Wiki Software

[Matthew Flaschen]

Rich Johnson wrote:
> We use MoinMoin. 

Thanks.  Mario Đanić let me know that a few minutes ago.  I can see why
I wasn't able to figure it out.  The string "MoinMoin" apparently
appears nowhere on the wiki, except for the immutable pages that come
with the software.  I'm trying to fix this.

I looked into the software a little bit.  At least now I know how to get
editing help (http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/),

> There is a reason behind this, which I am not 100% positive. 
> Mark (sabdfl) did state a couple of months back in a blog post about 
> switching to MediaWiki. I prefer MoinMoin as it doesn't have a crapload of 
> useless tags like MediaWiki has

MediaWiki is bulky, but the actual editing syntax isn't that
complicated.  I think all the real tags (except <nowiki> and <ref>) are
actual HTML tags.  Again, it's mostly the same as MoinMoin.

Part of what annoys me about MoinMoin is that little idiosyncrancies
make it differ from MediaWiki.  For example, section headers must have a
space between the = signs and the actual heading; MediaWiki accepts it
either way.  Also, MoinMoin requires lines for list items to start with
a space (before the * or #), but they can't on MediaWiki.  Also,
CamelCase gets on my nerves because it's awkward both to suppress it and
to force non-CamelCase links.

, plus I have been using it for more than a
> year now, so I am comfortable with it as well.

I suppose it comes down to personal preference :)  I'm naturally used to
MediaWiki since I've edited Wikipedia so much.

Matthew Flaschen

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