The pages I have seen seem to 'dead-end' at the page. Most other wiki sites that I have seen and used typically have a list of categories at the bottom that the page is associated with...which allow people to click on to see related articles.
Even though I see a list of
All Categories, there seems to be a disconnect when you end up on a wiki page.
For example, when you look at
this wiki page, you can see a list of related pages that the author has added to make it easier to find page which are directly related but even if the author did not include those links, they could all be found (along with other pages created even after that article) by clicking the "
Modeling" or "
Blender" category links at the very bottom.
It would be nice if each-and-every article contains one or more ubuntu-specific categories such as the desktop, server, xubuntu, kubuntu, etc. as well as what version(s) that apply as a basis for all articles. Being able to list all articles related to the following categories could be extremely useful to somebody interested in what was written for them: Ubuntu, Server, Version 12. If this wiki can eventually do this, it would be an amazing tool for finding "information" rather than just a collection of data.
How would the following articles be related and found on the wiki?
How to Install and Configure Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS
How to Install and Configure a Nagios monitoring server (prerequisite is the server install page above)
How to Install and Configure a MySQL server (prerequisite is the server install page above)
How to Install and Configure a MediaWiki server (prerequisite is the server install and MySQL pages above)
The titles of wiki pages are usually the single most important aspect to creating a page along with correctly associating the content to the proper categories. How would one go about picking the best title for a wiki article? The above examples can be worded in many different ways.
Since the above tutorials are a bit niche, how can that be reflected and differentiated from other similar articles? Examples: Nagios is compiled from source rather than from the Ubuntu distro in order to have the latest version and absolute control where everything is located. MediaWiki is compiled from source rather than the Ubuntu distro mainly to make use of a separate dedicated MySQL server...unlike many other tutorials (and even the Ubuntu distro) that expect everything to be on the same server.
I might be missing the boat since I am not entirely familiar with the wiki but the articles seem to disappear into a hole (reach a dead end)
I saw the earlier post about
the vb wiki and it presents a LOT of information in an organized way. However, I think that wiki app is a highly customized front-end which happens to use a wiki back-end. Would probably be difficult to reproduce with a pure wiki site. But then again, the Ubuntu wiki site also seems to be a customized front-end using a wiki back-end.
Other wiki sites I have used that make good use of categories and organizing pages so they can be found easily are
The Nexus Wiki and
The Elder Scrolls CS Wiki. I mention those sites not only because I am familiar with them but they also represent the kind of structure for most wiki sites I have used which seem to be good repositories of information...not just collections of data.
As for discussions of the wiki pages, I thought the "discussions" or "talk" page associated with a wiki page was the perfect place to discuss issues/questions about the article...but I do not see that feature on the Ubuntu wiki.
Here is an example of a "talk" page for a wiki article.
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