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In my head the question is: can a wikipedia-style MDN exist? If the answer is yes than I think op opinion is only on one type of model of organizing and funding
by 627467 6y ago
In my head the question is: can a wikipedia-style MDN exist? If the answer is yes than I think op opinion is only on one type of model of organizing and funding a documentation site.
Will a wikipedia-style MDN be successful if there are (in addition of volunteers) paid writers who cover the majority of the work need? Maybe not. Maybe that's what the existing MDN proves.
- jagged-chisel 6y agoIf we go wiki style, can we bootstrap with MDN? Is there a download with an acceptable license that could be used? I don't know if we'd get traction to bootstrap from nothing... EDIT: So I've found answers to my content questions at [1] - does the community have the appetite for an alternate site? 1 - https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/MDN/About#Using_MDN_Web_Docs_content https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/MDN/About#Using_MDN...
- tomduncalf 6y agoLooks like it (or the bulk of it) is licenced CC-BY-SA, so should be possible according to my understanding of the licence
- seabrookmx 6y agoIt already is a wiki. You can contribute right now if you wanted..
- 627467 6y agoWikipedia model goes beyond being a wiki. Wikipedia does not pay for content on itself. So they have no direct vested interest in the content. That is not the model of MDN, it seems.