Sorry for the delayed reply to this -- as an aside, if you're ISP offers postini as an email filter beware -- I'm getting a lot of false positives (i.e., real mail marked as spam and not delivered (although I can look at it on line and have it delivered). It also misses a lot of real spam. Dave Phillips wrote: > > Hi Russell: > > This is where I beg off. I know nothing about setting up a wiki, but I > think there are a few people on this list who do know how it's done. I > have no idea what your best choice for formatting might be, though of > course plain text is understood everywhere. But like I said, I don't > know where to begin with setting up wikis. > > Can someone on the list work with Russell on this project ? \ > >Is there some specific format that works best...my intent at this point > >is to just do it as either an open office document or just plain ol' > >text file in Kwrite or similar. > > I can help someone (anyone) get started on putting documentation on the wiki WikiLearn. One easy first step might be to provide me with the documentation in plain text. I think it works best if their is a table of contents that can point to fairly small web (wiki) pages (a screenful to several screenfuls). Russell: Give a holler (or some text) if you want to give WikiLearn a try. Randy Kramer Aside: In response to Dave Phillips suggestion that I try to put the Sound HOWTO on WikiLearn (I don't recall if that was an on-list or off-list suggestion), I've started reading the Sound HOWTO. One issue that I would have to deal with is the copyright thing -- even though the Sound HOWTO is issued under the GFDL, there is a list of things that have to be considered (something like items a. thru m.), and I'm not sure how to approach them. If I go forward with the project, I'll probably write directly to the author and confirm he has no objection to putting it on a wiki and solicit his suggestions on complying with the requirements of the GFDL (or perhaps not complying by allowing it to be placed on the wiki under some other license). What I've read so far of the document (I'm starting section 4, iirc, on a different computer (i.e., it's not immediately at hand)) looks well written and fairly timeless -- i.e., I'm not sure how much updating / correction is needed. But, the point of this paragraph is to say that I don't have much technical knowledge of the subject to be able to spot the need for corrections. (Which is, of course, a reason for putting it on a wiki, where others can spot those needs, and others may be able to meet those needs.)
