Call of... Help?
Looking for a few people, who'd be willing to work together to host, manage, and contribute to a Mastodon Wiki.
We want to decentralize stuff like this, and not everything has to be under Gargron.
It will be a great place to collect things like how to help out (with other stuff than code), who to contact.
Contact info for server admins.
Etc.
I know there are a few WikiMedia people around, who's up for it?
@Sylvhem Keep an eye on the thread and talk with the people who say the same ;)
@maloki I will do that ;).
@maloki Let me know how I can help 👍
@jd Find eachother in the replies.
@maloki We could do that in markdown on GitHub ;) Unfortunately the Mediawiki syntax is harder to learn / less usable outside wikis
@shalf wiki on github causes other issues, which is why it's been removed in the past.
@maloki Then mediawiki indeed, but multi-editing and locked pages are a bummer I wasn't missing 😬 Count me in. Let's find a cool sysadmin!
@maloki I'm not used to wiki's but I learn quick so if you want some translations in Dutch ...
Re this: Have French mastodon already built a wiki? Anything we could join in on with English?
Il y a déjà des pages wiki concernant Mastodon? (Pour joindre les pages à créer en anglais.) cc @maloki
@maloki Hi, we have translated docs for Framapiaf here https://docs.framasoft.org/fr/mastodon/index.html. We might get interested in building a multilingual wiki.
@tcit I think multi-lingual wiki would be preferred! :D
@maloki Actually docs.framasoft.org is multilingual but focused on all Framasoft services, not only Mastodon.
@tcit tell everyone else!
I've delegated this to yall now! You can do this without me :)
@maloki Do not think so yet. Poke @vincib @bayartb @maliciarogue @AdrienneCharmet #MastoWiki
@maloki You can also try using @translator to get a French translation next time :) @translator fr
@chris [fr] @maloki que vous pouvez également essayer d’utiliser @translator pour obtenir une traduction Français la prochaine fois :)
@maloki you may ask @spouyllau from mastodon.huma-num.fr
@maloki I'm happy to help with documentation.
I already tried to contribute some to the project:
https://github.com/tootsuite/documentation/pull/70
Hey guys, I'll be boosting you who reply to me on this. Find each other, let's get working! <3
@maloki I might be able to host?
@maloki Ive never worked with anything wiki related. I would love to help though. you can contact me at netkitteh@cascadia.party
@NetKitteh @maloki Can't find this account. Could you mention me from it please? #MastoWiki
@shalf I think it may be an actual mail.. ? @NetKitteh
@maloki @NetKitteh Haha, and I was looking for a Fediverse account :silly: 🤣
@maloki Dreamhost does some automated MediaWiki deployment and management that you might find really useful- definitely recommend looking into them.
If you need an invite I might have something that will make it cheaper- lemme know if you want to look!
@vahnj I will not be in charge of this project.
@maloki ahh okay! if you get in contact with whoever will be feel free to pass to them that I'm open to giving a referral to dreamhost, it's been great for my experience with MediaWiki deployment
@vahnj I boosted your toot, not sure if people will be able to talk to you though because whitelisting.
@vahnj @maloki DigitalOcean also has a one-click installer for MediaWiki: https://www.digitalocean.com/products/one-click-apps/mediawiki/
@maloki I don't think I have the skills or knowledge to help out, but I'm super jazzed about a Mastowiki
@maloki I LOVE WIKIS. I can't take on the task of admin or anything like that, but I would definitely contribute.
@maloki
I can certainly donate the web hosting space necessary, assuming that hasn't been handled already.
@Theophilus added it to the etherpad:
https://annuel.framapad.org/p/MastoWikiTeam
Current people who volunteered after this call for help re: a #MastoWiki: we gather here.
https://annuel.framapad.org/p/MastoWikiTeam
Add yourself. Do not be shy. Let's do this.
@shalf I cannot open the link, loads forever :/
@kyzh Better? I can see you there now.
@kyzh (Did absolutely nothing :p)
@shalf as soon as I complained, it worked, obviously.
@kyzh Am currently kicked off it myself, sent a nice ticket to the good people @Framasoft :p cc @tcit (which is a good thing, now am FORCED to go to bed, and not contract the 5am virus #MastoSleep @Gargron
@maloki #MastoWiki)
@shalf can yall untag me and gargron until there's a page up maybe? :)
@Admin
Looks like they may be deciding/discussing in here:
https://annuel.framapad.org/p/MastoWikiTeam
@maloki @Admin Yup. Gotta go to bed, let's see what happens tonight ;) 👏🏾 #MastoWiki
I have a quick and simple one up and running now @ https://wiki.nofftopia.com/
Hopefully this is what you guys were looking for 🙃
@Admin Created user "shalf". Maybe check with other volunteers on the framapad if Doku Wiki is what everybody, specifically future sysadmins ready to volunteer, are ok with ;) #MastoWiki
@Admin Thanks a lot for the quick setup anyway, going to bed! 😴 #MastoWiki
. @shalf np, and I'm open to feedback if anyone prefers another platform. Have a good night!
As per @maloki 's request - there is now a #MastoWiki up and running @ https://wiki.nofftopia.com/
Feel free to contribute! If y'all think we should use a different platform, I'm open to suggestions!
@maloki I would love to contribute!