Great stuff, it's definitely improving.
On 15 April 2012 01:20, Tim McNamara <[email protected]> wrote: > 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
