There's a new Open Steno Wiki on Miraheze, though with the following disclaimer: "This wiki is a work in progress and is not yet ready to replace the GitHub wiki."
The community members who set it up explained that they chose Miraheze for the following reasons:
Why not a GitHub-backed markdown wiki (not completely ruled out for the future)?
Why not the existing GitHub wiki?
The old Wiki has definitely gotten a bit old and musty, so I'm excited to see this new one spring up, and I'm looking forward to watching it take shape!
The community members who set it up explained that they chose Miraheze for the following reasons:
- We can easily export the data
- We can easily import it somewhere else if we decide this isn't the right place (lots of converters to e.g. markdown exist)
- It's free and open source (no need to fiddle around with hosting when we are experimenting)
Why not a GitHub-backed markdown wiki (not completely ruled out for the future)?
- PRs can take a while (could be solved by more people with PR approval permission and/or automating approvals)
- Many people are not familiar with GitHub who would be more familiar with wikis
- Going through "official open steno" limits the kind of content that is appropriate
- Would need to decide what technology to use, who would implement it, etc. which would take a while
Why not the existing GitHub wiki?
- SEO is terrible
- No easy way to search page contents
- Attached to the Plover GitHub rather than open steno as a whole
The old Wiki has definitely gotten a bit old and musty, so I'm excited to see this new one spring up, and I'm looking forward to watching it take shape!