>>>> "MC" == Marcos Cramer
<marcos.cramer(a)balliol.oxford.ac.uk> writes:
MC> Is disk space really so expensive that we need to be so strict
MC> with conlangs? If they are not very big, they are not going to
MC> take much disk space anyway.
Disk space shouldn't be the issue. The issue is that a dead wiki is a
security risk and a legal liability. It takes sysadmin time and effort
to maintain.
MC> Rather, I propose to allow any conlang that is actually used
MC> for communication. Three people knowing it well, and a few
MC> others understanding it a bit, can be enough for this.
I'd say that any conlang advocates should just go out and create a
wiki on another server. I think a conlang would benefit from a more
open-ended wiki structure, anyways, rather than the kind of rigid
divisions in Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikibooks, etc.
A general wiki could have instructional texts, dictionary, translated
works, original works, phrasebooks, discussion areas (for practicing
the language), news, organizational discussion for meetings & clubs,
etc. Of course, an encyclopedia could also be part of the mix.
MediaWiki is kinda hard to set up, but there are a ton of good Wiki
engines out there that aren't.
http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiEngines
I personally like PmWiki, since it's easily skinnable and extensible,
and will run anywhere you can run PHP scripts.
http://www.pmwiki.org/
There are a number of free (gratis) hosting services that allow PHP
scripts.
http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Web_Design_and_Development/Hosting/Free/
Wikimedia is a great public service, but it's not the be-all and
end-all of wiki.
~ESP
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