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+====== Why a Wiki? ======
 Keeping information in a Wiki has many advantages:
-* The entire Pilot's Information Wiki can be searched, for example for 'airspace';
+  * 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 [[airfieldmanual:start|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 built-in[https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:VisualEditor Visual Editor].
+  * Presentation of the [[airfieldmanual:start|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.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; The Wiki software will create a [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Redirects 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.
-* Pages can belong to [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Categories Categories] (the pages in the Airfield Manual do), and if appropriate to more than one Category.&nbsp; Categories can belong to other categories.&nbsp; Not such a big deal at the moment for our small Wiki, but this can greatly facilitate organising of larger Wikis.
+  * 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.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki MediaWiki]) is widely used, the most famous site using it being [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page Wikipedia].&nbsp;
+  * 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!
-** As a consequence 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 important pages (such as those in the [[Airfield Manual|Airfield Manual]]) to a small group of users.
+    * It was also easy to install the software on our Web Server.
-* Each page has an associated discussion page which facilities input from the club's membership.
+  * It's possible to limit administration rights (and hence editing) to a small group of users, which has been done.

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