Much more emphasis on Fedora users needed in wiki

[Valent Turkovic]

On Wed, Oct 22, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-10-22 at 16:06 +0200, Valent Turkovic wrote:
>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 2:48 AM, Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 06:53:10PM +0200, Valent Turkovic wrote:
>> >> I just posted a new howto on my blog.
>> >>
>> >> Bluetooth GPS Fedora howto:
>> >> http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/index.php/archives/bluetooth-gps-fedora-howto/
>> >>
>> >> Is there somewhere on Fedora wiki a place for it?
>> >
>> > You don't have to ask, Valent, it's a wiki.  Every user has a draft
>> > space under their username on the wiki.  For instance, mine is:
>> >
>> >  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Pfrields
>> >
>> > When I want to post something for people to edit, I use:
>> >
>> >  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Pfrields/My_new_document
>> >
>> > If you want the solution to be globally searchable, you can use:
>> >
>> >  https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Some_new_document
>> >
>>
>> Thank you Paul,
>> I made new document on wiki:
>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Valent/Fedora_Bluetooth_GPS_How_To
>>
>> Maybe I wasn't clear (english is not my primary language) but I wasn't
>> asking how to put page on the wiki (but still thank you very much for
>> explaining) but how to better organize Fedora wiki for Fedora users.
>>
>> Have you looked at Gentoo wiki? Have you looked at Fedora Solved?
>>
>> That is what I'm talking about.
>>
>> Let's make Fedora wiki better for Fedora users with a HowTo section on
>> the front page that makes use of best howtos currently in drafts. When
>> the "wiki infrastructure" is up I guess that other Fedora contributors
>> will join and add much more Fedora howtos and guides.
>
> I think that's entirely the *wrong* way to use the wiki.  Wikipedia
> doesn't organize things in hierarchies either.  Instead, we should title
> all pages in ways that allow the "Search" feature to work properly, like
> this:
> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=bluetooth&go=Go
>
> Notice how your page comes up, because you named it properly.  *That's*
> how the wiki should work, not by arbitrary hierarchies.

http://www.uploadgeek.com/uploads456/0/wiki-search.png

I don't see my page come up :(

I tried logging on and searching again, but I don't see it. Look at my
screenshot. Could you also share your screenshoot to see what I'm
missing.

Thank you,
Valent.

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