[Mediawiki-l] how to organize wiki content

[Kimon Andreou]

I ran into the same issue and did the following:
* For those migrating existing documentation on Word, I have them using
OpenOffice 2.3 and use the MediaWiki export filter
* For those entering new content, I have them enter the text and not worry
about formatting. There are others that come in later and fix it.



On 12/7/07, Hiram Clawson <hiram at soe.ucsc.edu> wrote:
>
> That's a great idea.  But now we are back to an even more fundamental
> difficulty.
> I'm trying to convert users from their current paradigm of sharing
> information
> via attached WORD DOCs in email to large lists of readers, to keeping
> their shared
> documents in the wiki.  The barest hint of trying to learn any new markup
> is
> a stumbling block to begin with.  Attempting to enforce semantic markup
> conventions in
> a random group of users seems impossible without a dedicated team of
> annotators.
>
> It is really tough trying to get folks to share information.
>
> --Hiram
>
> Kimon Andreou wrote:
> > I agree.
> > That's why I'm anxiously awaiting the stable release of SemanticWiki (
> > http://ontoworld.org/wiki/Semantic_MediaWiki)
> > If you're not running a production system, you may want to use the
> current
> > release candidate
> >
> > On 12/7/07, Hiram Clawson <hiram at soe.ucsc.edu> wrote:
> >> Good Morning MW Fans:
> >>
> >> Does anyone have any pointers to discussions of how to properly
> >> organize a wiki so that things can be found easily by users ?
> >> I'm getting the impression one needs to have special wiki pages
> >> to act as content guides to various subjects in the wiki.
> >> The category system seems to break down rapidly as categories
> >> proliferate, or articles become too numerous in a single category.
> >>
> >> --Hiram - http://genomewiki.ucsc.edu/
>
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