From sy1234 at gmail.com  Sun Dec 17 13:17:27 2006
From: sy1234 at gmail.com (Sy Ali)
Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 13:17:27 -0500
Subject: [Wtr-core] The Watir.net Wiki
In-Reply-To: <ade75c5b0603072309k14474b38kccb8106256b364cb@mail.gmail.com>
References: <ade75c5b0603072309k14474b38kccb8106256b364cb@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <1e55af990612171017p64668423k7cb28f901e82c715@mail.gmail.com>

I wanted to check back in on the status of the watir.net wiki.

Has everything been completely migrated over to the confluence wiki?

Has there been additional discussion regarding a website geared more
towards regular watir users as opposed to watir project support and
its developers?



On 3/8/06, Sy Ali <sy1234 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/8/06, Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote:
> > Although we are migrating the Watir project wiki off of Watir.net, it is
> > certainly possible that this wiki will continue to be run for a slightly
> > different purpose.
>
> One thing which may work is that the confluence wiki be considered
> official.. the official roadmaps, hacks and patches, technical specs
> and all that sort of thing.  This leans towards developers / hackers.
>
> The MediaWiki wiki could be more of an "anything goes"
> user-contributed wiki.. leaning towards the less-technical userbase.
> So all the everyday-user "hand-holding help" and documentation goes
> here.
>
> It could work..


On 3/8/06, Bret Pettichord <bret at pettichord.com> wrote:
> Although we are migrating the Watir project wiki off of Watir.net, it is
> certainly possible that this wiki will continue to be run for a slightly
> different purpose.
>
> My view is that that OpenQA confluence wiki best serves several specific
> needs we have for project support. For example, hosting contributions
> instead of including unsupported libraries directly in our distribution. But
> since the mediawiki is really optomized for reference works, i could see
> some kind of Watir users manual developing here. It is also possible that we
> end up with some pages ( e.g. roadmap) on the OpenQA confluence wiki and
> others (e.g. the FAQ) on the Media WIki site.
>
> In othe words, it doesn't have to be either/or. It can be AND.
>
> Thanks, in any case to all our wiki hosting providers: Chris, Tom, Sy and
> Patrick.
>
> Bret

From bret at pettichord.com  Mon Dec 18 11:00:48 2006
From: bret at pettichord.com (Bret Pettichord)
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 10:00:48 -0600
Subject: [Wtr-core] The Watir.net Wiki
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	<1e55af990612171017p64668423k7cb28f901e82c715@mail.gmail.com>
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On 12/17/06, Sy Ali <sy1234 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I wanted to check back in on the status of the watir.net wiki.
>
> Has everything been completely migrated over to the confluence wiki?


Yes: all prior wikis are now obsolete.


> Has there been additional discussion regarding a website geared more
> towards regular watir users as opposed to watir project support and
> its developers?


Not really. There has been some fairly active work on adding this kind of
information to the wikipedia wiki, but i wikipedia has a policy of not
welcoming how-to information, so it would be good to have another place for
it.

There has also been spasms of high-intentions regarding helping out the
documentation effort, but this hasn't seemed to have much effect. I think it
would be great to push watir.net as the best place for introductory
information. You might even want to start with the user guide and break it
up into multiple pages.

Bret
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From paul.rogers at shaw.ca  Wed Dec 20 00:36:58 2006
From: paul.rogers at shaw.ca (Paul Rogers)
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:36:58 -0700
Subject: [Wtr-core] The Watir.net Wiki
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	<1e55af990612171017p64668423k7cb28f901e82c715@mail.gmail.com>
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watir.com is still pointing at the rubyfoge project page. Where would be the best place to point it?

Paul
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bret Pettichord 
  To: wtr-core at rubyforge.org 
  Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 9:00 AM
  Subject: Re: [Wtr-core] The Watir.net Wiki


  On 12/17/06, Sy Ali <sy1234 at gmail.com> wrote:
    I wanted to check back in on the status of the watir.net wiki.

    Has everything been completely migrated over to the confluence wiki?

  Yes: all prior wikis are now obsolete. 
   
    Has there been additional discussion regarding a website geared more
    towards regular watir users as opposed to watir project support and 
    its developers?

  Not really. There has been some fairly active work on adding this kind of information to the wikipedia wiki, but i wikipedia has a policy of not welcoming how-to information, so it would be good to have another place for it. 


  There has also been spasms of high-intentions regarding helping out the documentation effort, but this hasn't seemed to have much effect. I think it would be great to push watir.net as the best place for introductory information. You might even want to start with the user guide and break it up into multiple pages.

  Bret



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