Would like to create a collection of valuable postings / threads #wiki
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Hi
Our group would like a way to collect postings and threads that would be particularly valuable to have available for easy reference at any point in time. I know you can make posts sticky, but after a few years I foresee us having hundreds of these posts, and I think that's an excessive number of stickies. I thought maybe the WIKI would be a good way to do this.? But I don't see any kind of automatic connection between postings and wiki pages. Would messages have to be manually copied/pasted into a wiki entry?? That would would be very tedious. Is there another way to best accomplish my goal? |
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On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 12:09 AM, Chris Hart, MyMacTech wrote:
I thought maybe the WIKI would be a good way to do this.? But I don't see any kind of automatic connection between postings and wiki pages.Do you need the entire text of the message?? Would a short description and a link work? My first thought is to use descriptive hashtags, but it might be difficult to sort that many.? Another thought is to use the wiki with sections for various types of information, then have links to the actual message within that section with a description of what it's about.? (Each message has a permalink at the upper right that you could copy and paste.)? Even a database could be used, but it would need to be one row per item. Duane -- Help: /static/help GMF's Wiki: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Search button at the top of Messages list A few site FAQs: /static/pricing#frequently-asked-questions |
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Chris,
Our group would like a way to collect postings and threads that wouldSounds like the intended purpose of hashtags. You may have hundreds of useful posts, but how many different subject matters? If you can come up with a smaller number of categories you can make a hashtag for each category, and then the Hashtags page can be used to find all the topics in any category. The weakness of hashtags is that they are presented on the Hashtags page in alphabetical order - there's no other way to organize them. But you can color-code them and you can give them succinct descriptions. Would messages have to be manually copied/pasted into a wiki entry?Yup. On the other hand, the Wiki has its own advantages, especially when you want to take the information out of the "in the moment" context typical of messages and re-author it as a reference work. A short description and link would work.That's another advantage of a wiki: you can mix those two methods (purpose-written articles and message citations) on an as-needed, or as convenient, basis. GMF's wiki has many examples of this both on its home page and in the content of other pages. But I think it is unquestionable that a wiki will take more effort to set up and maintain than a curated collection of hashtags, possibly /much/ more effort. Shal -- Help: /static/help More Help: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki Even More Help: Search button at the top of Messages list |
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A weakness of hashtags in this application is that you cannot tag a single message. Hashtags are associated with topics, not messages...so if you want to single out one message within a thread, that won't work.
It may be burdensome, but I really believe the wiki is the best way. As Duane suggested, you don't have to copy the entire message to the wiki, just create a list of topics and hyperlink them back to the original message and/or thread. You can even make this wiki page "sticky" if you want. Bruce |
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Thanks for all the continued input!
I didn't initially like the idea of using tags, because I was ideally hoping for a summary page that is easily reviewed / searched.? But Tags might actually work well.? I have to have a talk with some other board members and gauge their feeling.? And also see who in the group might be willing to create / manage the wiki page. When I went looking for the tag function, all I see is Hashtags... https://cas.groups.io/g/groupname/createhashtag Just wanted to make sure whether or not they are one in the same. |
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Groups.io uses hashtags.
You can search by hashtag and you can see all the hashtags. Search (use dropdown menu). and /g/GroupManagersForum/hashtags If you click on Topics in this display, it will show you all posts tagged with that hashtag. If you click on Edit, lots of options. And you can stop others from creating new hashtags, In Admin, Settings, Message Policies. - Hashtag Permissions
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Chris Hart, MyMacTech
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