[edutex] TeX teaching

Barbara Beeton bnb at ams.org
Tue Jul 25 15:57:03 CEST 2017


boris writes, in response to jim hefferon,

	HJS> Any interest in putting the energy into improving the LateX wiki
	HJS> on Wikibooks?

	HJS> https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX

(please excuse corruption of url; I have no control over the spam filter.)

	I do not have any experience with Wikibooks, so I defer to those who
	have.

	So, should we start our own wiki, or should we work with Wikibooks?

the existing latex wikibook is apparently pretty "popular", or at least
frequently referenced, so I think an effort should be made to clean it up.
(I've tried to submit some updates, but been refused because, it seems,
whoever judges such things doesn't know who I am or think very much
of my credentials.)  I'm willing to be "assigned" some sections that I can
edit (in my "vft" = voluminous free time) and turn over the actual update
suggestions to someone "authorized".  by "assigned", I mean that it would
be a good idea to establish a register of the contents of the wikibook, and
have people sign up formally to work on segments, so that there's not
duplication of effort.  divide and conquer.

that said, I'm not opposed to a separate wiki, but think that it would be
best to have a different focus.  reasonable topic for discussion, I think.

(I'm a rotten teacher, but good at spelling and catching errant commas.
if I can contribute that, I'm willing.)
						-- bb





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