tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post5034652188342663875..comments2024-03-21T19:08:05.737-07:00Comments on Genealogy's Star: Why Wikis Work and other interesting facts James Tannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-82324712662944057112014-02-17T17:14:43.987-07:002014-02-17T17:14:43.987-07:00Fixed. ThanksFixed. ThanksJames Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-38990847148480014352014-02-17T16:25:11.366-07:002014-02-17T16:25:11.366-07:00Note: The link to MediaWiki.org is broken, as it i...Note: The link to MediaWiki.org is broken, as it is missing the 'a' in Media.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17779409214968505642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-69769586306182712432014-02-17T15:35:07.825-07:002014-02-17T15:35:07.825-07:00Interesting point. I would expect the larger genea...Interesting point. I would expect the larger genealogy wikis would have adequate backup. James Tannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02989059644120454647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527613590529958801.post-48953673707002308702014-02-17T11:54:17.307-07:002014-02-17T11:54:17.307-07:00One problem with those wikis that distinguish thei...One problem with those wikis that distinguish their "published" pages from user comments (& dialogue) about those pages concerns data backup James.<br /><br />Typically, the comments are deemed to be transient, and anything useful would is expected to be incorporated back into the main pages. That means they are rarely backed up.<br /><br />A previous company I worked for found this to its cost as when the wiki crashed, they could not reconstruct the dialogue between the support arm of the organisation and the customers.<br /><br />The company after that one experienced the same issue, although I was then in a position to warn them in advance.<br /><br />Even the BetterGEDCOM wiki suffered from this, and some clever programming was created to manually take a backup... just in case!Tony Proctorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18330460400737261264noreply@blogger.com