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

Lex Trotman elextr at xxxxx
Mon Jun 6 02:42:41 UTC 2011


> That's how I understood your proposal, Matthew, and I think it's a
> good idea. The newsletter should be published in its original format
> for future reference. However the content which has a useful life past
> the publication date of the newsletter certainly could and I think
> *should* be in the wiki.
>
> The benefit of this approach is:
>
> * HowTo information is highlighted in the newsletter and is easily
> read and understood;
> * Anyone who can edit the wiki is able to contribute to the newsletter;
> * Useful reference information remains in the wiki, to be added to and
> enhanced over time.
>
> I currently write the newsletter of Frugalware Linux. Over the few
> years I've been writing, I have written some things which are still
> useful reference information. However they're contained in the
> newsletter, not the wiki and so not easily found, nor edited. Putting
> this information first into the wiki would have avoided this problem.
>

+1 Agree with all you said.

Cheers
Lex



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