Graham Dumpleton wrote:
Anyone got any ideas about how we can run a semi informal review process on any major new additions. When a page has been up for a while just going in and making them change is reasonable, but if the person is in the process of still putting it together what is the best way of providing feedback. Is it just a matter of ensuring that a page isn't linked to in the wiki until people have had a chance to look over it and comment? Do we discuss it on the mailing list when there are issues, or put comments direct into pages?
I think we'll experience growing pains while the wiki is in its infancy. Rather than implement a moderation process, we should probably let people add content until we get an idea of how it should best be organized. The new posts are generating a number of discussions that are actually helpful to the community at large, and imposing a review process may discourage contributions. I think all wikis eventually reach a point where access controls are tightened, and eventually we're going to be spammed, anyway. In the meantime, even correcting erroneous posts provides a foundation for adding new content.
Having said that, do we have any resident experts on MoinMoin access controls?
