Bug 75139

Summary: wiki is still not editable
Product: LibreOffice Reporter: john
Component: DocumentationAssignee: Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED NOTABUG    
Severity: normal CC: sophi
Priority: medium    
Version: unspecified   
Hardware: Other   
OS: All   
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Description john 2014-02-18 07:10:33 UTC
Hi there

I feel that it's critical that a end-user-editable wiki be exposed for users of LibreOffice so that USEFUL documentation can be crowd-sourced. For four year now, it's been the plan to migrate to user-editable wiki code (which we already had with OpenOffice) but this appears not to have moved forward at all
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Development/Wikihelp

My pet gripe is the documentation of the math/formula features. I can never remember what codes are needed in entering formulae, and the current LibreOffice wiki gives useless documentation spread across multiple pages with cryptic page titles. How do I find, for example, how to type an 'infinity' symbol? It requires painful iterative searching, which could be done visually with the old OpenOffice documentation page.

https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Writer_Guide/Math_commands_-_Reference

vs

https://help.libreoffice.org/Math/Formula_Reference_Tables

We need a ODF-supported place where users can contribute their tips, techniques, shortcuts and workarounds, and evolve the documentation either faster than, or at least as an augmentation of, whatever the ODF is able to formally coordinate.

Please could those with responsibility for the current wiki system consider prioritising this, as a small effort on the part of you guys would enable/facilitate a HUGE effort on the part of the user community.

Cheers
JP
Comment 1 sophie 2014-03-12 10:39:43 UTC
Hi, the wiki help is the mirror of the built-in help, which is the basis for the help provided in all languages. So if you want to modify it, please provide a text file or a patch on an issue containing your changes. On the other hand, you can use the documentation part of the community wiki. Closing for now. Sophie