[WikiEN-l] OTRS for wikien

[David Gerard]

On 27/08/06, Oskar Sigvardsson <oskarsigvardsson at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8/27/06, Steve Bennett <stevagewp at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 8/26/06, Oskar Sigvardsson <oskarsigvardsson at gmail.com> wrote:

> > > I don't really know what that format would be. A forum? A wiki-style
> > > page (which there are plenty of on wikipedia)? A newsgroup (which is

> > Wikis are crap for having actual conversations.

> I'd say that that depends on the conversation. If there is a long,
> drawn-out discussion with many parties, than yeah, it's crap. However
> for purposes of having a talk-page (atleast a talk-page about a
> relatively non-controversial topic), it's awesome. Comments like
> "Statement X sounds wierd to me, can somebody source it?" or something
> similar (which is what is contained in the vast majority of wikipedia
> talk-pages), comments which draws only a few replies works very well
> on wikis. Honestly, I can't think of a better format for them.


There's a Forum extension for Mediawiki which does pretty well on
Uncyclopedia. Check http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/DUMP .


- d.