maverick.to Wiki??

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  1. curtisc

    curtisc Member

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    With the number of members here, there may be enough to populate and maintain a maverick wiki...:huh:... i think it may be a better way to organize and update information that is presented here.

    granted, i've never ran one, or set one up, so i have no idea what the server and space requirements are... but it could be another excuse not to work on my car.
     
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  2. don graham

    don graham MCG State Rep

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    What ever are you talking about???:hmmm:
     
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    sounds like a good idea but i dont know how feasible it would be having to compete with this sight as well .... just some thoughts
     
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    Andysutt '72 Comet GT

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    We're already listed on the maverick wiki so maybe thats enough?
     
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    You mean T.L. finally quit replacing our link with the one from his nearly non-existant site? LOL
     
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  6. Andysutt

    Andysutt '72 Comet GT

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    I doubt that moron will ever give up
     
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    facelessnumber Drew Pittman

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    He doesn't mean a Wikipedia article, but a full-on Wiki site. We could all work to build a knowledge base, articles, link specific data to their relevant threads on here, make it part of the maverick.to site, not a competitor to it. It's a great way to store, edit, search and create information. For instance, say I do a basic writeup on installing a rearend or something. Somebody else comes in behind me after they've followed it, they add or correct things. Maybe somebody else did it and took pics, somebody else comes in and adds part numbers. (Then somebody replaces the whole thing with a viagara ad or otherwise FUBARs the whole thing, and I can revert it to a previous version.)

    Anybody with a user account can edit any entry or make new ones. Moderators clean it up, delete any spam or vandalism, just like they do on a message board.

    As for setting one up, I have a web server and I've set up wiki sites before. I'm good with CSS coding and can tie the design of that site in visually with this one, making it pretty seamless. And if Stefan is interested, he can put it in his DNS and I'll make him a full admin of it to do with as he wants. We'd end up with a a URL something like wiki.maverick.to, just like mmb.maverick.to and www.maverick.to and it's literally a part of this site.

    And I'll donate the server space and my time. How 'bout it T-bo?
     
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  8. Stefan

    Stefan Big Cheese Administrator

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    I've been wanting to setup a wiki for a while now and found a wiki that integrates with the forum. This integration would allow members to sign into the forum and create/edit wiki entries without having to create a new account with the wiki software.

    Unfortunately, this wiki is no longer being worked on and does not work well with the latest version of this forum software. It was a nice product that had the feel of the forum and was supposedly easy to use.

    There are other wiki softwares out there like wikipedia.org's mediwiki, but from my understanding, there is a learning curve to using it. Let me take a look at differnt wiki software and Ill update this thread.
     
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    Stefan Big Cheese Administrator

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    Stefan, Aug 21, 2008
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    Stefan Big Cheese Administrator

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    Or I can set it up and make you full admin!:D (after all its a wiki)
     
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    Stefan Big Cheese Administrator

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    I view it as an addition, would be great for FAQs.
     
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    facelessnumber Drew Pittman

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    Even better. Didn't mean to imply you didn't have the ability, BTW. Just offering my help...
     
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  13. rayzorsharp

    rayzorsharp I "AM" a Maverick!

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    Come on Don...I thought EVERYBODY knew what a Maverick wiki was. Lucky for us they only have them for small bumper cars though. :clap:
     
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  14. Stefan

    Stefan Big Cheese Administrator

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    I did not take it that way at all :)
     
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  15. Dan Starnes

    Dan Starnes Original owner

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    I thought a wiki was what made the candle burn?
    Dan
     
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