[mythtv-users] modelines

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I for one think wikis can be abused too easily and are somewhat 
unorganized.  I like a Forum-based method better with registered users 
(most commercial software i.e. Snapstream, ShowShifter, etc. have forums 
for discussing) so that there is some accountability to what gets posted 
and there is an easier way to read through threads.  Mailing-list traffic 
is somewhat high-volume for this list, and even though I use procmail to 
filter my mail, it is still more convenient to say ignore an entire thread 
in a forum than to skip through about 20 emails that have the same subject. 
Of course there is the whole different mindset of going to a website to 
check for new messages and posting replies as opposed to just checking your 
mail and replying to interesting topics.  Either one is valid in this case 
and each has its pros/cons.  Just my two cents.

I would like to help in the Documentation project except I haven't gotten 
my system to work yet!  :-)  BTW - if the mythtv.org site wants to offload 
traffic for a Forum, I already have one setup on my site which they can 
just link to, or I can create a new one specific to MythTV.  Granted, the 
MythTV developers could just install the forum software on the official 
website, but maybe they are too busy to maintain it.  It doesn't hurt to 
offer - I hope.  Of course, it would be much more useful if people actually 
registered on my site.  :)



--On Wednesday, April 09, 2003 10:13 AM +0100 Edward Wildgoose 
<Edward.Wildgoose at FRMHedge.com> wrote:

> What do you guys think about adding a wiki to the mythtv site for more
> informal documentation (have a look at,say, squirrelmail to see someone
> else use this).
>
> I can setup a demo wiki (twiki is my preferred choice because it allows
> pictures to be added fairly easily) to show you why it is a feasible
> method.
>
> The idea is that it is slightly more structured than a forum (personally
> I find these very useful, but you have to read and digest a lot to find
> the answer).  But it is less structured than the professional docs that
> get put on the main documentation website.
>
> The idea of a wiki is that every page has an edit link and so it is easy
> to update it and add to it.  For example if we have a "Success Stories"
> page, then people could easily add to it, and because it is more like
> documentation it should be slightly easier than say reading through the
> forum thread on this mailing list about success stories.
>
> However, we would still keep discussion here on the mailing list.  The
> point is that the mailing list tends to contain huge nuggets of gold, but
> it is quite well watered down by each preceding discussion before it is
> solved.  Having something like the wiki would give people a place to jot
> down the conclusions easily perhaps...
>
> Any comments?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dennis Lou [mailto:dlou99 at yahoo.com]
> Sent: 09 April 2003 06:25
> To: mythtv-users at snowman.net
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] howIdidit: Debian+Myth from scratch using
> mdz'spkgs
>
>
>
>> If you found more information or can clarify
> confusing info
>> in the docs, you should contribute your additions,
> suggestions
>> and corrections to the documentation that is included
> in the
>> distribution. Storing your information on a separate
> website
>> may not in the best interests of new users of MythTV.
>
> If there was anything that was confusing, it was that
> the documentation
> seemed mainly geared towards those building Myth from
> the sources
> and the Debian packages seemed to need a bit of
> undocumented groundwork
> prior to installing/running.  Doing an "apt-get
> install mythtv" on
> a minimal base Debian installation wasn't very
> productive for me!
>
>> Clearly you believe this information can be useful so
> please
>> consider giving something back to the project by
> contributing
>> to the documentation so that your advice can be
> accessible
>> to the intended audience.
>
> As for the me believing the information can be useful,
> I had never really
> considered widespread distribution until I read Tom's
> requests for
> "How I Did It" notes.  The comments and suggestions I
> was soliciting
> was on how I could achieve a better installation
> and/or configuration,
> not on how to improve what I wrote.  As for being
> added to Robert's docs
> (he's the guy that wrote the HOWTO on mythtv.org,
> right?), I'm not sure
> that's the right place.  It seems that a lot of what I
> went through was
> specific to mdz's Debian packages.  An installation
> procedure specific to
> those packages would probably be better accompanying
> those packages, or
> perhaps contained in the package.
>
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