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Here are the pros and cons of using the Wiki to store scripts

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Advantages:

  1. It uses the existing infrastructure that I've put up for the site, and gives people the opportunity to post scripts that they want to share with others.
  2. Based on the previous advantage, anyone can post a script without having to talk to me.
  3. People can edit the scripts in place and the author or me can approve/disapprove edits and branch off other versions if we need to. (think poor man's CVS)

Disadvantages:

  1. You have to surround the script with some special text (as discussed in the instructions)
  2. You can't just download a script and have it ready to use, the way you would with a link. You have to cut and paste the content of the script into your screen, or download the script using wget or a right click and then deal with the HTML to text translation issues yourself
  3. Anyone can edit (also an advantage), but I doubt this will be a big problem

So, something's better than nothing, wouldn't you say?