> > > Question for you: there are several posts and FAQs that appear in this > > mailing list that would be good candidates for the wiki. Some are > > specific to beancount (though they may apply to other PTA software) > > while others aren't. An example of the former is how to write a > > transaction entry to transfer commodities held at cost from one account > > to another, in beancount. I'm curious, would you see this example as a > > good fit for the wiki (under a "Beancount quirks" heading or such)? > > Good question. Wikis are famously prone to grow, and to die as a swamp. > To conserve time and avoid the swamp-death, so far I try to keep things > well bounded: links on the website, examples (primarily journal entries) > on the wiki, for the most part. > > But probably this is doomed to fail, and the wiki will grow in scope, > and perhaps absorb more from the site. I'm open to other ideas, if folks > like yourself are available to help with curation ? Would you like to > post/capture more content there ? Do you think we'll be able to keep it > somewhat tidy and relevant over time ? >
I think it's great that you're thinking ahead on how to avoid swamp-death. The only way to do so that strikes me is curation by dedicated volunteers. Perhaps there are some on this list and on hledger/ledger-cli that might step up, especially if you put up a description of what you seek and expect for that role? (Personally, as much I'd really love to see the PTA wiki grow well and serve the community, I'm myself unfortunately not in a position to be involved in any kind of consistent role right now or for the foreseeable future). Coming to this specific list (beancount), IMHO, it would benefit from getting into a habit of identifying wiki candidates from discussions, updating the wiki, and referring to it. I'll do my part in calling out posts that could benefit from being added to the wiki. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Beancount" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to beancount+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/66e76088-47dd-4679-89ff-f6b2ce70d1d7n%40googlegroups.com.
