[Python-ideas] Encouraging more use of the Python wiki

[Wes Turner]

On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 2:49 AM, M.-A. Lemburg <mal at egenix.com> wrote:
>
>
> > What content should be version controlled with the website?
>
> The current python.org website is a mix of code and templates
> in github repo, content/data stored in a database and a (for
> various reasons) homegrown CMS to manage pages such as
> the ones you found.
>
> There's work underway to replace the homegrown CMS with a
> standard more feature rich one, which will hopefully allow us
> to open up site editing to way more volunteers than we
> currently have.
>
>
So there are no topical guidelines?


> wiki.python.org is a separate VM, which doesn't have anything
> to do with www.python.org. The VM runs a more or less standard
> moin installation, which uses its own version control system
> (you can access this via the "info" link on the pages).
>
>
https://github.com/dwf/moin2rst

Formatter plugin
> Simply put ``RenderAsRestructuredtext.py`` to MoinMoin's
> ``plugin/formatter`` directory.
>


Action plugin
> Simply put ``RenderAsRestructuredtext.py`` to MoinMoin's ``plugin/action``
> directory.




> >>>> We need people who have experience in technical writing and
> >>>> a passion to maintain informational resources.
> >>>>
> >>>> FWIW: A change of tools won't magically give us better content.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> A boost in familiar usability could encourage effortless contributions.
> >>
> >> The wiki does support ReST syntax if you don't like the wiki
> >> markup:
> >>
> >> http://moinmo.in/HelpOnParsers/ReStructuredText
> >
> >
> > Ah, thanks!
>
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