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Title: Can you move a wiki from SharePoint to Wikimedia?
Post by: Kevin Crow on May 20, 2010, 01:57:02 PM
If yes, do you lose data?

TIA

Title: Re: Can you move a wiki from SharePoint to Wikimedia?
Post by: insurebaltimore on May 20, 2010, 02:04:37 PM
I do not envy you, sir.

This will help:  http://churchofchai.blogspot.com/2007/10/sharepoint-to-mediawiki.html
Title: Re: Can you move a wiki from SharePoint to Wikimedia?
Post by: Bloody Jack Kidd on May 20, 2010, 03:18:31 PM
depending on how complex the sharepoint wiki is... you could cut, paste, format...
Title: Re: Can you move a wiki from SharePoint to Wikimedia?
Post by: Kevin Crow on May 20, 2010, 05:21:57 PM
Quote from: insurebaltimore on May 20, 2010, 02:04:37 PM
I do not envy you, sir.

I'm asking BEFORE I commit to the platform. We have Sharepoint, but I'm thinking Mediawiki might be a better choice.

Thanks for the link.
Title: Re: Can you move a wiki from SharePoint to Wikimedia?
Post by: Bloody Jack Kidd on May 20, 2010, 06:23:54 PM
Sharepoint seems to be more of a document repository - and if you look at the system reqs for the latest Sharepoint, they are STEEP!

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262485.aspx (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc262485.aspx)

I think it's suppose to build a hyperdrive in it's spare time or something...

Anyway... what's the goal ? - mediawiki is also quite powerful and has enormous config variability, but it's a wiki service first and foremost.
Title: Re: Can you move a wiki from SharePoint to Wikimedia?
Post by: Kevin Crow on May 20, 2010, 07:02:27 PM
We're using it for our agency help file - to document policies and procedures.
Title: Re: Can you move a wiki from SharePoint to Wikimedia?
Post by: Bloody Jack Kidd on May 20, 2010, 08:19:54 PM
I'm biased - but mediawiki would be fairly well suited to that task.  Can't beat the price.  Not super daunting to get going if you follow the documentation.  Would run well in a VM too.
Title: Re: Can you move a wiki from SharePoint to Wikimedia?
Post by: insurebaltimore on May 25, 2010, 10:58:57 AM
I like Sharepoint Services, from a user perspective.  From an IT perspective, I can't stand it.  Every little thing is 1000 times more difficult than it should be.  Restores, Migrations, etc...  they're borderline impossible.

I pushed REALLY hard to have a SMF-powered Intranet.  Sadly, I lost the fight.