It would be useful to expand this idea in the direction you’re suggesting, perhaps in a new top-level site, something like editions.tiddlywiki.org.
I could imagine an initial list (sorted by community upvotes) of edition types:
- Personal journal
- Public blog
- Time-management system
- Project planning tool
- Documentation site
- Link curation wiki
- Recipe list
- …
where on selection of one, the user gets another list of publicly available editions of that type, again sorted by community upvotes. Perhaps the editions could be hosted on that same site, or we could offer the option of doing so for those without reliable hosting.
Perhaps the GettingStarted tiddler could replace its “Click here to download an empty copy of TiddlyWiki.” with something like:
Choose a starter edition for a personal journal. a public blog, a time-management system, a project planning tool, a documentation site, a link curation wiki, a recipe manager, or one of 38 other categories. Or choose to start on your own by clicking here to download an empty copy of Tiddlywiki.
(note: all links are fake!)
I can imagine that we could insist that each edition include a dedicated tiddler giving an overview:
title: $:/edition/giving-paws/overview
caption: Giving Paws - pet care management tools
created: 20231204021127123
edition-category: Business management
edition-title: Giving Paws
edition-description: Tools for managing a pet-care business
edition-earliest-tested-tw-version: 5.2.2
edition-latest-tested-tw-version: 5.3.1
edition-authors: [[George Bird Grinnell]]
edition-contributors: [[Larry Andrews]] [[Marcia Glaser]] [[Helen Jones]] [[Fred Myers]]
edition-logo: $:/edition/giving-paws/logo.svg
!! About
Giving Paws is a tool to help those with personal pet-care businesses, including pet sitters,
dog-walkers, animal groomers, and the like.
It helps you track clients: both the animals you care for and the humans who pay the bills.
It lets you....
Something like that should minimize the ongoing maintenance both for the owners of the editions and those running an editions site.