Protocol for collecting technical articles??

Discussion in 'PriusChat Website Questions' started by bwilson4web, Aug 27, 2007.

  1. Offline

    bwilson4web 03 and 10 Prius

    Member Since:
    Nov 25, 2005
    Posts:
    7,495
    Likes Received:
    1,394
    Location:
    Huntsville AL with 2003 Prius
    Your Vehicle Year:
    2010 Prius
    Model:
    III
    Hi folks,

    I suspect there is some protocol or system for collecting and indexing PriusChat technical articles but I'm not having a lot of success figuring it out. For example, the throttle plate cleaning instructions will become more important when the cold weather returns. Also Galexy's fuel tank disassembly is another important article. But near as I can tell, absent recent comment, they just 'age' and disappear into the archives.

    What is the protocol for submitting a technical posting that has a chance of being indexed and readily available to folks with similar problems in the future?

    Thanks,
    Bob Wilson
    bwilson4web, Aug 27, 2007
    Like Reply Share #1
  2. Offline
    • Moderator

    efusco Troll Slayer

    Member Since:
    Nov 26, 2003
    Posts:
    19,635
    Likes Received:
    881
    Location:
    Nixa, MO
    Your Vehicle Year:
    2004 Prius
    That's a good question. Ideally they'd be written up, submitted to Danny and posted up in the Knowledge base. Unfortunately the knowledge base has fallen into disrepair, shall we say, and hasn't been kept up at all. Perhaps a minor campaign to encourage Danny to resurrect it is, indeed, in order. Old articles need some refreshment, new articles need posting. My suggestion last week for a member built FAQ hasn't gone far...Galaxee submitted the first few numbers, but no one else has taken up the baton.
    efusco, Aug 27, 2007
    Like Reply Share #2
  3. Offline

    PhilCase New Member

    Member Since:
    May 18, 2005
    Posts:
    43
    Likes Received:
    0
    Location:
    Springfield, MO
    This seems like to pretty good application for adding a Wiki to the site.

    Once installed, "article maintenance" would not be a demand on Danny's time.

    Phil
    PhilCase, Aug 27, 2007
    Like Reply Share #3
  4. Offline

    bwilson4web 03 and 10 Prius

    Member Since:
    Nov 25, 2005
    Posts:
    7,495
    Likes Received:
    1,394
    Location:
    Huntsville AL with 2003 Prius
    Your Vehicle Year:
    2010 Prius
    Model:
    III
    <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(efusco @ Aug 27 2007, 01:57 PM) [snapback]502823[/snapback]</div>
    Owch! I missed that one. I've been maintaining a FAQ over in GreenHybrid and had entertained trying to Wiki it.

    I know original content is important but so too is collaboration on what we know. So I'm still stuck trying to figure out how to 'do the right thing.'

    Bob Wilson
    bwilson4web, Aug 27, 2007
    Like Reply Share #4
  5. Offline

    hobbit New Member

    Member Since:
    Mar 23, 2005
    Posts:
    4,089
    Likes Received:
    443
    Location:
    Bahstahn
    Your Vehicle Year:
    2004 Prius
    Model:
    N/A
    Those articles don't disappear; in the absence of deliberate h4x0r
    vandalism, everything from day 1 of priuschat is still in there.
    I've got plenty of priuschat threads referenced directly out of
    various webpages and as far as I know they're all still there.
    .
    But the "grand FAQ" has always been notably missing. A couple of
    people have made stabs at it, but always seem to run out of energy
    before really pulling it all together. What is "it all", too?
    There's a lot of info out there and one person's set of important
    point is not necessarily someone else's.
    .
    Oh, and don't even bother thinking about wiki-anything. Without the
    ability to lock content, you're in for nothing but full-time
    frustration trying to maintain such a document somewhere that anyone
    can write to. I applaud what people are trying to do with wiki
    entries but the one huge missing piece is the obvious security
    nightmare. Why they never have a means for a group of maintainers
    to agree "okay, this is done for now" and lock out changes, I
    can't imagine. Instead, they bandaid "page checkers" around it and
    hope and continually have to fight off vandals and spammers. That's
    hardly the way to run an information resource.
    .
    _H*
    hobbit, Aug 31, 2007
    Like Reply Share #5
  6. Offline
    • Admin/Founder

    Danny Admin/Founder

    Member Since:
    Nov 24, 2003
    Posts:
    6,083
    Likes Received:
    827
    Location:
    Charlotte, NC
    Your Vehicle Year:
    Other Non-Hybrid
    Model:
    N/A
    I've actually been working on a wiki for the site, and this is exactly what I have in mind for it. I'll keep everyone updated as I launch it, and then we can start moving that information into the system. The wiki will give us more flexibility in the future, as well.

    Hopefully I'll get that up in September.
    Danny, Aug 31, 2007
    Like Reply Share #6

Share This Page