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   * The entire Pilot's Information Wiki can be searched, for example for 'airspace';
-  * You are always presented with the latest version of a page. A paper document can show it's date of printing / when it was last updated, but there is no way of knowing if it has been altered since - especially important for the Airfield Manual]];
+  * You are always presented with the latest version of a page. A paper document can show it's date of printing / when it was last updated, but **there is no way of knowing if it has been altered since without checking the online source** - especially important for the [[airfield_manual|Airfield Manual]].  This is not possible if the definitive source is a Word document on someone's PC;
-  * You can see the history of all changes to pages;
+  * Wikis have built in version control, so:
-  * Wikis have built in version control
+    * There is a [[https://pilots.scottishglidingcentre.co.uk/benefits_of_a_wiki?do=recent|Recent Changes]] link at the top of each page which will show all recent changes to the whole Wiki;
-  * It's easy to compare versions of a page to see what has changed, and who made the changes;
+    * You can see the history of all changes to pages;
-  * if anyone editing a page wants to, they can easily roll back changes;
+    * It's easy to compare versions of a page to see what has changed, and who made the changes;
-  * Presentation of the [[Airfield Manual]] on a table or phone is far better than with PDFs;
+    * if anyone editing a page wants to, they can easily roll back changes;
-  * Editing pages is quick easy with the Visual Editor;
+  * Presentation of the [[airfield_manual|Airfield Manual]] on a table or phone is far better than with PDFs;
-  * Wikis make collaboration easy, so a group can work on the same topic.
+  * Additionally PDFs generated by DokuWiki include a QR code for the page, which makes it easy to quickly find it online and see if it's been updated;
-  * Wikis encourage a top-down approach to organising information - you can make a link to a page before the page itself is created. These links appear in RED.
+  * Editing pages is relatively easy with the [[https://www.dokuwiki.org/plugin:prosemirror|Visual Editor]] (though not as easy as using your favourite WP program);
-  * It's easy to reorganise information and rename pages. The Wiki software can create a [[redirect]], which seamlessly takes you from the old page address to the new one.
+  * Wikis encourage a top-down approach to organising information - you can make a link to a page before the page itself is created. These links appear in RED.
-  * Information - text and media - can be arranged in '[[https://www.dokuwiki.org/namespaces|namespaces]]' which helps keep it organised, rather than having one big pile of links.  Divide and conquer!
+  * It's easy to reorganise information and rename pages. The Wiki software can create redirecta which seamlessly take you from the old page address to the new one.
-  * The software we are using [[https://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki|DokuWiki]] is widely used.  As aconsequence:
+  * Information - text and media - can be organised in '[[https://www.dokuwiki.org/namespaces|namespaces]]', rather than having one big pile of links.  Divide and conquer!
-  * ** There is a mass of information and help available, both official and unofficial.
+  * The software we are using [[https://www.dokuwiki.org/dokuwiki|DokuWiki]] is widely used.  As a consequence:
-  * ** It's relatively easy to build a test website to 'learn the wrinkles' - this is what Sally has done.
+    * There is a mass of information and help available, both official and unofficial.
-  * ** It's also relatively easy to install the software on our Web Server.
+    * It's relatively easy to build a test website to 'learn the wrinkles' - this is what Sally has done.
-  * It's possible to limit editing to a small group of users.
+    * It was also easy to install the software on our Web Server.
+  * It's possible to limit administration rights (and hence editing) to a small group of users, which has been done.

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