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by jasonhiner

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Some of TechRepublic's most popular articles and downloads are the lists of "10 things." We've decided to take some of these lists and open them up so that the TechRepublic community can edit them and add to them.

To experiment with this idea, we've set up a public Wiki page at http://wiki.techrepublic.com. We'd like to get your feedback on the value of opening up content for TechRepublic members to edit and revise as a community, and we'd also like your suggestions on how to make this process easier and more intuitive.

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by bfilmfan

An excellent idea, since CNet steals about half their solutions from the peers here...

by charliespencer

I'm completely new to wikis and I'm very interested in how this plays out. Does anybody have any recommended etiquitte for wikis so I don't inadvertantly violate commonly accepted practices?

by jaqui

1 download linux
2 burn to cdrom
3 remove windows partition
4 install linux

you forgot the 10 things for Linux in the wiki, and I know there has been at least one 10 things download for Linux

by jasonhiner

But we'll be adding more of the lists soon. Stay tuned...

I'll make sure we add the recently-published Linux list that you referred to.

by stress junkie

Starting with the "TR How To's" is a good way to seed the database. I think that a TR wiki would also be a good place for answers to the technical questions. It seems that many technical questions fall into one of about ten common questions. Think, for example, how many posts ask the question "How do I get wireless network access point X to work with ?" My point being that maybe it would cut down on the number of repetitions of the same questions.

by charliespencer

I'm getting an error when I try to save the sandbox. I assume the sandbox is the page where I should be experimenting. I'm new to wikis and would like to make my mistakes on a non-production page.

by stress junkie

I tried to save a discussion to my workspace after you wrote this response to Palmetto. When I checked my workspace there was nothing there.

I have also had a lot of trouble just getting the workspace link to work. Usually (99% of the time) the link just times out.

by jaqui

I was just pointing out it wasn't a full set of the 10 things list :)

by radobson

Under Software / Development

10 things to have before you start coding
10 things to do after you're done

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