Frankly I think we should try automating stuff towards
our wiki rather than using it as a way to
take stuff out. Find ways to integrate this data automatically into parts of the wiki.
Bots if you
ABSOLUTELY need to. But preferably instead extensions and Lua stuff. Things that provide
the
data in ways they can be incorporated into wiki pages. Keep wiki pages up to date. Show
full
UIs, etc... on special pages and dedicated namespaces. And ideally, be integrated right
into
the search.
I agree 100%. It would be cool if we had a bot auto-update part of
those page (While still allowing users to add info and tips). Maybe
even some sort of parser function to retrieve documentation...
Both Manual:Hooks/foo and all the $wgFoo pages can definitely benefit
from some automation. (Even cooler, would be if we could have
something like Special:Documentation/Linker::link (Before anyone
balks, :: is allowed in special page subpage name), which retrieved
the info from doxygen for that page, as an alternative way to view the
docs).
--bawolff