[Linux] flux wiki?
nv
linux@flux.org
Fri, 30 Mar 2007 09:49:03 -0700
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For what its worth -- (one individual's vote) - I agree completely with
Adam's comments. <br>
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Its awesome that someone put the effort to setup a wiki, two thumbs up
from me. Its a nice toy but unfortunately, wiki's do need maintenance
and can quickly resemble a trash heap. I have seen this happen - twice
- once even in a "controlled" corporate environment. And just starting
fresh isn't that easy, there is always some content on the old wiki
that is worth keeping and its very painful to migrate it.<br>
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If we need more flexibility on the flux.org site, perhaps its time to
make it more flexible and wiki-like and give a larger group of
individuals control over adding/approving content.<br>
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/nv<br>
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Adam Glass wrote:
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cite="mid33427efe0703300907s78296966uf9368606e7aeacdb@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">
<blockquote type="cite">Can I ask a simple question.... just out of
curiousity?
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Did you have some kind of childhood trauma with a wiki that made you
hate
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them so? I mean, did one touch you inappropriately? :-)
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I am trying to think ahead to the issues we would encounter. I'm glad
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you find it funny, but it is important to plan ahead when starting any
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long-term commitment. Volunteer groups have a habit of getting wildly
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enthusiastic about anything new, but then not following through and
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maintaining the effort. We have a limited amount of "volunteer power"
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and should use it wisely on efforts that can be maintained
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realistically and will benefit the local Linux community.
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<blockquote type="cite"><br>
The point of the wiki isn't always to populate it ahead of time. Part
of it
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is just to have it available for people to edit/modify.
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Obviously. But we should still figure out if there is anything to put
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there in the first place. That is, what needs does the current
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website NOT fulfill?
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<blockquote type="cite">If you have a
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trusted group of editors, I don't see an issue with just having it
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available.
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First, what are the criteria for choosing a trusted group of editors?
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Second, what happens when they disagree ... or when one or more of
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them leave? The answer to both is that more volunteer time has to be
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expended. And that is not something we have a whole lot of.
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--Adam
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