Revdocs on a wiki

Dan Shafer revdan at danshafer.com
Fri Oct 28 12:30:50 EDT 2005


While I remain highly skeptical that a wiki is a good solution to  
this problem and prefer a commented discussion board model, I will  
certainly participate in this process once it's going.

Dan

On Oct 28, 2005, at 8:21 AM, Dennis Brown wrote:

> Heather,
>
> Thank you for your (RunRev's) unequivocal endorsement of this long  
> time desire from this list.  I believe it is in RunRev's best  
> interest to take the leadership role and apparently you agree.   
> Please be sure to solicit input INTERACTIVELY with the "interested  
> parties" during the specification phase so that it can become both  
> the best doc tool and one that people on this list will enjoy  
> using.  The most active posters, and the most experienced scripters  
> are the ones who would add the most value to a wiki.  The most  
> inexperienced scripters are the ones who would derive the most  
> benefit --especially the ones who don't sign up for this list!   
> Both the experienced and inexperienced scripters that are on this  
> list will likely be the catalyst (through their questions) for  
> driving new content.
>
> A well managed docs wiki can become an effective sales tool for  
> spreading the Revolution to the masses.   Having a single place to  
> go to for answers to basic questions about using Revolution, ideas  
> for how to start a project, sticky problems, examples, etc. can be  
> addressed along with links to specific resources like the  
> appropriate tutorials, tools and solutions on third party sites,  
> and this list can make such a wiki the cornerstone of new customer  
> support.
>
> Please count me in as one who will actively support and promote  
> this effort in any way I can.
>
> Dennis
>
>
> On Oct 28, 2005, at 10:40 AM, Heather Nagey wrote:
>
>
>> Dear Folks,
>>
>> The energy and enthusiasm of this list is a great resource. We  
>> want to do everything we can to encourage it.
>>
>> A lot of good sense has been spoken regarding how to set up and  
>> manage a revdocs wiki successfully. With a view to facilitating  
>> the effort, whilst still retaining control of content to monitor  
>> for quality and retain copyright, we propose to set up a runrev  
>> revdocs wiki. This may take us a little time to get off the  
>> ground, please be patient. If interested parties would like to  
>> write to me off list, we can discuss the matter further. When the  
>> wiki is up and running and ready for contributions, we will let  
>> the list know.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Heather
>>
>> Heather Nagey, Customer Support Manager
>> Runtime Revolution Ltd
>> www.runrev.com
>>
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