A dedicated HOWTO subforum?

Lambertus · 2008-05-26T17:35:26.000Z

Would this be useful or should HOWTO’s be put in the wiki? Personally, I think of the wiki as a better place for such topics because everyone can collaborate on the text.

emj · 2008-05-27T07:11:44.000Z

Sadly the commenting system on wikis sucks… But I agree it’s alot better to create a howto on the wiki, but then I’m a wikifreak.

Lambertus · 2008-05-27T13:18:27.000Z

It would be neat to see the forum being used as the ‘discussion/talk’ page in the wiki, seamlessly integrating them. But that is a utopia I’m afraid.

Francois_Schnell · 2008-06-01T21:01:35.000Z

I think it’s a good idea and I would vote for a “how-to+” section on the forum which seems to lack a general section for “sharing” experiences, tips and tricks, how-to… The subforum could be wide then: ~ “Sharing experiences, how-to, tips and tricks, …”

Arguments for:

discussion sucks on wiki (or at least not everybody is comfortable with it)
some people wouldn’t write small tips on the wiki
it’s always possible to do a copy/paste on the wiki if the author doesn’t do it himself

My 2 cents

emj · 2008-06-02T08:44:43.000Z

Francois Schnell:

I think it’s a good idea and I would vote for a “how-to+” section on the forum which seems to lack a general section for “sharing” experiences, tips and tricks, how-to… The subforum could be wide then: ~ “Sharing experiences, how-to, tips and tricks, …”

Arguments for:

discussion sucks on wiki (or at least not everybody is comfortable with it)

some people wouldn’t write small tips on the wiki

it’s always possible to do a copy/paste on the wiki if the author doesn’t do it himself

Arguments against,

they tend to get unwieldy, very long discussions and you are never sure it’s updated.
another place to look for information.

But you are right, a tips, tricks, and how to section might be nice…