Rob, I had a quick look at the mediawiki homepage, and the things they have does not exactly scare, especially if people can accept that there is a learning/introduction period.
I think your idea of a maintenance page is good, it should also contain a place where users can write ideas (relating to wiki maintenance). I have learned what i JIRA ticket is, but that is about my level of knowledge at the moment, meaning for that part I need help. Jan. On 20 November 2012 22:39, tj <t...@apache.org> wrote: > On 11/20/2012 12:06, jan iversen wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> >> Rob: >> What qualification would a Wiki maintainer need ? I used to maintain our >> business sites, which were PHP and AJAX based, with MySql behind, it that >> would fit, it is a job which I would volunteer for. >> > > Jan, > > A Wiki maintainer needs PHP and MySQL knowledge, and root access to the > wiki system (to be granted by Infra; JIRA ticket?). Most of the work is > simply making changes to the parameter file, LocalSettings.php. However, > there is long-range work, too: preparing for upgrades, and some short-term > MySQL stuff. > > I will collect all the various maintenance items on a wiki page, probably > called "Pending Maintenance". If that doesn't scare you off, your help will > be greatly appreciated; Infra expects the AOO project to do this level of > maintenance ourselves, and it is quite beyond me. Let me know. > > /tj/ > > > > > > >
