Gentoo Archives: gentoo-dev

From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: An official Gentoo wiki
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:05:14
Message-Id: pan.2008.11.14.00.44.29@cox.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] An official Gentoo wiki by Tobias Scherbaum
1 Tobias Scherbaum <dertobi123@g.o> posted
2 1226596898.3918.4.camel@××××××××××××××××.de, excerpted below, on Thu, 13
3 Nov 2008 18:21:38 +0100:
4
5 > Wikipedia started using an extension for marking pages as "validated".
6 > See [1]. This would allow us to setup a group of "trusted people"
7 > (developers, long-time users, well-known contributors - for example) who
8 > would be able to review pages and tag them that way. Non-reviewed pages
9 > could show a header then clearly stating that this specific page hasn't
10 > been reviewed and might contain inaccurate information.
11
12 That sounds like a useful idea. They make it the default view. I think
13 I'd prefer a more normal HEAD view, but with a notation at the top
14 similar to:
15
16 "This wiki page as it appeared on <date> was<link to definition>
17 validated</link>. <link to snapshot>Show me the validated version.</link>"
18
19 --
20 Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs.
21 "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master --
22 and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman