wiki.dlang.org: How about replacing MediaWiki with a Git repo?

Anton Pastukhov mail at anton9.com
Tue Aug 4 10:57:12 UTC 2026


On Tuesday, 4 August 2026 at 01:52:53 UTC, Mike Shah wrote:
> On Monday, 3 August 2026 at 21:03:11 UTC, Mindy Batek (0xEAB) 
> wrote:
>> On Monday, 3 August 2026 at 21:01:55 UTC, Mindy Batek (0xEAB) 
>> wrote:
>>> and GitHub pages?
>>
>> Bonus:
>> This way, we could get rid of the Anubis  and the homebrew — 
>> *cough*seizure…generator…*cough*, pardon, — circle challenge.
>> Which features non-responsive design and is an eyesore and 
>> PITA on mobile devices.
>>
>> (Seriously, how does one achieve to make it both 
>> non-responsive as well as locking down the browser’s zoom 
>> functionality so that one can’t even put the whole thing on 
>> screen?)
>
> Anything that helps make it easier to update and write 
> documentation I am in support of.
>
> Two questions:
> 1. Would someone have to manage pull requests otherwise for 
> editing entries?
> 2. Were you otherwise thinking of mirroring the wiki page 
> entries to be similar to the new dlang blog (It may be good to 
> have a similar format)?

Github (and Gitlab) wikis are just a bunch of Markdown files. 
They can be edited in a web editor, if you have a GH account. 
That will make a commit under the hood, but the editor won't 
necessarily sees it.


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