I opened my mouth and suggested that my company move its in house documentation to a wikimedia-based wiki, and now I'm finding myself in charge of the project. Basic data entry being "complete," I'm trying to figure out how to do some things that might make maintaining it a little bit easier (for example, I've already written a script to monitor the database and send me an email when a page is getting "out of date"). After poking around the Wikimedia Foundation Developer Hub, I'm finding myself at a bit of a loss for other projects that I might want to automate.

I know the adage goes that if it ain't broke don't fix it, but I'm interested in preventative maintenance. If anyone in the monastery has any experience using/maintaining one of these and would be willing to share some of their experiences, problems, solutions, and resources I would surely appreciate it.

Thanks much.

Update: I thought I might share the script I mentioned above for those who find themselves in a similar position. See here.

In reply to Tricks for Maintaining a Wiki by starX

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