Late reply, but:
I am new to the list, but before joining i spent hundreds of hours
searching for things already answered here. The list as the best people
but the system doesn't help much. Content is not searchable by google,
and to view the 'files content' we have to pass trough a hateful yahoo
query that i refuse to do so.
So the necessity of a wiki is something i also had think about earlier.
And i have taken dozens of text pages in notes about relevant matters.
But the obvious question of wikipedia vs dedicated, all other questions
already discussed, and my experience in wiki edit and content writing
got me to one conclusion.
Writing a good content is hard as writing a book, and still is a
rewriting of content from much other places. There is nothing that you
can put in a wiki that isn't already in the web, and who archive a
breakthrough i bet he/she will make is own web page.
One nice thing of personal web pages is that you get the owner name,
where is from, gives the true sense of global world (pcb is done
everywhere). And there is much great content from list members already.
The best thing you can do is placing pointers to those sites, or guides
by subject. In a very organized manner. My experience with wikis says
you can't expect someone else organizes the content for you, and is even
harder having someone to correct bad content or reorganizing it.
So a structure like a book contents section it's your best starting
point.
One nice feature you can add is a resurrection of the IRC bots in a mail
manner. Will be more helpful, to reply a conclusion to an email address
after a thread, than going through a wiki and edit something. And you
can expect more user content from that.
Making the yahoo only content more accessible will be appreciated too.
On Sat, 2009-05-30 at 22:47 +0100, Philip Pemberton wrote:
>
>
> sailingto wrote:
> > OK, now I see - I was able to do some editing, create a new page - I
> did
> > not save anything - didn't wish to mess anything up. I think I
> understand
> > it now.
>
> I think I'm going to create a "Sandbox" page so people can edit
> pages,
> practice with Wiki markup and so on. Though I suspect the "Preview"
> feature
> serves most of that need...
>
> > I think a good idea would be to have on the home page just the very
> brief
> > explanation of eacg Transfer method, with the title of each a link
> to a new
> > page with MUCH more detailed info.
>
> That's what I was planning to do -- I've done a little bit of stuff on
> the
> "exposure evaluation" page (relating to the use of a step tablet to
> measure UV
> exposure) but I'd appreciate it if someone could have a read through,
> sanity
> check it, and possibly complete the "How-to" section.
>
> > Good idea - and if we all work on this, we can make it grow. Then
> someone
> > new to PCB etching could go to this website and get all the info
> needed
> > from one spot to start making PCB.
>
> I have to admit that I'd rather like to see some stuff on UV etching
> --
> especially relating to setting exposure levels. I'm not bothering
> with
> laminating at the moment (though Mega have some UV-exposed solder mask
> that
> looks like it might be fun to play with) but have got a few of the
> pre-coated
> Eurocard-sized 1.6mm Microtrak boards (from Farnell, but made by Mega)
> and
> some of the 0.8mm pre-coated CIF boards as well (again, from Farnell,
> but more
> expensive than the Microtrak boards).
>
> The step guides are sitting on my desk, I'm just trying to figure out
> how to
> use them with positive-acting (where exposed areas wash away in the
> developer,
> i.e. tracks are black on the artwork) photoresist!
>
> --
> Phil.
> ygroups@...
> http://www.philpem.me.uk/
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