I have no problems with setting up a wiki, my only concern is that if it
isn't hosted with the radiance site it won't achieve official status.
If you think otherwise, let me know & I'll go ahead & start setting
up the wiki.
mike
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From: [email protected]
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Of Rob Guglielmetti
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 3:48 PM
To: code development
Subject: Re: [Radiance-dev] Hi / feedback of code> More on documentation. It seems to me that it would be
nice for new
> users to have a place to help them get started...
>
> Sounds like a bit of work, but hear me out. On another
page, we would
> encourage experienced users to write about what helped them
the most
> getting started with Radiance. They would answer the same survey
> questions above, only at the end of it they would be directed to> a page
> with questions asked by the newbies, and be permitted to
edit or fill
> in the answers. Sort of a self-constructing FAQ with
personalization
> built in.This is what Wikis are all about. Have a look at the
newly-created Mac OS X Server FAQ:
http://www.macos-x-server.com/wiki/Main_PageThe admin created the FAQ, but anyone can click the edit link
on each topic and flesh out the answers to the FAQs, and add
more. It's a good example of a "new" Wiki, one that is just
starting to evolve.There would also be areas for essays on topics of general
> interest, such as "How I Got Started with Radiance" and
"Some Bonehead
> Mistakes to Avoid" and "Radiance Made No Sense To Me Until
I (fill in
> the blank)".This is an excellent idea. This is something I've always
wanted to do on my own site, but *still* haven't gotten
around to doing. Since I'm proposing to make a similar
presentation at the Montreal Workshop this summer, I can
pretty much guarantee that I would have some content for this
section in the future, and would love to contribute more. I
vividly recall my staggered start(s) with Radiance, and know
loads of people who were simply scared off by the
unix/shell/no-gui aspects of Radiance and never gave it a
fair shake. Something like you propose just may help a few
more people along before giving up and using AGI or Lumen
Micro (I'm thinking of the architectural lighting design
community first and foremost, since that's the aspect I deal with).> The trouble with a general FAQ for Radiance is that there
are too many
> aspects to it, too many different types of users, and too
many answers
> that will only serve to confuse people if they haven't been
properly
> primed. On the plus side, we have some amazing users who are good
> writers and storytellers and are a generally helpful sort.
I'm sure
> if we built it, they would come.Right on, brother, I'm in. Somehow, some way, I'd like to
contribute something.- Rob Guglielmetti
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