On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 05:35:32 +0000
"Virgil Ierubino" <virgil.ierubino(a)gmail.com> wrote:
In an ideal world, what features would the ideal Wiki
Software
have, and what would it be like?
If we can answer this question, developmental direction is made
clear. It is easy to develop MediaWiki with view to improving it,
streamlining it, ironing out bugs - but much more difficult to
look beyond it; for the future of Wikimedia projects and general
wiki success, new software must emerge that caters for the new
functions required by modern wiki users.
What functions would set MediaWiki well above all other wiki
engines for years to come?
What features would make it the most efficient wiki engine?
**What would the software be like if it generated maximal wiki
success?**
To discuss this (what I find an interesting) question, I've set up
a page at
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_Ideal
Obviously the answers to these questions won't necessarily be
possible to implement; but it would be interesting to know the
answers nonetheless.
Look forward to some bright ideas :)
I thought that MediaWiki was written specifically for the projects
of the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Period. I didn't think
that it was intended to compete with other wiki software.
--
Raquel
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I have always thought that all men should be free; but if any should
be slaves, it should be first those who desire it for themselves,
and secondly, those who desire it for others. When I hear anyone
arguing for slavery, I feel a strong impulse to see it tried on him
personally.
--Abraham Lincoln