That looks quite good. I was thinking there could be a stub for each page under /help, and the help pages would add that stub at the bottom. Even if the stub is currently empty, there would be an obvious way to add to the vocabulary.
Even though NuVoc looks good, few people know it exists. ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Bron <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Cc: Sent: Sunday, October 6, 2013 4:03:22 PM Subject: Re: [Jprogramming] Possible error in the dictionary for dyadic take We had an initiative like this a few years back, led by Ian Clark: http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/NuVoc Rather than starting afresh, I recommend we reinvigorate that project, since it already has some content, and some thought went into its structure. I think where it stalled, the last time, was it never got a critical mass of volunteers writing up articles. Not sure how to address that this time around. Personally, I wrote an article or two, and would do more, but I find just filling out templates for the sake of it dull, and without feedback the drudgery eventually discourages me. That said, if someone had a specific article they'd like written up, or have a specific need they're currently addressing, I'd be happy to contribute an article on that topic. Requests? For reference, the entry on tie (`) [1] typifies the kind of article I'm contemplating. Articles on higher level concepts, such as function composition or verb trains or grammar, etc, while ultimately necessary, would be a different task. -Dan [1] NuVoc entry on tie (`): http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Vocabulary/backtick Please excuse typos; composed on a handheld devi On Oct 6, 2013, at 3:13 PM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > I have had similar thoughts but not enough motivation to address many > of the issues. > > That said, I did manage to throw together (an earlier draft of) this > page, back around then: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rank_(J_programming_language) > > If we could get a few hundred people to each write a page, all we'd > just need a good table of contents to have a community written > dictionary. > > -- > Raul > > On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Pascal Jasmin <[email protected]> wrote: >> A slightly different issue with vocabulary entries is that some of them are >> written at an Iverson/Hui PHD student reading level, and while the reader >> might be advised to spend some time with an interactive J session to better >> understand the content, the reader may wish to prioritize his time >> differently, possibly with the hope of living a fulfilling life without >> grasping the detail that is above his reading level. >> >> One solution to this would be to keep the head of the vocabulary pages on >> the web site, but allow users to contribute further explanations, and/or >> examples, as an attached wiki. Perhaps some stack exchange/reddit-like >> up/down voting by users would let the most helpful contributions float to >> the top of the wiki. >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
