(Oh heck, why not quit grousing and at last archive my challenges here by cutting them into smaller posts that do fit within the mediawiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org criteria?)
== Still looking for an accurate, contemporaneous "MediaWiki Installation Manual" ==
Peter Blaise says: I cannot seem to successfully and predictably contribute to http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Contents/To_do or other MediaWiki.org pages (Pop-up blocker? Cookies? Local or remote synch problems? Admin lock outs? Who knows?). So, I created one here: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Peterblaise ... if I can only successfully log in more than once!
I look forward to anyone else trying to document the various roads to success implementing MediaWikis. As of 2007-05-18 there is no discussion on MediaWiki yet at http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Contents/To_do ?!?
There is much fragmentation:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Installation
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Manual
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Contents
... and so on. No one has taken ownership (I know, ownership is a Wiki no-no) of structuring a comprehensive Installation manual. And since I can't seem to successfully and predictably contribute anywhere else on MediaWiki.org except at "my own" http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Peterblaise then I can't lend a hand. Even at the old http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents I quote": "For Installers ... nothing yet?"
Sadly, I was officially unwelcomed here (speaking of ownership) once before, but I'll try again.
As I experience it:
- The beauty of MediaWiki is that everyone can contribute (except me!).
- The problems with MediaWiki.org are that almost no one actually does contribute, and when they do, it so horribly disorganized that it doesn't matter much.
However, I suggest that people NOT initially respond to me here ...
Instead, if you think you *know* some answers, then first *try to find those answers at http://www.mediawiki.org/* ... and:
- If you do find answers at MediaWiki,org, then reply here with *links*.
- If you cannot find answers on MediaWiki.org, then first *create answers there*... and only after that, reply here with *links*.
Thanks!
- Peter Blaise