On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Mark Phippard <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 1:06 PM, C. Michael Pilato <[email protected]> wrote: > >> NOTE: I'm making two assumptions here: (1) that we would never consider >> using a Wiki that didn't send page change notifications to our commits@ list >> (or maybe a dedicated wiki@), and (2) that any wiki service that the ASF >> provided would be covered by their backup mechanisms. >> >> What say you? > > I'd like to add one more thing here. > > Presumably a primary goal in moving some content to a wiki is to be > able to widen the net of who can edit the pages. So we also need to > know how those controls work at ASF. While we may get tired of > applying and committing patches to some of the pages, it is a heck of > a lot better than a Wiki if these same users cannot just add the > content themselves.
Re-reading, I see you touched on this a bit. I think you were implying we would open it up to anyone with an account to edit, provided there was an email list for the changes. I agree if that is where you were going. -- Thanks Mark Phippard http://markphip.blogspot.com/
