This capability is one of the neatest features of Discourse, our forum software! It allows “regular” members (trust level 3 and above) to create posts (wikis) that are editable by any other regular member, for the purpose of creating a master summary of important information. Here is how:
Create the post
use the appropriate formatting
** bold headings
** copy-paste the triple line and last wiki line “End of wiki ---------- comments start here” from an existing wiki
Include a Resources or References section at the end
Save the post in a wiki subcategory within the appropriate category
On the post, on the bottom right-hand side, select the “…” icon, and click on it
Select the wrench
Under the wrench drop-up, select “Make wiki”
Tag the wiki “wiki” (that is the only way we can find wiki posts outside of the wiki TOCs)
Add a link to the wiki in the wiki subcategory TOC
I’m glad you posted this. I definitely want to do one for the calibration factor, but I’m not quite ready yet. I do have a question though about how this works in general. When you create one, is absolutely anybody able to edit it? I guess I’m trying to understand exactly who, within the group or not, would have that capability…
@Michel, then I would be fine with that. I was not even afraid of the people within the site editing as much as I was afraid that people from outside it could. I’m not being uptight. My concern is that I do use my calibration factor for something different than what is available on the net right now. I still have a lot of information to hammer out, but I know at this point what its potential is… at least in what I’m able to do with it. I just don’t want to post something and have people edit it to fit current available information. If that makes any sense…
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