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Josh Saddler wrote: |
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> However, it's been quite awhile since the last time we (the GDP) talked |
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> it over. Given our current issues of manpower and time (see |
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> archives.gentoo.org for commit totals), perhaps a wiki could solve some |
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> issues? |
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> So, I'd like to hear what you think. Should we have a wiki? Why or why |
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> not? If so, for once, does anyone have some *sane* ways to admin and |
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> moderate such a wiki? |
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I for one, am very much for a an officially Gentoo-hosted wiki. The |
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unofficial wiki has been a very valuable resource, even with its |
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shortcomings. I think we should bring it on board and offer the security |
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of our infra resources. |
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I am of the opinion that we should see the wiki more or less as we do |
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the forums. It is a place where users can contribute to the Gentoo |
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community. I would expect most of our users are internet-savvy enough to |
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understand the nature of a wiki as user-generated and user-editable |
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content, and therefore not being as reliable as say our official |
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documentation. |
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We could form a team of moderators (from both user and developer base) |
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that would do some quality control, similar to what happens on |
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Wikipedia. They could indicate articles of particular value and quality, |
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as well as indicate if there are issues (outdated, incorrect, |
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incomplete, etc) with specific articles. |
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I don't see the "classic problems" as problems at all, as long as the |
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nature of a wiki is taken into account. |
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> 1) Who has access |
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Everyone. To restrict this would be a mistake, in my opinion, and |
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against the open and free nature of a wiki. |
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> 2) Who reports faulty articles |
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Wiki users (and mod team) |
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> 3) Who fixes them |
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Wiki users (and mod team) |
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> 4) Who verifies the article is correct |
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Wiki users (and mod team) |
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We could add a disclaimer to the footer along the lines of: this wiki is |
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open and free for everyone to edit, therefore Gentoo cannot guarantee |
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the accuracy of its content. |
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Ben de Groot |
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Gentoo Linux developer (lxde, media, desktop-misc) |
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Gentoo Linux Release Engineering PR liaison |
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