[Rd] r wiki

[Gábor Csárdi]

I second this suggestion.

One possible complication I see is that if you would like to run the R
code (to display its output for example), then AFAIK you cannot simply
use Jekyll on Github's side, but would need some additional
infrastructure.

It might be possible to use Travis (or some other) CI for it, and
avoid installing additional software and/or servers, but anyway, this
requires some care and effort.

If you don't want to run the code, then it is very easy, apart from
the (one-time) migration cost.

Best,
Gabor

On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Yihui Xie <xie at yihui.name> wrote:
> I want to make a humble suggestion: migrate the wiki to Github, and
> build the pages using Jekyll+Markdown. That way, I think it will
> attract more volunteers. Simply look how many pull requests that
> Hadley has got for his up-coming book hosted on Github
> (http://adv-r.had.co.nz): https://github.com/hadley/adv-r/pulls I have
> had the experience of maintaining web servers and different wiki/CMS
> systems (including Dokuwiki -- I have even written a PHP plugin for
> it), and eventually I found I could not afford the time on the job of
> a system admin. Now I never do that again, and I just focus on
> maintaining the content. Let the professionals do the hosting and
> compilation service, and my life has become so much better (no more
> worries about security holes and attacks).
>
> Regards,
> Yihui
> --
> Yihui Xie <xieyihui at gmail.com>
> Web: http://yihui.name
>
>
> On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 12:10 PM, Philippe GROSJEAN
> <Philippe.GROSJEAN at umons.ac.be> wrote:
>> Uwe and all,
>>
>> I have problems with the R wiki engine. It seems that there is a systematic attack of the R wiki site that produces an overconsumption of the server's CPU, and consequently, my provider did shutdown the whole SciViews.org web site.
>>
>> Now, it is a bad time for me to work on this (very busy with exams + Master and PhD theses). I am currently looking for an expert in CMS to look at the problem. I don't know when I will be able to solve this and reopen the R Wiki.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Philippe
>> ..............................................<°}))><........
>>  ) ) ) ) )
>> ( ( ( ( (    Prof. Philippe Grosjean
>>  ) ) ) ) )
>> ( ( ( ( (    Numerical Ecology of Aquatic Systems
>>  ) ) ) ) )   Mons University, Belgium
>> ( ( ( ( (
>> ..............................................................
>>
>> On 06 Sep 2014, at 17:28, Uwe Ligges <ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Rather than asking here, I'd ask Philippe Grosjean directly, hence CCIng.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Uwe Ligges
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 06.09.2014 01:17, André Z. D. A. wrote:
>>>> This does not answer you, but if you are looking for something that existed on that wiki, it may help:
>>>>
>>>> https://web.archive.org/web/20140112055032/http://rwiki.sciviews.org/
>>>> doku.php
>>>>
>>>> And that wiki doesn't look like it had a lot of activity:
>>>> https://web.archive.org/web/20140301000000*/http://rwiki.sciviews.org/
>
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