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Old Feb 1, 2007 | 6:08 am
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Originally Posted by Viajero
Is there really a need for this? I like the all-in-one-shop apporach we have here, and the two sticky threads are pretty goood as they are; if something is missing from one of them, particularly the FAQ, why not just add to it?
I'm a former skeptic, but I'm now fully converted to the advantages of wikis. Some of the stickies you mention are quite dated, and getting them updated is not easy - either the original poster or a moderator needs to be engaged, and I am guilty of just "not bothering" when I spot something out of date. The concept of shared editing / updates is what makes things like wikipedia.com so successful. I believe the same approach will work on FT.

The other huge advantage of the wiki is the ability to embed tables, images and other "nicer" formatting - FT threads are quite restrictive in that respect.

I've been working on the BA wiki...no doubt if/when time permits, I'll be tackling some of the stuff here too.

Last edited by SLF; Feb 2, 2007 at 12:20 am Reason: add "Some of" per Austinrunner's post below
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