Are there any good practices of using Wikimedia MediaWikis for Blogging or good reasons not to do it? (I see Meta/Outreach/MediaWiki.org have no Special:CreateBlogPost)
I see big benefits if blogging is about Wikimedia. Shortcomings I can imagine are potentially with: vandalism, limited visual design + embedding options, Confusions with User vs. Main namespace… any others?
Best - Z. Blace
I wouldn’t be surprised if there was already an official Wikimedia blog. I do have a vague memory of one. However, I don’t believe it’s a wiki, just a blog.
There could be benefits to a non-Wikimedia wiki that’s used in a blog-like fashion, but I really don’t see any use for one that’s WMF-affiliated, given the drawbacks. The biggest drawback: The WMF is the most visible wiki-related organization out there, making all the other drawbacks that much worse. I doubt I’d perceive the benefits as being “big.”
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On Dec 15, 2022, at 12:43 AM, Željko Blaće zblace@mi2.hr wrote:
Are there any good practices of using Wikimedia MediaWikis for Blogging or good reasons not to do it? (I see Meta/Outreach/MediaWiki.org have no Special:CreateBlogPost)
I see big benefits if blogging is about Wikimedia. Shortcomings I can imagine are potentially with: vandalism, limited visual design + embedding options, Confusions with User vs. Main namespace… any others?
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There is some sort of blogging possible on Wikiversity: https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Help:Blog
Over at WMAU we're using a wiki as (sort of) a blogging system: https://wikimedia.org.au/wiki/News (although it doesn't have RSS yet… that is in the works).
Other than RSS, I think there are a few crucial bits missing from MediaWiki to make it a good blogging tool. Extensions such as WikiSEO and Cargo can fill some of these.
On 15/12/22 16:43, Željko Blaće wrote:
Are there any good practices of using Wikimedia MediaWikis for Blogging or good reasons not to do it? (I see Meta/Outreach/MediaWiki.org have no Special:CreateBlogPost)
I see big benefits if blogging is about Wikimedia. Shortcomings I can imagine are potentially with: vandalism, limited visual design + embedding options, Confusions with User vs. Main namespace… any others?
Best - Z. Blace
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Hi Mr./Ms. Blace.
On Thu, 15 Dec 2022 09:43:31 +0100 Željko Blaće zblace@mi2.hr wrote:
Are there any good practices of using Wikimedia MediaWikis for Blogging or good reasons not to do it? (I see Meta/Outreach/MediaWiki.org have no Special:CreateBlogPost)
For blogs, I prefer using custom static site generators; wordpress and mediawiki are too unreliable and quirky:
* http://shlomifishswiki.branchable.com/WordPress/
* https://www.shlomifish.org/philosophy/computers/web/choice-of-docs-formats/#...
* https://shlomif-tech.livejournal.com/74922.html
Regards,
-- Shlomi Fish
I see big benefits if blogging is about Wikimedia. Shortcomings I can imagine are potentially with: vandalism, limited visual design + embedding options, Confusions with User vs. Main namespace… any others?
Best - Z. Blace
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