Yes I thought so. I admit that I know nothing about programming or the business of programming. My suggestion of requiring 3 programmers per project is perhaps not feasible. I don't know. I am merely using this "idea" as an example to say that perhaps Xenforo can set up whatever standards they deem appropriate for a "priority status." And also of course, keep an open ear toward any suggestions that you (Jaxel) might have in adjusting such standards.
Then, from my perspective, Xenforo administration in granting priority status assures me, "we have arrived at an understanding that assures the continuity of this add-on..." Then I would take their word for it. I would subscribe to the add-on in full confidence.
Otherwise--no matter how excellent an add-on might be--as a site developer, I tend to agree with Josh and Mr. Björkman that I might as well go with VaultWiki or even a non-integrated WikiMedia. However flawed that solution might be, it will be sufficient. Continuity of support is of basic importance.
P.S...
My argument is that if something is very interresting, it should be placed in the wiki of the
www... Yes, wikipedia have restrictions, but that also ensures some sort of quality...
Well the idea that "everything of value can be posted in Wikipedia.org..." is certainly not valid. For one thing, Wikipedia.org only allows regurgitating other sources--original findings or analyses are not allowed. More to the point, a local wiki enhances member interest, in innumerable different ways, as discussed earlier in this thread. I suspect that Mr. Björkman and perhaps most people have the misconception that a wiki is limited to an encyclopedia.
Wordpress is not a wiki system... A bridge is a huge no-go, as we've already provided the arguments for in this thread. It has got to be integrated in/make us of the (outstanding/easy to use) UI/UX of Xenforo itself, being it as a third-party plug in or a default feature.
Well I would just like to point out that there is a Xenforo-Wordpress bridge, and that Wordpress integrates readily with MediaWiki, and that Wordpress.org seems committed to supporting this integration for its own official "Codex." Therefore, Mr. Björkman is partly correct, in that if anyone wants an XF+WP+MediaWiki community, this is already available and fully reliable.
Incidentally, there are also several "native" wiki plug-ins for Wordpress/Buddypress. But, as implied here by Josh111, these start with enthusiasm and then peter out, leaving webmasters with a mass of un-migratable data. The "BP-Wiki" was much-lauded but became unusable after Wordpress 3.0. The lone programmer then began a 3.0 update but was halted midstream, running low on spare time, and also seeing a new Wiki add-on diluting the interest. Currently his clients are waiting for this new Wiki to be completed--and which I suspect is likely to repeat the same cycle all over again. Therefore, for a Wordpress-Wiki combination, I have decided to follow the path of Wordpress.org and go for MediaWiki integration.
The reliable Wordpress plug-ins tend to be (a) group efforts or (b) offically supported by Wordpress.org. Two examples of quasi-official WP plug-ins are the BBpress forum and the Buddypress Facebook-style networking. These are not full-featured but are functional and reliable. Meanwhile MediaWiki is, of course, not a plug-in but an extremely well-established platform in its own right. Also, blogging and Facebook-style networking have somewhat eclipsed the more old-fashioned concept of "forums." Wordpress 3.0 also enables a multi-layered "reply to comment" system that combines forum-style discussion with blogs. Therefore, I expect to build several substantial communities without even using Xenforo.
To keep up with the trend away from forums and toward blogging, Vbulletin made the Vblogger. In my view, this was a mistake. Wordpress has so much popular inertia (not to mention corporate sponsorship, and quality, and flexibility and being free) that it seems impossible and pointless to compete with Wordpress. Far better is simply (a) be sure to maintain a top-notch bridge for Wordpress, and (b) also develop a "priority status" system to reward and encourage major third-party Xenforo add-ons, and (c) in doing so, help to reassure Xenforo clients that these add-ons can be relied on. Thus, almost risk-free and cost-free, Xenforo might assure itself and its clients of always riding the crest of whatever popular direction is taken by social media.
(Xenforo also might require users to pay something like $3-$10/year for certain premium add-ons, depending on the complexity, of which Xenforo receives perhaps $1/year commissions. And so the cost is kept low and yet both XF and the premium add-ons receive substantial extra income.)
) is that if an add-on developer feels strongly enough about creating good, solid add-on products, then start developing them and start charging for them. I feel there likely is room for a good developer who can make a living from providing quality plugins and addons (and support for their products) for XF.
