On Thu, 05 Jan 2006 20:09:04 +0000 Andrew Benton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Jeremy Huntwork wrote: > > I think I still prefer the wiki. And re-establishing a properly > > moderated and full-featured wiki could benefit the entire LFS > > community once again, not just BLFS. The only reason our old wiki > > was dropped was because of lack of use and poor moderation. If we > > have more regular users and a tighter setup, then the wiki could > > become invaluable to all projects. > > Yeah the wiki idea has it's strengths. People have more freedom to > post stuff that they know about. But the experience of the LFS wiki > suggests that it may not fit in with the culture of the LFS > community. I remember going to the wiki a couple of times, there > wasn't anything there worth reading, so I didn't go back. The only > time I've found a wiki to be any use at all was when I was trying to > get my tv card to work. Google I found a page in Ubuntu's wiki that > told me stuff I hadn't found out in weeks of trying on my own. It was > like gold dust. But still, I have my doubts because of the history of > the LFS wiki There were several problems with the LFS wiki. 1) It was a solution looking for a problem - the people that pushed it wanted to play with wiki technology. There was no serious rationale for it in the LFS development process. 2) I tried to use it for Hint development, and because it was an unrestricted wiki - no registration enforcement - unknowledgeable Oiks kept screwing with my pages. 3) In the early days it didn't have page version tracking, and even later when it did, it didn't work properly. 4) Others used it for LFS book extensions (e.g. which distro's worked), but since it couldn't be part of the printed version - that was never going to work. A Wiki, and this goes for all collaborative writing really, only works if all the authors want to use it, and it supports the work they want to do. For BLFS the wiki needs to be a tool for trusted contributors, not open season. The way in should be 'Please Bruce, can I have write access to the wiki becuase I'm an expert in XXX?' not 'I filled in the web page with my nom-de-plume, and now I'm gonna write ungramatical drivel'. R. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
