I've spent some time this morning, working on the introduction and making from stylistic changes. I think the text is much more readable now. Some support on more supportive matters would be welcome.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CouchDB&diff=487423562&oldid=487381176 On 15 April 2012 09:44, Robert Newson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
