because why not have a forum instead

Look at this picture. That are users that need 'tech help'. We prefer to sage them. A wiki will take away leverage.

>>18775805
you being sarcastic anonymous?

A wiki can have a very good structure and much more organised than a forum, let alone an imageboard.

Because /g/ can rarely come to a consensus about anything.

>>18775835
They won't go away, and deep down you know it.

Besides, everyone can learn a thing or two.
It would also be the ideal place for updated guides and tutorials instead of people asking for this pic or that pic.

>>18775869
lol I can see it now

>citation needed
>citation needed
>citation needed

>>18775852
okay but who would write it?
/g/ can't agree on ANYTHING, it would just be editing hell, everybody trying to delete anything they don't like, trolls trying to delete everything, then somebody will hack it and delete everything

somebody is going to have to host it/create it, and you know they aren't going to make responsible people admins, they're going to make their friends or people who agree with them or suck up to them the most the admins, so it's just going to be a "friends of x" club, look how that worked out with #/g/tv

I don't think it's a workable idea with the users /g/ has

>>18775905
>implying discussion is not a good thing.
No but I think it would be a good idea.

>>18775928
I wouldn't mind writing some, but I see your point.
Well we can always protect articles that received enough votes or consensus and eventually offer other method/other views underneath it

>>18775905
Lol'd

>>18775905
[citation needed]
[citation needed]
[citation needed]
FTFY

>>18775885
>They won't go away, and deep down you know it.

I don't want them to go away. They are fresh flesh ready to be trolled.
Unless a wiki gives them everything - For free...

>>18775905
>implying discussion is not a good thing.
No but I think it would be a good idea.

>>18775928
I wouldn't mind writing some, but I see your point.
Well we can always protect articles that received enough votes or consensus and eventually offer other method/other views underneath it

Couldn't hurt to try it, we will have backups and in the worst case, we keep the articles for personal use

I can see it now..

>Cp
>Chris Hansen
>FBI
>B raids
> Mass raging
>Neckbeard extinction
> G becomes /soc/

>>18775805
>because why not have a forum instead

a wiki would get spammed to death, its better to have a moderated forum

I thought there was a grecommendedwikia or some shit

http://encyclopediadramatica.ch/G

Sums up /g/ for everyone.. No its not a wiki, but its a page.

>>18775928
I would help write articles, I test a lot of hardware and can give accurate reviews and benchmarks (that aren't just /g/ trolls/popular opinion)

even /v/ has a wiki for fucks sake

>>18775975
but then we can actually discuss technology with people who (will) know what they are talking about, instead of saging and insulting eachother every post

>>18776001
NO, there are /i/ for that

>>18776037
not really serious, is it?

>>18776004

4 stickys that nobody reads, search function that only results in posts asking for something, but have been closed with reference to the search function.....

>>18776072
>but then we can actually discuss technology with people who (will) know what they are talking about, instead of saging and insulting eachother every post

We need no Wiki for discussions.

>>18776030
googled that, it's a /v/ wiki apparently.
If they can keep it civilised and on topic, I think we can manage too

>>18776063
would be cool, if you could do that

What is the IRC channel, it has a shitty name and windows update restarted my pc while i was sleeping thus closing my 20 internet tabs and MIRC

I'd also suggest keeping it on a pseudo toplevel domain, to keep the new/summerfags

>>18776122
>would be cool, if you could do that

I second that, a central place for such information would be great.

>>18776108
indeed, we would use the board for that.

>>18776158
>/g/
>mods
I noticed they started banning lately but it's not enough and besides very few threads are coherent and easily searchable, hyperlinks etc

I'm going home from work in a few minutes, in case the thread 404s, if anyone is interested in this and wants a bit of help, email included

Eh, if somebody seriously wanted to do this (who am I kidding, this is another idea doomed to fail), I can host it on my server. That's it.

>>18776216
saved

I think this could work, just need the initial motivation and see how it works out.

>>18776224
great! Unfortunately I have no knowledge whatsoever in deploying a wiki, but I'm sure someone knows the basics

>>18776266
I can deploy a basic wiki there, nothing too fancy, but before I do so, I would have to know that there are some people willing to update, edit and administer it, since I have no time to be tending to it past the system level.

>>18776300
I'd be willing to administer it, if you let me.

I hope you guys know we're setting up a new, moderated site, with special boards for each kind of post.

>>18776315
I'd be willing to help too by keeping it clean and shitstorm-empty.

>>18776315
Okay, give me about an hour to get it up and running.

>>18776300
I think there are a few people ITT who are willing, including me, and think more would want to contribute.

>>18776344
my man

This should not become another ed guys

Because we're all autistic knuckleheads that can't agree on anything.

