[pmwiki-users] PmWiki forum...

[Chris Cox]

The Editor wrote:
>>> 5) The idea a wiki is better than a forum is also nonsense.  If you
>>> read my post, I suggested we do one in PmWiki.  We can keep it as
>>> editable as we want, so if info needs to be changed, you just change
>>> it.  Delete a thread.  Add a comment.  Whatever you want.  With all
>>> the bright thinkers on this list we should be able to come up with
>>> something!
>> Strong words there!  I dare you to justify this bald assertion.
>> You say that we haven't proven that the mailing list is good, well, you
>> haven't proven in any way that a forum is good.
> 
> 
> Oops.  I think you misread what I meant by this. I was only saying,
> the forum would itself still be a wiki. (PmWiki of course). So you
> don't lose any benefits of a wiki by making it organized a little
> more.  I'm all for wikis!  The advantage I see to a forum (FAQ system)
> is that it can be somewhat structured--to help control the flow of
> information, and to make things more readily retrievable. At least
> better than the current FAQ page.

Well... I know I'm not pro forum... mail list works well enough... with
that said... IF... there is a PmWiki forum someday, I'd leave it
integrated with the maillist or switch over to a nntp server with
integrated web based forum.

I don't want to HAVE to use a browser for forum posting.