Yeah, especially with Markdown integration, which makes incredibly easy for someone to host their own "information site" and make it look nice and modern. I wonder if Wikipedia would ever change their revision system in favor of git.
Someone would have to own each Wikipedia page to approve pull requests. As it is now, anyone can do the edits directly even if there's not a person dedicated to curating a particular page.
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It's interesting to see how git/Github as a platform replaces Wikipedia in certain cases for collecting information and enabling people to contribute.
Yep. There are huge advantages to a GitHub model over Wikipedia for collecting information.
Shameless plug, but highly relevant: I'm trying to make 'git as a platform' more accessible for non-programmers with a project I'm working on - http://www.penflip.com. Wrote about it in detail here: http://madebyloren.com/github-for-writers
Glad to discuss it further if anybody's interested.
Have you seen Draft [0]? It seems fairly close to your concept of "github for writers".
[0] https://draftin.com
Indeed I have. Nate's got something great going with Draft, but I don't know if I don't think he's shooting for a github-esque platform.
Just looked at this, sounds like a great idea! I would use it to create a textbook for the high-school programming course I teach.
Yeah, especially with Markdown integration, which makes incredibly easy for someone to host their own "information site" and make it look nice and modern. I wonder if Wikipedia would ever change their revision system in favor of git.
Someone would have to own each Wikipedia page to approve pull requests. As it is now, anyone can do the edits directly even if there's not a person dedicated to curating a particular page.