Any Wiki gurus here?

[Kaido]

I have a Linux server running cPanel and I'd like to start up a couple Wikis. Any suggestions on what software to use? I'm a little overwhelmed at this list 🙂

http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiEngines

 

[tranceport]

MediaWiki which is in the PHP section.

 

[Kyteland]

I use MediaWiki and like it a lot.

Be prepared to have your wikis continually spammed. There's getting to ba a lot of tools out there to help you deal with it so you might want to install them from the get go. The SpamBlacklist extension and spam cleanup extension are nice to have, and I'm about to start using the bad-behaviour spambot blocking extension.

Some light reading:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Anti-spam_Features
http://chongqed.org/
http://www.homelandstupidity.us/software/bad-behavior/

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: Kyteland
I use MediaWiki and like it a lot.

Be prepared to have your wikis continually spammed. There's getting to ba a lot of tools out there to help you deal with it so you might want to install them from the get go. The SpamBlacklist extension and spam cleanup extension are nice to have, and I'm about to start using the bad-behaviour spambot blocking extension.

Some light reading:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Anti-spam_Features
http://chongqed.org/
http://www.homelandstupidity.us/software/bad-behavior/

Ahhh man, that looks like more work than it is worth. I don't enjoy moderating as a hobby, I guess I'll stick with my own little webpage 😛

 

[Zugzwang152]

what subjects will your wikis cover?

 

[Kyteland]

Originally posted by: Kaido
Ahhh man, that looks like more work than it is worth. I don't enjoy moderating as a hobby, I guess I'll stick with my own little webpage 😛

The easy solution there is to either find someone else to moderate for you, or disable signups and only let certain people edit. If anyone can edit you can be assured that the spammers will be.