The website is pretty much a reviewed wiki already. It just happens to use
git format-patch as the way to submit to it, instead of a an inline textbox.
This raises the bar slightly, making people think through any contributions
thoroughly before submitting a patch.

- Jonathan


On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 8:18 AM, Ciaran McCreesh <
[email protected]> wrote:

> On Fri, 5 Mar 2010 12:58:05 +0100
> "Wulf C. Krueger" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Am 05.03.2010 um 10:16 schrieb Ciaran McCreesh
> > <[email protected]
> >  >:
> > > The problem with wikis is that most of the information on them is
> > > misleading, harmful, out of date or just plain wrong.
> >
> > Actually, that's been proven wrong. It's the same kind of FUD some
> > people like to spread about Paludis and Exherbo.
>
> Go and look at all the information on Paludis on gentoo-wiki, and all
> the mess the paludis-extras people caused.
>
> > A wiki may not be perfect for us but we shouldn't even try
> > preventing anyone to create an inofficial one.
>
> Yes, we should. Wikis cause more harm than good. They mislead users,
> which in turn leads to huge amounts of wasted developer time, and they
> distract users who could be contributing to official, maintained,
> reviewed documentation.
>
> > >> Do you suggest alternatives? If not, what's to hypothetically
> > >> halt any
> > >> Exherbo user from posting an unofficial Wiki: say,
> > >> "http://exherbo-wiki.org "?
> > >
> > > If you do that we'll just ban anyone who uses it from all the
> > > official support channels.
> >
> > No. We should NOT ban anyone for using something or we would just
> > behave like the worst kind of Gentoo idiots. If they *behave* like
> > morons, ban them. Otherwise, let them use what they want.
>
> Following advice found in a wiki *is* behaving like a moron. Paludis
> users following 'community' driven resources have wasted almost as much
> of my time as the Gentoo council has. Putting up a wiki is actively
> working against having a distribution where competent people have final
> say.
>
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> Ciaran McCreesh
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