On Thu, Mar 30, 2006 at 09:37:24AM -0800, Rich Morin wrote:
At 8:46 PM -0800 3/29/06, Brion Vibber wrote:
Gregory Szorc wrote:
Will features perhaps never desirable for
Wikipedia
ever be considered for MediaWiki?
Where nice and clean. Modular extensions are always a
huge plus!
I read this as:
If the feature doesn't impair the maintenance or performance
of MediaWiki for Wikipedia, and it has a plausible reason for
existing, it is likely to be allowed into the mainline code.
If it can be written as an extension, so much the better.
That was my perception as well, for what it's worth.
MediaWiki isn't a "category killer" for
wikis; there are too
many ideas about what wiki engines should be able to do. It is
an extremely attractive option, however, as I discuss here:
It may not be a category killer, but I suspect it gets more than 50% of
new starts. It's *much* more polished, and easier to get your head
around, IMHO, than it's competition.
The Project
Wiki
Start up a wiki for the project. Take some care in selecting
the wiki software. You'll want it to be comfortable, popular,
robust, scalable, and rich in useful features. It should also
be undergoing active development in areas such as dynamic
content, semantic wikis, etc.
My current choice, FWIW, is MediaWiki, the technology
underlying Wikipedia. It is written in PHP, so it installs
easily on a wide range of platforms. It has extensive
documentation, a variety of mailing lists, etc. Although
MediaWiki's principal focus is supporting Wikipedia, some
of its development goes beyond this purpose.
...
http://www.cfcl.com/~rdm/MBD/mbd_advice.php
It is also an attractive option for developers who want to see
their ideas get used by large groups of people. The Semantic
MediaWiki folks, for example, are clearly focused on making
their additions and changes in a way that would allow use by
Wikipedia, etc.
I do have to say I have a growing soft spot for Trac, in the specific space
of software project management, though. Both can be utilized, though, as
demonstrated by the MythTV project, which has a MW *and* a Trac.
Cheers,
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