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tommylutz(at)gmail.com
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 Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:39 am Post subject: Let's start a Wiki (was: Zenith's annoying documentation) |
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Has anyone considered starting a Wiki for each type of kit? A central collection of all of your knowledge, photos, and experiences would be absolutely invaluable to the new builder, and would provide excellent means of identifying discrepancies and/or errors in the factory plans.
For those of you unfamiliar with what a Wiki is...
It is essentially a book written by a collective group of users, usually with little or no moderation. Anyone can edit anything and add their own input, or correct others' mistakes. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki. A wiki can also be restricted to a subset of users (only registered Zenithair builders for example), to avoid spam.
Some of the better Wiki's provide Microsoft Word-style editors for simplicity (no HTML or coding knowledge necessary).
Anyone else on board?
-Tom
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lwinger
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 9:21 am Post subject: Re: Let's start a Wiki (was: Zenith's annoying documentation |
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You may already know this, but Matronics has set up a Wiki for our use, and it is already divided by aircraft type (i.e. 601UL, 601HD, 601HDS, 601XL, 701, 801, 640, 200).
The URL is http://www.matronics.com/wiki/index.php/Zenith
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Installing fuel system
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n85ae
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 9:24 am Post subject: Re: Let's start a Wiki (was: Zenith's annoying documentation |
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That's a great idea, in fact matronics.com has a feature for doing just
that. The plus is that not only would the docs be there, but they'd be
open to all for update. Not just sitting on somebody's private website.
Any idea how to get started (yes, I'll read the howto doc as soon as
I'm done typing this)?
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n85ae
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 9:30 am Post subject: Re: Let's start a Wiki (was: Zenith's annoying documentation |
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Ok, I started an initial page on the Matronics wiki for the CH801
it is:
http://www.matronics.com/wiki/index.php/CH_801
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challgren(at)mac.com
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 9:34 am Post subject: Let's start a Wiki (was: Zenith's annoying documentation) |
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Tom:
Sign me up. I could provide comments from my building log that highlight errors (in my judgment) in the plans and assembly guides.
Stan
On Mar 16, 2007, at 10:39 AM, Tom Lutz wrote:
[quote]Has anyone considered starting a Wiki for each type of kit? A central collection of all of your knowledge, photos, and experiences would be absolutely invaluable to the new builder, and would provide excellent means of identifying discrepancies and/or errors in the factory plans.
For those of you unfamiliar with what a Wiki is...
It is essentially a book written by a collective group of users, usually with little or no moderation. Anyone can edit anything and add their own input, or correct others' mistakes. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki. A wiki can also be restricted to a subset of users (only registered Zenithair builders for example), to avoid spam.
Some of the better Wiki's provide Microsoft Word-style editors for simplicity (no HTML or coding knowledge necessary).
Anyone else on board?
-Tom
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tommylutz(at)gmail.com
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:34 am Post subject: Let's start a Wiki (was: Zenith's annoying documentation) |
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I couldn't find any info about Wikis on matronics.com, but I know there are a good number of free/cheap Wiki providers. Ideally, we'd want something with the MS Word-style editor, image support, and backup capability so we can archive once in a while.
On 3/16/07, n85ae <n85ae(at)yahoo.com (n85ae(at)yahoo.com)> wrote:[quote] --> Zenith-List message posted by: "n85ae" <n85ae(at)yahoo.com (n85ae(at)yahoo.com)>
That's a great idea, in fact matronics.com has a feature for doing just
that. The plus is that not only would the docs be there, but they'd be
open to all for update. Not just sitting on somebody's private website.
Any idea how to get started (yes, I'll read the howto doc as soon as
I'm done typing this)?
Read this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=101049#101049
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planecrazydld(at)yahoo.co
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:34 am Post subject: Let's start a Wiki (was: Zenith's annoying documentation) |
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I get the matronics list postings but when I tried to go to the wiki I could not remember if I had a user or not. Does anyone remember the initiation into the list to address the question on how to log in? Do I need to set up a(nother) user to access the wiki?
lwinger <larrywinger(at)gmail.com> wrote: [quote]--> Zenith-List message posted by: "lwinger"
You may already know this, but Matronics has set up a Wiki for our use, and it is already divided by aircraft type (i.e. 601UL, 601HD, 601HDS, 601XL, 701, 801, 640, 200).
The URL is http://www.matronics.com/wiki/index.php/Zenith
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Larry Winger
Tustin, CA
601XL #6493 from scratch
Control surfaces complete/riveting center spar
Read this topic online Looking for earth-friendly autos?
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n85ae
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| Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 10:47 am Post subject: Re: Let's start a Wiki (was: Zenith's annoying documentation |
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Go to this page, fill in the blanks, and click add user. You will be able
to start editing right away.
http://www.matronics.com/wiki/index.php/Special:Userlogin
Somebody know how to create a new page?
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