Wiki -- We don't have a lot of engagement
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Wiki -- We don't have a lot of engagement
So I've been running the numbers and it appears while a lot of people are using the wiki, a lot of them aren't signing up for it or wanting to contribute.

I need to know what it is we're doing wrong that precludes users like yourself from wanting to engage.

The big one, I know, is you need separate accounts for everything. Currently, despite my best efforts that cannot be solved. Bridges are expensive, and they don't often work too well over networks or have the best security. They also by nature of their operation mean you need to lockstep software versions together. This is dangerous and unsafe.

I cannot currently fix the lack of SSO. It's just not possible. Other than that, what do we need to do? Let me highlight the history of the wiki and why we're currently using Tiki Groupware for it:

In 2017 I launched the wiki under Mediawiki, mostly as a clone of the Nekochan wiki.

In '18 it started breaking down, bad, because it wouldn't play nice with MariaDB, which we use instead of ORACLE MySQL for reasons I won't get into. Suffice to say, the differences between the two are purely political in nature, and that MariaDB is IMHO, a better product. However, many applications do not offer some level of compatibility. So we clearly had to move off Mediawiki. I switched us to Dokuwiki, porting our articles over by hand.

I moved it from Doku to Tiki due to dissatisfaction with the performance and flexibility, as well as user feedback. So Tiki it was. We're here now

What do I or the other staff need to do to get more user engagement? I know some articles are brief. I know some are stubby. We're still needing to flesh it out, but thus far only me and a few others have joined in it. Currently, I'd argue we have the best quality. Preterhuman's SGI section, while respectable, is mostly out of date, with articles that vary in quality and style and lots of nasty mistakes. I have done my best to create a decent manual of style that refers to the correct way to technical write as I was taught, and I have done 90% of the work.

I'm the system admin of this site. Private security technician, licensed locksmith, hack of a c developer and vintage computer enthusiast. 

https://contrib.irixnet.org/raion/ -- contributions and pieces that I'm working on currently. 

https://codeberg.org/SolusRaion -- Code repos I control

Technical problems should be sent my way.
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Wiki -- We don't have a lot of engagement - by Raion - 09-28-2021, 03:19 AM
RE: Wiki -- We don't have a lot of engagement - by weblacky - 09-28-2021, 04:22 AM
RE: Wiki -- We don't have a lot of engagement - by Raion - 09-28-2021, 04:27 PM
RE: Wiki -- We don't have a lot of engagement - by weblacky - 09-28-2021, 11:48 PM
RE: Wiki -- We don't have a lot of engagement - by Raion - 09-29-2021, 01:02 AM

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