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Docs - Request For Comments

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Gerdesj (talkcontribs)

I have been maintaining this: Intranet for a while now. It is my company's formal documentation for MW installations so I do not really care what anyone thinks of it (obvs!)

I would be grateful for responses to the following:

  • Do I create a OS install step by step with piccies? At the moment I stipulate "install Ubuntu minimal "Bionic" which is a bit terse.
  • Do I do a Windows server version? (I've only been wrangling the bloody things for 20 odd years but prefer Linux)
  • How do you find my writing style?

The last point is very important, I think. I try to be concise and try to avoid en_GB if I can but am I too technical or too terse or whatever? If you think my docs can be improved in any way, I am happy to see contributions and brutal (constructive) edits and comments.

(PS: Try going to the mw.org home page and looking for installation instructions. You'll likely find this link and start here: Manual:Installation guide That is not my idea of a good start page. That page may well be the first impression that someone gets of MW. I wonder how many wikis are lost to MW because of that? Perhaps this lot: https://mwstake.org/mwstake/wiki/Main_Page might like to look into this)

AhmadF.Cheema (talkcontribs)

Perused through it. Everything looks fine.👍

Gerdesj (talkcontribs)

Thanks but please feel free to actively criticise. I really will not be offended.

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