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

Russell Dickenson russelldickenson at xxxxx
Mon Jun 6 22:10:35 UTC 2011


On 6 June 2011 22:15, Randy Kramer <rhkramer at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sunday 05 June 2011 10:42:41 pm Lex Trotman wrote:
>> > 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.
> +1
>
> Randy Kramer

I'm amazed that (1) people understood what I wrote, (2) that two
people agree with what I wrote.


-- 
Russell Dickenson



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