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[grubstreet] [OT] using Wiki for people contacts

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From: Alex McLintock
Subject: [grubstreet] [OT] using Wiki for people contacts
Date: 17:17 on 19 Dec 2002
I'm asking a generic Wiki question here rather than a Grubstreet one. Sorry.

I run a Wiki as my company information store - ie any old notes here and 
there get shoved in there rather than on post-it notes.

What I want to do is to start using it as a contacts database. I speak to 
an awful lot of people in the  book industry, financial world, software 
world, and so on.
I find it hard to keep track of everyone. I'm thinking that doing it as a 
Wiki would be best. I can write a page about everyone with their important 
details.

I am wondering whether anyone else has already tried this and could offer 
me advice?

One Grubstreet thing I like is the use of Categories. I am thinking of 
adding categories to my Wiki. I assume no code changes are required from 
Usemod?
Instead of Categories I currently use the "directory" facility eg 
"Publishers/HarperCollins" or "OpenSource/Apache" but that has obvious 
limitations.

I'm rambling. Any tips?

Alex


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