[TLUG-BOARD]: Wiki Updates

[Christopher Browne]

I have solicited updates to the wiki in prep for it360 and have seen
nothing so far.  Am I wasting my time on this?

On 2/14/07, Christopher Browne <cbbrowne-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> At the 2006-01-22 board meeting, we discussed the notion of setting up
> a central "Resources" page whose URL we would put onto business cards
> for distribution at the IT360 conference.  That represents perhaps the
> cheapest possible *useful* giveaway for us to have there.
>
> The notion was that we should pick some set of topics that are likely
> to be of some general interest that we have some local expertise on.
> For each topic, we should have pointers both to traditional "global"
> resources (e.g. - to http://samba.org/, for SAMBA) as well as to local
> resources that might be able to render local assistance.
>
> It appears that there is a relevant "Resources" page on the Wiki which
> I can't edit. In lieu of that, I have added in an itemized list at
> http://gtalug.org/wiki/Site_administration listing a set of items that
> Colin and I came up with.
>
> Each item should have its own Wiki page consisting of pointers to
> global resources (HOWTOs and such) as well as to any local support
> sources.
>
> I have "filled in the blanks" for a number of them, but for this to
> become a resource worthy of publishing cards with the URL, others need
> to fill in the blanks and generally make it a richer set of
> information.
>
> There are, in effect, four things to be done to improve things:
>
> 1.  Fill in the blanks.  For various topics (Linux on USB key, Custom
> Knoppix, Linux Networking, Wireless Networking on LInux), there need
> to be Wiki pages set up with useful material.
>
> 2.  Interlink things.
>
> I added a page on PostgreSQL, and then did a search for various places
> where PostgreSQL was referenced, and added links to the PG page in
> those various places.
>
> I did the same (somewhat; not done) for references to the Linux kernel
>
> 3.  Tighten things up.
>
> When I was looking at the Linux kernel linkages, I discovered that
> there was info about the Linux kernel scattered in various places.  To
> some degree, I drew it to one main place.
>
> There is material already on Networking that could be drawn into a
> single central Wiki page, which would doubtless make it more useful.
>
> 4.  Finally, having a central "link farm" page of sorts
>
> Having one page that quickly links to many topics of interest gives us
> a single URL that we can give out to people.  There is a "Resources"
> page; it's somewhat locked against editing, so someone administrative
> on the Wiki needs to help out with that piece.
>
> If a dozen people each add / improve a page, and add some links within
> the wiki, and draw material from various places into the Page For A
> Topic, I think this wiki can be a resource of some significant value
> worthy of distributing cards with the URL on it.
>
> If I'm the only one that does anything, it won't be worthy of that...
>
>
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