Hello everyone,

As you all know, Lemmy does not support wikis at the moment. I have seen other communities using solutions such as rentry.co (example: https://rentry.co/manjaro-controversies) to host their wiki content, do you have any suggestion on another solution we could use?

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    10 months ago

    A community like this will get people coming for answers to basic questions like “How do credit cards work” and “should I get a loan or a lease on my car”. Having a wiki provides a set place we can point to that has consistent answers to those basic questions, so they’re not answered differently every time they’re asked.

    • Illecors@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      This bit is absolutely solved by Lemmy - just pin an FAQ post, make it read only and note it in the sidebar.

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        The editable point has been made (workaround: make a new post periodically), but here are some other considerations:

        • organization - at a certain point, a massive post is hard to navigate; a wiki should show splitting it into sub-pages (could link to other lemmy threads, but that kinda sucks to maintain)
        • searchable - once it’s in multiple pages, I’d want to skip the index and search for something directly
        • linkable - I can link a lemmy post, but that link can bit rot if the pinned link changes
        • edit history - sometimes advice changes, if you use git, you can explain why in the commit message without cluttering up the actual text; likewise, if we find new advice to be bad, we can easily undo it later since the old versions are still there (esp. if it’s something complex like a flowchart)
        • can be shared by other communities, like maybe collaborate with an investing community, or a community for financial advisors
        • discussion - if advice is contentious, it can be discussed away from the main community, so meta posts don’t clutter regular discussion (could solve with a separate meta community)

        I think a separate wiki has a ton of value.