Yes, I like this idea too. The wiki-culture is a long tern road.
Thanks Dan. Cheers, linly On 2月18日, 下午11時04分, The Editor <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 9:55 PM, Linly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I think we can learn fromhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/where there > > are "featured article", "Did you know..." entries shown on the front > > page. It's the problem that so many pages hide in the wiki and you > > don't know where to find, how to start, and which page needing > > improvement. > > > So I suggest the BoltWire may consider some search (info) lists on the > > main: > > > 1) Most rated pages; > > 2) Update needed pages; > > 3) Most popular plugins; > > 4) ... > > We have had a family emergency this week that has kept me occupied. > Which is why my posts have been less then frequent. But here are a > few thoughts. > > 1) I appreciate the hesitancy to edit the docs pages, but that may > just be a culture problem here, as the doc pages have been edit > protected except by special permission. Now they are editable by > anyone with an account. But I sense that needs to be combined with > efforts to change the culture. Somehow we need to encourage > contributions to the docs. I don't think realistically I will be able > to provide the documentation BoltWire deserves because I lack time, > and perhaps just as imortant, I don't use the docs. I read the code > when I get stuck. So our best bet will probably be to transform our > culture into something more open, and solicit contributions. However > imperfect they may be. They don't have to be polished or perfect. > Maybe some kind of syntax like: > > <box> > Not sure about this but I think.... > </box> > > This might encourage people to suggest content when not comfortable. > Eventually these could be verified and added or deleted as needed. > > 2) To encourage development of the docs, I like the idea of some kind > of rating/flagging system. I propose we have a box at the bottom at > the bottom of each page with a simple check box to indicate whether or > not a user found the doc page useful, and second a text box to suggest > improvements to the page (with a few prompts, like questions not > answered, inaccuracies, ambiguities, etc). The first would just be a > running tally to give us some sense of the most helpful pages (just a > total of the number of yes clicks, perhaps converted to some kind of 5 > star rating). The second would be used to generate a search list > called docs.help or something, which anyone could scan periodically, > then edit pages they feel they can fix, and delete the suggestion. > > I'll try to get something up this week, but I'm finding myself short > on time these days... But I'll probably do something along these > lines. We could probably do the same things for the plugins as well. > Feedback? > > Cheers, > Dan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BoltWire" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/boltwire?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
