamming"

Ohter than those issues, I'm pumped to see the new wiki!  I really like the logo you made of the soldering iron creating notes!  It's awesome and something I'd like to be part of!

-Noah



Quoting Rob Kam <robkam at ymail.com>:

> Hello everyone,
> 
> I've recently started learning about synth DIY. I already have a fair
> knowledge of electronics. I couldn't find a Q&A site already on the web that
> suited me. So I set up a wiki to organise my ideas and to have answers on.
> Only I'm not much of a writer.
> 
> Now I'm spending more time getting the wiki good enough to be useful, than
> doing breadboarding/soldering. The wiki still needs a lot of content adding.
> At the moment, for sharing schematics I'm linking off-site to wherever the
> schematic might be posted.
> 
> You're all welcome to use it as well. It's at http://www.sdiy.info or just
> sdiy.info
> 
> Rob
> 
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