>>18776315
If you are going to indeed admin the site, mind sharing an email for people willing to moderate?

someone made one a month ago, never visited it though

http://4changboard.wikia.com/wiki//g/_-_Technology_Wiki

Bump in all fields

>>18776426
at least a secure mail, such as one made on guerrillamail.com

>>18776399
nothing is preventing us from providing alternative opinions, methods

>>18776347
yes, but the issue of the criteria for what is and is not true.

ex: benchmarks vs realworld performace
leaks, and from which site are they acceptable to be post
operating systems, how can we keep it opinion free, and to a helpful suggestive manor

just a few things i thought as soon as i saw the thread started

/g/ HAD a wiki a few years ago. Didn't pan out and no one ever put content on it

>>18776443
These can be discussed on the site itself, that way we are not dependent on these servers for anything.

>>18775783
>We don't have a /g/ wiki?

What's to know? Every page would be the words "Faggot", "Macs", "AMD", "Nvidia" "burn", "no" and "drivers" over and over again.

>>18776470
I think you guys might like to know that we've got a working board up on at http://board.desktopthread.com

>>18775783
Because it'll be worse than Conservapedia

>>18776455
remembered the URL
www.fortbooze.net/gwiki/

naturally it's not there anymore but maybe someone else remembers it.

>>18776499
boards.desktopthread.com, sorry

$ man

So, anybody has any preffered wiki system? If not, I'm using Doku (since I most certainly don't want to use MySQL).

>>18776496
no, we aren't /b/. It should be an informative, "boring" place for interesting facts and guides, not a memefactory or a place for funny jokes

>>18776507
First.

>>18776553
No, I was first awhile ago. The board I posted on has been deleted since though; I think we're planning on 5 boards:
/cu/, for customizations (desktops, battlestations, guts)
/hg/ for hardware general
/bs/ for builds/tech support
/sg/ for software general
and NME planned on an /ap/ board, which is a bait apple board; posting on it is an instaban.

>>18776529
I don't know much about wiki's, but I'd say pick one that is easily exported and that can be converted into another format if wanted in the future

>>18776588
A likely story, the man was first. give him his dues

>>18776588
I see no posts, therefore, first!
Also, not like there are any threads at all to start with, so I made one.

*still waits for an overall decision*

>>18775967
It's not really about agreeing to anything. Yes, we have our differences, but facts are facts, and generally when it comes to this most of us have a good consensus.

ie, no one here has a problem when we write that "Model A is good for doing X", but the problem occurs when we write "Model A is better than doing X than model B" without sufficient research to back it up.

The whole point of a wiki is to provide facts, and opinions based on hard research. And I think /g/ is civil enough to handle it.

>>18776656
on what exactly? The email?

I'd say, start up the wiki, people who want to contribute start. See how it goes from there.
Keep the memes to a minimum, or none at all.
Pages locked by default? unlocked after a thread on /g/ discussing it?

I believe, for at least the first little while, only registered and approved members can make changes to the wiki, so that it doesn't start off as a trollfest. Then move to more of what wikipedia has, where if people constantly troll, revert and lock except for registered/mods to edit.

>>18776712
agreed. There is also less incentive to troll on a wiki than here were you have an imminent shitstorm, often well knowing the person is trolling

>>18776720
Yep, maybe mail

So, whoever wants to be an admin, drop me a mail. Also: what is the name supposed to be?

>>18776783
Sent.

>>18776783
OP here, never administrated a site so I'll leave that to someone who is competent. I think I can handle moderating it.

eh, name is unimportant for the time being. Put whatever you like.
Technology and /g/uides...

>>18776817
Received.
>>18776774
Received, too.

Once I'm done screwing up the persmissions, I will setup administrators/moderators.

And -
Please choose the license you want to put your content under:
None
CC0 1.0 Universal
Public Domain
CC Attribution 3.0 Unported
CC Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported
GNU Free Documentation License 1.3
CC Attribution-Noncommercial 3.0 Unported
CC Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported

If this was up to me, I would BSD the shit out of it, but hey, there are premade choices, pick one...

>>18776880
I cannot see a bad thing about using GNU, as this will never be made to make money, aside from perhaps server/your costs.

>>18776880
Choose the one where we have to most freedom to write what we want without having to worry about copy pasting, using images

>>18776880
GNU FDL
Also, does your server support SSL/TLS?

>>18776880
One-up for GNU

>>18776880
The GNU license fits /g/ pretty well.

>>18776880
GNU.

>>18776973
>>18776972
>>18776928
>>18776965
>>18776880

>All I saw were inane comments, but lauds on using GNU FDL. Free as in freedom.

I think a /g/ IRC network would be much more suiting. But a wiki isn't a bad idea.

>>18777042
why not both?

>>18777051
Why not. Good idea.

>>18776880
GNU. Preseve Freedom.

>>18777059
Let's finish the wiki before we worry about the IRC

/mfw people don't realize how many #/g/ IRC channels there are

GNU it is then. One admin setup, three moderators coming up. I will be done in a few minutes.

>>18777042
I do have one running for public use.

>>18777093
Channel=/= network.

>Why don't we have a /g/ wiki?
We would have about 3 articles and two of them would be "install gentoo" and "I would like to interject for a moment"

>FSF
>protecting freedom
i seriously hope you don't believe this

Unless anyone disagrees, I'll make an Inspircd server with services

Last question:
Editing open for everybody or registration needed? I'm inclined towards option 2, since, well, you know what I mean.