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Hi! |
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On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, George Prowse wrote: |
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> >> I'd like to propose some form of ability to post user comments |
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> >> to GWN stories. I suppose a full blown CMS system would work, |
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> >> but for the ease of time I'm suggesting that perhaps we open up |
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> >> a GWN section on the forums and post the text of the GWN (or |
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> >> perhaps each section) in a new thread each week and allow users |
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> >> to write comments. I think opening up this venue of feedback |
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> >> would let users more readily tell us what they're interested |
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> >> in, and it would allow GWN contributors/editors/etc to see some |
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> >> of the fruits of their labors. |
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> >> Any comments? |
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> >Principally, I agree (though I'd also rather go with the blog |
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> >approach as Patrick suggested). One point though: commenting only |
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> >being possible after registration may cut down on the spam (both |
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> >commercial and vandalism), |
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> You have to register for a forums as well (usually) and if it were |
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> made part of Gentoo's forums then there would be no need for extra |
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> moderators. |
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Okay, I put it a bit strangely. What I meant was that a blog does |
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not need registration (if it has sufficient anti-spam measures). |
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A forum usually does. |
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> >but it also raises the bar for legitimate comments. |
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> Again, the thread system of forums allows for easier viewing of comments. |
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Easier than a blog? I beg to differ. Does a forum have an RSS |
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feed I can subscribe to? A blog puts more emphasis on the order |
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of articles (in time) than a forum does. So I'm leaning towards a |
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blog. |
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> >I'm not saying there should be no hurdle, it's just that it |
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> >should be thought of/decided beforehand. |
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> Personally I think discussions in a wiki get more difficult the longer |
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> the discussion carries on, also i think the ability to get an email |
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> after comments have been made on a thread is a *big* advantage over |
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> the wiki style. |
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Oh, I wasn't suggesting using a wiki. One probably could make a |
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wiki work the way needed here, but I think using a blog (or |
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forums) is far easier. |
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> It would be easier to clean up and cut down on vandalism because GWN |
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> contributors and authors could have an ability to moderate said forum |
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> and delete threads once they have been used or discarded. |
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Well, moderators on a blog could do that too: most blogs allow |
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comments to be closed for articles older than a set number of |
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months/weeks. |
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Regards, |
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Tobias |
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