# Text Version of Podcasts

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**Category:** Podcasts\
**Created:** [May 6, 2017, 7:45pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/text-version-of-podcasts/221 "2017-05-06T19:45:09Z")\
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> [@Sushi](#):
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> but that would mean someone has still to go and merge everything…

I know who you mean, but as I wrote above: I would do that/maintain the texts if the work isn’t too much. 🙂

> [@Sushi](#):
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> The risk with a wiki is that it needs perpetual monitoring to avoid some joker messing it up.

I don’t think that this is a problem. My [version history](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/thimbleweed-park-versions/661) is a wiki post and no one has messed it up - yet. 🙂

> [@Sushi](#):
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> So I’m also in favor of regular posts, but each with just 1 owner.

The problem is, that you can’t edit the posts after a while. So what happens if we have to rewrite parts of a text? After the post is locked we would only be able to track the edits in the comments below. And …

> [@Sushi](#):
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> hen you commit yourself to transcribing a certain podcast, you create the new topic first (category: Development/Design, title: Transcript Podcast #n) with an initial entry “coming soon”, which you later replace.

… this could lead to the situation that the person can’t edit “coming soon” anymore. So the person has to keep “coming soon” in the first post and post the podcast text in the comments below. And shouldn’t we publish the auto-generated texts as a help?

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