Thanks, Scott. I think you summed it up nicely. I don't think Wiki will replace the email forums or even the main Log4j web site, and it shouldn't. But as a base for dynamic, user editable documentation, it seems to work rather well. I hope that after the holiday break that users will start to add their own documentation/notations to the Log4j wiki site. Right now it just comprises a couple of pages that I started.
-Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Schram [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 1:48 PM > To: Log4J Developers List > Subject: Re: Jakarta Log4j Wiki > > > At 01:59 PM 12/26/2002, you wrote: > >I, personally, am a little concerned about seeing any > "fracturing" of the > >sources of log4j news/questions, etc. > > > >Could you please give some idea, if there are any, as to what kind of > >discussions should be happening where? > > > >Thanks > >R.Parr > > > >P.S. I, personally, find public newsgroups (like this) much, much easier > >and more useful than the proprietary or web-site based access > forums (eg. > >Sun's Java forums, or Oracle's Technet). > > Email lists work best for news, announcements and discussions. > > Wiki seems to work best for collaborative notes and development of > documentation (for example, a HOWTO or FAQ.) Once an email is sent and > saved to the archive, the information in it can't be updated. > However, if > someone asks a question, it is useful to point them to the answer in a > wiki... and if it's not in the wiki, or outdated, then the answerer can > update the wiki first, then point them to it. > > The barriers to entry on a wiki are lower than registering for a > forum, and > the pages are usually indexed by search engines. On many you don't even > have to identify yourself to edit pages. It's amazing that > works, but it does. > > For more about wiki see: > > http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WelcomeVisitors > > Scott > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
