OT: best FOSS wiki for this classroom scenario?

[Ralf Mardorf]

PS:

On Sat, 22 Feb 2020 18:05:04 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>Markup languages used by forums, bug trackers and Wikis sometimes are
>really disgusting. Try to add code, when reporting an issue against a
>project hosted at GitLab.com . I'm not aware of anything that is nearly
>that disgusting, as the GitLab.com code issue is.

MediaWiki e.g. used by Arch Linux, as well as MoinMoin e.g. used by
Ubuntu do have their weak points, but for the purpose of documenting
software and the ability to implement code, both do a good job, at
least from a reader's and/or editor's point of view. I don't know how
much effort is needed for administrative tasks. I doubt that it's easy
for an admin to "test" a few Wikis by setting up a few Wikis, since a
lot of skills seems to be required even to set up just one Wiki.

Btw. the Wikipedia pages regarding MediaWiki and MoinMoin do not start
with a tagging, as the Wikipedia page related to GitLab does.

"This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss
these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these
template messages) This article contains content that is written like
an advertisement. (June 2018) This article relies too much on
references to primary sources. (December 2016) This article needs
additional citations for verification. (October 2018)" -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitLab

IOW if I would search for a Wiki, I would care about simple
information, provided by well known sources, such as Wikipedia first
and not care about the hype at all.

However, a good point mentioned by someone contributing to this thread,
is simply to sign up to different Wikis and to test the features
provided for users editing the Wiki, since I agree that the pros and
cons of the implemented markup language, as well as the provided
editors, are much related to the purpose.