Re: Wiki - What??

[Peter Levy <plevy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We been using a Java based Wiki called Very Quick Wiki with Websphere 
v6.0 on our iSeries system and it's been working pretty good for us so 
far, but we've only been using it for about eight months. Their editing 
and search features are pretty good. So far it's been a trial to get 
people to format things properly, but that's the beauty of Wiki's, their 
free and anyone can edit and clean things up. The only problem is that 
it's difficult to lock down pages you don't want changed.

Their web site is:
http://www.vqwiki.org/

We're considering switching to MediaWiki (which powers Wikipedia) when 
we get PHP up to speed on our iSeries. It'll solve our locking page 
problem and it has much more robust linking and template options.

Their web page is:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki

Turnidge, Dave wrote:
> It appears that the brown stuff has finally hit the fan, and someone is
> getting serious about having a place for systems and "repair"
> documentation, and making documentation a top priority, i.e., "You WILL
> document what you have found out."
>
> So, I have read some stuff about Wiki and having it as a data store. Is
> this a good way to handle this kind of information? What do you consider
> the best method? M$FT is coming out with a new inter-office
> communications package "Sharepoint". Would that work for this? We have a
> package called Niku that could do it, and another called Magic... But
> there are too many possible places, and the net effect seems to be that
> you can't find anything, and up until now, it wasn't required that it be
> kept up to date.
>
> The folks on this forum are the ones that I want to hear from - based on
> what I have been reading ... 
>
> Thank you for your ideas,
>
> Dave
>
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