Monahon, Peter B. wrote:
Peter Blaise responds: Oh? How so? After using Wikipedia for a while now, I built one on my own and have ~1/2 a million words in ~4,500 [Edit]able paragraphs ... <smarta** on> what was the *first* thing I should do, again? </smarta** off> Seriously, Ian, I think most people read as much as they can find and believe they need to get started, then troubleshoot anything that needs attention from there. Sadly, by teaching ourselves, we can hardly be expected to get smarter than our masters. ;-)
With all due respect, you're bordering on obtuse.
There are other forums besides this mailing list. You can find other "teachers" there easily enough. I found some by googling "mediawiki forum". There are lots of folks that have the same basic problems and others who help out.
Many of us have walked the same road you're on and found our way without seeming to be offensive or demanding. While I know that you're not likely to find what you want on the first attempt, learning to use google or another search engine and perusing the wiki docs online plus the various fora will eventually produce results. If it didn't there'd only be one Mediawiki installation in the world.
(Does anyone want to explain the difference between the [GO] button and the [Search] button underneath the [__________] search window, by the way?)
From my wiki: http://en.kayakwiki.org/index.php/KayakWiki:Searching
Mike