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| * The entire Pilot' | * The entire Pilot' | ||
| - | * 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]]. | + | * 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: |
| * Wikis have built in version control, so: | * Wikis have built in version control, so: | ||
| - | * There is a [[http://pilotswiki.scottishglidingcentre.co.uk/ | + | * There is a [[https://pilots.scottishglidingcentre.co.uk/ |
| * You can see the history of all changes to pages; | * You can see the history of all changes to pages; | ||
| * It's easy to compare versions of a page to see what has changed, and who made the changes; | * It's easy to compare versions of a page to see what has changed, and who made the changes; | ||
| * if anyone editing a page wants to, they can easily roll back changes; | * if anyone editing a page wants to, they can easily roll back changes; | ||
| - | * Presentation of the [[airfield_manual|Airfield Manual]] on a table or phone is far better than with PDFs; | + | * Presentation of the [[airfieldmanual: |
| * 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; | * 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; | ||
| * Editing pages is relatively easy with the [[https:// | * Editing pages is relatively easy with the [[https:// | ||
| * 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. | * 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. | ||
| - | * It's easy to reorganise information and rename pages. The Wiki software can create | + | * It's easy to reorganise information and rename pages. The Wiki software can create |
| * Information - text and media - can be organised in ' | * Information - text and media - can be organised in ' | ||
| * The software we are using [[https:// | * The software we are using [[https:// | ||
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