Re: Debian Wiki participation..?
On Sat, 26 Feb 2011 23:31:56 +0000
Peter Tynan <peter.tynan@gmail.com> wrote:
> One of the things I've never understood about Debian is why the wiki
> is so inactive when compared to other distributions, the simple fact
... [snip] ...
> netizen I do not register, I do not make my suggestion and I start to
> understand why the Debian wiki is so relatively inactive.
>
> Peter
>
To add fuel to the fire, I find the debian wiki somewhat archaic, I'm quite
used to mediawiki, and the current articles are very tech-centric, I
get the feeling that I may not be the best source to be adding
information/documentation to the page, so generally I just move on.
Though this could be that I feel much more disconnected to the project
lately as I find out "new" things simply through running into difficulties
with working setups on upgrade. As a side, what happened to the Debian
news weekly? I felt like I used to keep my finger on the pulse...
As you've said, arch and gentoo both have very excellent wikis, though
that could simply be a result of having a wiki system available much earlier
than the debian project (from what I remember). Thus much more
user-centric content.
Maybe the IRC bot used in the #debian channels can be set to link to
information in the wiki more often to encourage heavier use?
Reply to: