[SBE] Broadcasting 'Wiki'

[Christopher Tarr]

It did.

Generally you won't see posts from yourself...

-Chris


On Mon, Oct 5, 2009 at 6:04 PM, David R. Wilson <david at wwns.com> wrote:

> It looks like my previous post didn't make it through...

>

> It was:

>

>

> Having used one for better than the past 10 years I will throw in my .02

> worth.  A wiki is very useful for keeping track of history.  You can use

> it as a live manual.  When many people are working together and need to

> know the latest software change that was made, who made it and why, it

> works great.  Having come from an auto plant background where 5 - 20

> people might make a change to a robotic program and one documents it in

> their pile of books, but no one else knows that change was made, it can

> lead to an awful lot of confusion.

>

> For the broadcast business, I use it as a live log.  I can go back and

> see how long tubes have lasted, what the readings were as time goes by.

> I can see what parts I used to fix something, where they came from, who

> I talked to and contact info.  A text search in a list of manuals gives

> me where to find manuals in a few seconds (instead of maybe looking for

> days).  When possible I gather PDF files or links to them, so if I don't

> have my laptop I can go to the web site and find the manual without

> having to go find the box that the file was stored on.

>

> Entering info or links is very easy.  Some wikis have an editor that

> will do most of that work for you.  I generally prefer to edit the HTML

> directly (which is very easy).  The training needed to show someone how

> to use the software can be done in a few (10) minutes.

>

> I have been using it as a transmitter log too.  It might seem a bit

> detailed, but if someone wants to find out what was done to equipment on

> a particular day, it is easy to find what is wanted.  The only thing

> that needs a bit of thought is the original organization for the wiki.

> you don't want the info your looking for to be scattered in 20 different

> files.  It helps when people initial and date their revisions.

>

> If I need to find out what changes have been made to the files, I have

> my wiki set up with a revision control system.  I can go back 20

> revisions and see how things changed over time.  If someone makes a mess

> of the wiki, it is easy to roll it back a revision or two and fix it.

>

> If you want to see some more, check out http://www.twiki.org

> http://www.mediawiki.org

>

> Examples: http://www.fedoraproject.org/

> http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Codev/TWikiInTheNews#2008

>

>

> Dave

>

> David R. Wilson KU4B

> Engineer for the Cromwell Group

> Nashville Tennessee

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>

>

> On Mon, 2009-10-05 at 17:36 -0500, David R. Wilson wrote:

>> That depends how it is set up.  You can have things passworded with

>> logins for reading parts of the twiki, or open for all to read.  You can

>> have it world writable (not usually a good idea) or narrow it down to

>> specific people can make modifications for particular sections.

>> You can read the links I posted for more info.

>>

>> Dave

>>

>>

>> On Mon, 2009-10-05 at 15:16 -0400, PuebloTallTower at aol.com wrote:

>> > I am old....  and seemingly getting stupid(er)

>> > Just how do you read a thread on wikipedia?

>> >

>> > Do you have to register?

>> > Or can you be "UN" registered, and still go through the postings. ...

>> > If it is like Google, I assume you have to know somebody, who knows

>> > somebody that really knows the syntax rules...

>> >

>> > On Google I found out accidentally that placing quotes around words,

>> > will force those exact words in that exact order, be the search

>> > requirements ... try putting your exact birth certificate name in

>> > quotes on Google, and see what happens ... then try the search without

>> > quotes....

>> >

>> > So back to the topic at hand ... any one out there willing to tackle

>> > my question?  regarding the rules of the road on wiki?

>> >

>> > thanks

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> >

>> > In a message dated 10/5/09 12:08:26 PM Mountain Daylight Time,

>> > kwinrich at gmail.com writes:

>> >         http://www.broadcastengineering.info/viewforum.php?f=36&sid=af8d3cb7cbb77ee3b16dc00cfd254785

>> >

>> >

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