2010/12/15 Hinerangi Courtenay <duckgoesoink@...400...>:
I agree with this viewpoint - a wiki would still be useful for drafts, collaboration, etc.
Finished information for users at least, could be published to a guide-like user documentation. When I said I was anti-wiki, I meant from a "user" point of view - someone who is new to Inkscape generally needs a more structured approach to documentation than a wiki (such as a "Getting Started" section as you mention).
A wiki does not preclude a structured approach to information, particularly with newer version of MediaWiki - see wikibooks.org.
The problem of insufficient documentation will not magically disappear if we move it somewhere else. What you perceive as a problem with the wiki is in fact a problem of insufficient manpower. It doesn't really matter where the documentation is stored; storing it on the wiki has a distinct advantage in that it has a low barrier of entry, so anyone can improve it. If we remove the incomplete documentation from the wiki we might end up not with better documentation, but no documentation at all.
What is needed is a concerted effort to organize the information available on the wiki, and remove outdated information.
When it comes to developer documentation, I agree that improving the source documentation would be better. There would still be some use for the wiki, which could contain developer tutorials.
Regards, Krzysztof