[Geany] Moving contents from newsletter.geany.org into the wiki?

[Frank Lanitz]

On Sat, 04 Jun 2011 17:32:21 -0700
Matthew Brush <mbrush at codebrainz.ca> wrote:

> On 06/03/11 07:44, Enrico Tröger wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > what do you wiki and newsletter guys think of the following idea:
> >
> > we move most of the current content of http://newsletter.geany.org/
> > into the wiki, for testing purpose, I already did it (please note
> > this is just for testing and to get your feedback).
> >
> > In the wiki the latest volumes are linked, the newsletter files
> > themselves remain on newsletter.g.o.
> >
> > On newsletter.geany.org we would simply show the latest volume's
> > HTML page directly and maybe a link on the bottom to the wiki page.
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> 
> On a related topic, what if any useful HowTo, explanation, or plugin 
> review that is destined for the newsletter *must* (should) be added
> to the wiki first.  Then the new content from the wiki can be
> formatted into the newsletter proper (using proper markup, etc),
> probably having a link/ref back from the newsletter to the wiki.
> This way, the wiki is always benefiting from the relevant parts of
> the newsletter and even if reading an old newsletter issue, the
> current parts can be found on the wiki though links/refs embedded in
> the newsletter.  Another benefit of this is that anyone can
> potentially contribute stuff to the newsletter without worrying about
> the markup/presentation of the newsletter.  This is best left to
> specialists, IMO.

Do I understand you correct, that newsletter should work more as some
kind of teaser for HowTo articles? Somehow I like that idea. 

Cheers, 
Frank 
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