Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Design proposal

[Rob Scott]

Ive also got a nasty feeling people wouldnt want to
make the change to another system later in the project
and we'd end up using something inappropriate.

--- Tom Chance <address@hidden> wrote: > 
> > > I say let's go ahead and start using it NOW.   
> > > In fact, I have just posted an encyclopedia
> entry
> > there, myself:
> 
> Um, what have people like Hector and RMS been
> warning
> about over and over? Jumping at the first thing we
> see
> that we like, and not thinking about it. Bob is
> quite
> right... its not what we want, it does a half arsed
> job. We can make a far better system ourselves. You
> may as well see Windows and think "yes! thats great,
> lets use it" instead of spending years steadily
> developing Linux, BSD, Solaris etc.
> 
> 
> Tom Chance
> 
> 
> 
> > 
> > I know what you mean, but it's not usable for an
> > encyclopedia in its
> > present form. For one thing, not only is there no
> > editorial control,
> > there is now way of *really* knowing *who* has
> > modified articles
> > (although you can tell that they have been). Being
> > able to add your own
> > entries/subjects is fine, but you should not be
> able
> > to modify other
> > articles without the author's permission e.g. I've
> > added "[xxx]" to
> > your article, just to make the point (you're
> welcome
> > to remove it).
> > 
> > There are also big problems in terms of
> organisation
> > of information in
> > this sort of Wiki (e.g. properly handling
> synonyms).
> > I'm not saying
> > these sort of tools don't provide a good reference
> > model in many ways,
> > but they aren't even 20&% of what we need.
> > 
> > /Bob Dodd
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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