[wp-docs] Docs management/Wiki

[Josiah Ritchie]

Cena scripted ::

>I've played around with Josiah's wiki a bit this morning.  It's kind of 
>fun (for a new wiki-er), and looks good.  I can definitely see the value 
>in a wiki for collaborative works and appreciate his making it 
>available..  Cons:  confusing interface (not Josiah's fault, just the 
>software); having to learn to format docs with WikiRules.  Even though 
>it looks relatively simple, I'm so not inclined at this point to have to 
>spend more time reading docs to learn to use a system (effectively) when 
>all we want, all we *need* is a central repository  for docs, something 
>for keeping track of the what and the who.
>
>Maybe we're missing something obvious here.  What about using a 
>customized WP install for this?  WP has built in: user permissions, 
>online editing capabilities, commenting, really...everything we need.  
>Maybe it could be integrated into the wp.org site, making updates to the 
>'official' docs sections easy and painless!  What do y'all think about 
>something like this?

I'm up for that as well. I think centralizing our efforts will be key. After
that, we'll need someone to be a director of sorts, IMHO.

JSR/