Forum Idea - Computer Bible

Motoxrdude

Motoxrdude

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I had this idea of making a "computer bible". I was think that maybe once a month or so we create a thread about a subject relating to computers and then everyone posts everything they know about it. Kinda like a topic of the week. I think it would be really useful to everyone.
 
It would have to be heavily moderated to be relevant to actual computer issues or FAQs or How To documents.

I just did a PSA on how to create a secure password, I think they should make it sticky
 
i like it too. hard to coordinate all the duplicates. ive learned a lot here. Stupid sheet!. i have a book and have taken notes (over 20 yrs). mostly dos. just putting the program together would be a cluster mess. duplicate questions, answers etc. it would be a control problem. Something interesting though. like the concept. just hate to have to figure out how to make it work.

interesting.......
 
tlarkin said:
It would have to be heavily moderated to be relevant to actual computer issues or FAQs or How To documents.

I just did a PSA on how to create a secure password, I think they should make it sticky
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Yeah something like that. I think it should be one sticky and then in the one sticky has links to all the individual subjects. I think it would be great to help and reduce the amount of redundant threads we get on here because all the information would be in one place. I'll PM ian the idea and see what he thinks.
 
Motoxrdude said:
Yeah something like that. I think it should be one sticky and then in the one sticky has links to all the individual subjects. I think it would be great to help and reduce the amount of redundant threads we get on here because all the information would be in one place. I'll PM ian the idea and see what he thinks.
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If it gets published I want residuals then!
 
If it was a book, then it would be pretty cool. But eventually people will double post, or there will be lots of comments taking away from the core of it.
But it will be very hard to co-ordinate, I mean with everyone wanting to have there say, and I guess people will get annoyed if there topic doesn't get chosen, am I right?
 
Motoxrdude said:
I had this idea of making a "computer bible". I was think that maybe once a month or so we create a thread about a subject relating to computers and then everyone posts everything they know about it. Kinda like a topic of the week. I think it would be really useful to everyone.
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We do a similar thing like this at my school. We have an online space where we have weekly questions, and even with only twenty people, the questions become duplicates fairly quick. I think it would be cool to try out though, with the right boundaries.
 
JTM said:
We do a similar thing like this at my school. We have an online space where we have weekly questions, and even with only twenty people, the questions become duplicates fairly quick. I think it would be cool to try out though, with the right boundaries.
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You mean a wiki right? We have an internal Wiki at my work as well for IT stuff.
 
A computer forum wiki would be a pretty sweet idea! That way everyone can help keep it updated rather than just posting thread after thread of the same info. Maybe have a rule that you cant edit till a certain post count or membership length?

Sounds like a cool idea!

I just looked and it appears that there are some free wiki options that we could sign up for.
 
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ukulele_ninja said:
A computer forum wiki would be a pretty sweet idea! That way everyone can help keep it updated rather than just posting thread after thread of the same info. Maybe have a rule that you cant edit till a certain post count or membership length?

Sounds like a cool idea!
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I dunno, so much misinformation gets passed around here as is....
 
tlarkin said:
I dunno, so much misinformation gets passed around here as is....
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yeah but that would be the point of maybe assigning like 4 or 5 editors to it. That way if someone wanted to add something they could submit it to an editor then they could post it to the wiki. Im all for it if it meets what moto's original intentions were, I think it would be a great idea!
 
ukulele_ninja said:
yeah but that would be the point of maybe assigning like 4 or 5 editors to it. That way if someone wanted to add something they could submit it to an editor then they could post it to the wiki. Im all for it if it meets what moto's original intentions were, I think it would be a great idea!
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sounds like a full time job almost, just playing devil's advocate here.
 
tlarkin said:
sounds like a full time job almost, just playing devil's advocate here.
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I see what your saying, but for 4 or 5 people doing it I cant foresee there being a non-stop submission rate to the wiki. It will probably be slow to get started but after some time pick up momentum and if there needed to be more editors theres plenty of talented people on the forum who could be recruited.
 
ukulele_ninja said:
I see what your saying, but for 4 or 5 people doing it I cant foresee there being a non-stop submission rate to the wiki. It will probably be slow to get started but after some time pick up momentum and if there needed to be more editors theres plenty of talented people on the forum who could be recruited.
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Yeah but all I am saying is, I don't want to be a technology janitor and while it would be great to polish my tech writing skills and get some recognition for it, I just think there are too many members that would post ridiculous things. So you have fact check it, and you have to content check it, you think the OT is bad here, well what happens when the OT goes to the wiki?

I am not against the idea of it, but I would not want to manage it personally is all I am saying.
 
tlarkin said:
You mean a wiki right? We have an internal Wiki at my work as well for IT stuff.
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It's actually a site that is used for all Connecticut State colleges, it's called Blackboard Vista. It's basically an online source for handing in papers, using forums (for class, if applicable). It works pretty good, how does your Wiki at your job work?
 
JTM said:
It's actually a site that is used for all Connecticut State colleges, it's called Blackboard Vista. It's basically an online source for handing in papers, using forums (for class, if applicable). It works pretty good, how does your Wiki at your job work?
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I am familiar with blackboard

I use the built in Wiki that comes with OS X Server 10.5 and it works great. I use our LDAP for authentication and permissions and only people in my department (that are in the IT group) can view and modify the wiki.
 
tlarkin said:
I am familiar with blackboard

I use the built in Wiki that comes with OS X Server 10.5 and it works great. I use our LDAP for authentication and permissions and only people in my department (that are in the IT group) can view and modify the wiki.
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That's pretty cool, yeah I wasn't sure if Blackboard was a state wide thing or just a Connecticut thing. We have a computer club at my school and they use a Wiki for the main page. I'm sure it's something similar to what you use. It works pretty good, it's actually getting overhauled and we're getting a legit site soon!:)
 
JTM said:
That's pretty cool, yeah I wasn't sure if Blackboard was a state wide thing or just a Connecticut thing. We have a computer club at my school and they use a Wiki for the main page. I'm sure it's something similar to what you use. It works pretty good, it's actually getting overhauled and we're getting a legit site soon!:)
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blackboard is an enterprise educational technology solution that lots of educational environments use, both k12 and higher ed.
 
Looks like a good idea, but I can't really write all I know about computers, it's too much...
It should be grouped in domains like.. Programming, Operating Systems etc
 
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