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On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:45:32 -0500 |
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Mark Loeser <halcy0n@g.o> wrote: |
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> What are others feelings on this? What issues do you see with having |
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> a wiki? Do you see anyway to resolve the issue you see with us |
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> having a wiki? |
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What will policy on articles that are horribly dangerous or outright |
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wrong? Is Gentoo prepared to block or warn about articles that recommend |
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stupid things? If a warning is used, what will be used to distinguish |
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between a generic "wiki, not necessarily checked by sane people" and a |
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"article known to be horrible"? |
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The problem with wikis is that enough of them contain enough good |
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information that people assume that all of them are entirely correct. |
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Even if warnings are used, the assumption is often "well I was warned |
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about another article too and that turned out OK so I can ignore the |
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warning". And whilst it might be OK for some people to say "well, we |
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warned you, so tough luck", it makes life very difficult for developers |
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who end up having to deal with hordes of users with broken systems... |
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Ciaran McCreesh |