Am Dienstag, den 09.05.2006, 19:53 +0100 schrieb Thomas Hertweck: > Well, it's a wiki, isn't it?
That's one of the things I didn't understand right away. It's not that long ago that I visited opensuse.org the first time, and I did *not* know that it was a wiki, I assumed it was a corporate website, like a successor of suse.com. > And from my point of view, wikis have > assets as well as drawbacks. You describe one of the drawbacks. I have > made quite a lot of negative experiences with wikis as more or less > everybody is able to change the pages. One day you add something, the > next day it's gone. One day you fix a description in the wiki (and you > really know what you're doing there), the next day somebody has removed > your fix and replaced it with the old (and wrong) text because he > thought he knew better. And so on... I like the idea that everybody can > contribute, but wikis also need some sort of "quality control", some > "stability" as you describe it. The idea of "protected" pages like the opensuse front page is a step in the right direction I think. Drawbacks aside, I can see the advantages a wiki can have over a traditionally maintained website. I used them myself by making some quick changes to articles. > I (that's my personal opinion) would > much prefer a managed system over a wiki, but I guess there are not > enough resources to achieve something like that. I really don't know if that's the problem. The greatest advantage of a wiki is imho how easily people can add their contributions, which in turn makes them a lot more connected to the particular community. -- Andreas --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
