# Using Posts as a Wiki?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-posts-as-a-wiki/151700
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 16, 2020, 3:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-posts-as-a-wiki/151700 "2020-05-16T15:16:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-posts-as-a-wiki/151700/21 "2020-05-18T20:37:30Z")
If you feel strongly about the above and have a budget, why not start a topic on the #Marketplace?
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### Author:  [@JQ331](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JQ331)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-posts-as-a-wiki/151700/22 "2020-05-18T20:43:13Z")
Thanks, all. These are helpful suggestions.
> [@Stephen](#):
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> If you feel strongly about the above and have a budget, why not start a topic on the #Marketplace?
At the point of needing to hire someone to adjust Discourse to make it a wiki, I’d probably say I’d just use dedicated wiki software.
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### Author:  [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2020, 8:47pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-posts-as-a-wiki/151700/23 "2020-05-18T20:47:30Z")
Those are really your only two choices here.
Discourse isn’t MediaWiki, at best it’s wiki-lite, presenting knowdge topics alongside discussion.
If you need something which is wiki-first it’s possible that Discourse isn’t going to be the best fit.
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### Author:  [@maiki](https://meta.discourse.org/u/maiki)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2020, 9:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-posts-as-a-wiki/151700/24 "2020-05-18T21:45:25Z")
One of the first things I did when embedding comments on other pages was introduced was embed/replace MediaWiki Talk pages with their Discourse discussions (adds back that talk _flow_ 🕶).
These days I just build docs in Hugo and pull in links to discussions via tags, because _information wants to be free_! ((And discussions are best viewed via Discourse’s web UI, IMO))
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### Author:  [@Tim\_Jefferies](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tim_Jefferies)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2020, 12:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-posts-as-a-wiki/151700/25 "2020-05-19T00:03:39Z")
I’m running a discourse install that is purely a wiki only site. It works fine with a few annoyances:
- There is no easy way to edit the wiki (you have to scroll down and click the pencil every time: very annoying for long wiki posts).
- There is no way to edit the same wiki at the same time with another user. I built the wiki hoping to use the [collab plugin](https://meta.discourse.org/t/collude-a-collaborative-text-editor-for-discourse/96474) in the long run. It’s not possible though (only for enterprise customers).
- Post length limitations are annoying. You can increase it to a point, but sometimes it isn’t enough.
- You can’t reply on a wiki or it breaks the latest functionality, with wiki post changes not being shown. The discourse team seem intent on not fixing this. The feedback I got was pretty clear - wiki posts are second class citizens and this will never change.
Here is my wiki install. I tried to make it like a cross between google docs, and a piece of paper on a desk. The idea was to create a user friendly space for my team to collaborate on process documents. Did a lot of heavy css modifications to create it (sorry I don’t want to share that code). The only plugin i’m using at the moment is the category sidebar.
Perhaps it might inspire you a little:
  
I have no regrets so far implementing discourse as a wiki so far. It’s greatly improved our workflow and allowed us to ditch Google Docs, which I loathe.
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### Author:  [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2020, 12:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-posts-as-a-wiki/151700/26 "2020-05-19T00:22:29Z")
> [@Tim\_Jefferies](#):
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> There is no easy way to edit the wiki (you have to scroll down and click the pencil every time: very annoying for long wiki posts).
Not true; click edit pencil at upper right then edit button on the revision dialog.
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### Author:  [@Tim\_Jefferies](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Tim_Jefferies)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2020, 12:33am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-posts-as-a-wiki/151700/27 "2020-05-19T00:33:15Z")
> [@codinghorror](#):
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> Not true; click edit pencil at upper right then edit button on the revision dialog.
Yes can do that but it’s not amazing from a UI perspective (my goal was easy to use for the layman). I wanted to replace the reply button on the scrollbar to an edit wiki button. But it’s too much work to figure out.
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### Author:  [@JQ331](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JQ331)
#### Post date: [May 19, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-posts-as-a-wiki/151700/28 "2020-05-19T01:27:41Z")
One point I did not follow: if you are able to use the collab plug-in, does that mean that users can do real time editing of a wiki post?
EDIT: Maybe that’s a moot point for now, as it looks like that collab plugin is [not functional](https://meta.discourse.org/t/collude-a-collaborative-text-editor-for-discourse/96474) at the moment (if it does get functional that would be great–one of the coolest plugins I’ve seen).
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