You could also pepper assertions like 'with funding from IBM' with [citation needed]. Which you won't get, because it isn't true.
B. On 14 April 2012 22:43, Robert Newson <[email protected]> wrote: > https://couchdb.apache.org/ :) > > On 14 April 2012 22:30, Tim McNamara <[email protected]> wrote: >> Are there any recent primary sources to draw from? Wikipedia editors >> really dislike large edits without references, even if they improve >> the article. >> >> >> On 15 April 2012 07:19, Jonathan Porta <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Any better with this: >>> >>> "Apache CouchDB, commonly referred to as CouchDB, is an open source >>> NoSQL database that uses JSON for documents, JavaScript for MapReduce >>> queries, and HTTP for an API.[1] CouchDB was first released in 2005 >>> and later became an Apache project in 2008. >>> >>> Unlike in a relational database, CouchDB does not store data and >>> relationships in tables, but instead stores structured data as JSON >>> documents. >>> >>> CouchDB implements a form of Multi-Version Concurrency Control (MVCC) >>> in order to avoid the need to lock the database file during writes. >>> Conflicts are left to the user to resolve. >>> >>> Other features are ACID semantics with eventual consistency, >>> MapReduce, incremental replication and fault-tolerance. CouchDB ships >>> with Futon, a web based administration console." >>> >>> >>> Jonathan Porta >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Apr 14, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Robert Newson <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Certainly very crufty in places. The Talk page contains unchallenged >>>> (and untrue) assertions that we're all moving to Couchbase server too! >>>> >>>> B. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 14 April 2012 16:46, Noah Slater <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Hey, >>>>> >>>>> Does someone want to take a look at the CouchDB Wikipedia article? >>>>> >>>>> The opening paragraph is terrible: >>>>> >>>>> "Apache CouchDB, commonly referred to as CouchDB, is an open source >>>>> document-oriented database NoSQL database system. It could be considered >>>>> similar to MongoDB." >>>>> >>>>> A document-oriented database NoSQL database system? What. We should also >>>>> not be compared to MongoDB in the first sentence. Or again, later in the >>>>> article. It should be sufficient to let CouchDB stand on its own merits. >>>>> Much like how the MongoDB article does not make constant comparisons with >>>>> CouchDB. >>>>> >>>>> There are a number of factually incorrect statements that need cleaning up >>>>> too. Like the statement that Damien Katz is our lead developer. It should, >>>>> instead, be noted that he retired from our PMC. Also, IBM do not directly >>>>> financially support the project, nor do any other companies. Individual >>>>> developers are not sponsored either. The only sponsorship our project has >>>>> is listed on the ASF sponsorship page. >>>>> >>>>> http://www.apache.org/foundation/thanks.html >>>>> >>>>> There are a few other problems too, like outdated references to Couchbase >>>>> and UQL. >>>>> >>>>> In general, there is probably a lot of love and attention someone could >>>>> pour in to this. I notice that it was updated last week to include the new >>>>> version number. So someone presumably has their eye on the article. We >>>>> just >>>>> need a little bit more work putting in to it, I think. >>>>> >>>>> I would do this myself, but I worry that I have a strong conflict of >>>>> interests. >>>>> >>>>> Anyone calm and rational and distant enough want to take this on? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> N
