This is good news. J Wiki is a peerless garden. I look in vain for anything to match it in other computer languages. Other vendors' wikis are pale shadows – even in the realm of APL. (Can somebody tell us just how many J wiki pages there are?)
J wiki is my first stop when I come across an emergent topic, or ask the question: is there a J-er who knows something about that? But all too often I hit pages that are seriously out-of-date. Example: just search on "Oleg" or "j602" and you reap a harvest of pure gold – but antique gold. Last updated 2009 say, and nothing written since then. Now I have a contact point when I hit such a page. Weeding the J garden is going to be a Herculean labor. But if I ruled the world I'd have picked Bob for the task myself :-D On Wed, 10 Nov 2021 at 20:29, 'robert therriault' via Programming < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > First, thank you to Eric, Chris and Henry for asking me to take on this > role. Over the last few weeks, I have seen discussions about the state of > the wiki naturally emerge on the forums and so the time seems ripe to > approach this challenge in a coordinated fashion. This is not a task that I > can take on alone and I have to acknowledge the amazing contributions that > have already been made to the wiki by Chris Burke in migrating the original > documents to a wiki format, Ian Clark and Henry Rich and the many others > who have contributed to Nuvoc, and to Roger Hui for the excellent > contributions he made through the years in the essays section. These are > just a few of the people who have kept the wiki going over the years, but > just as important are the people who stepped up and clarified that one > detail about a little used adverb or included some details about the way > that they were using J. If you have contributed to the wiki in the past > thank you and if you have not, there will be lots of opportunities going > forward. > > The current state of the wiki feels to me like a mansion that is need of > maintenance. It still has a wonderful location, a classic look and some > amazing facilities, but there are also rooms that have not been updated > (some of which are rarely visited and may need to be removed to provide > access to other areas). In addition, while we are cleaning things up, we > may be able to build a few new wings to make it more attractive to > visitors. If you really wanted to get excited about it, you could say that > we have inherited a theme park that will not only educate but will also > engage newcomers and could become a destination resort for those who are > interested in j. > > We are at a time when interest in the array languages is growing and so an > updated wiki will be a real benefit to the whole community. If you are > interested in being part of this process let me know, either through the > general forum ([email protected]) or emailing me directly at > [email protected]. My plan over the next week is to gauge the > interest and start to organize the approach we will take. If you are > interested in being a part of that vision then please get in touch with me. > Wiki's are not a one person adventure. If planning the project is not for > you right now, get involved when you can. There will also be opportunities > down the road for curators who may be interested in a specific area of the > J wiki and, as always, contributions from the community are encouraged. We > will be providing weekly updates here on the programming forum to keep > everyone up to date. > > Stay tuned as we move forward together and please share any thoughts that > you have either by direct email to me or through the general forum for that > is the place where the wiki will be discussed. > > Cheers, bob > > > On Nov 10, 2021, at 11:38, Eric Iverson <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Bob Therriault has stepped up and volunteered to be the J Wiki > Coordinator. > > > > There is a lot that can be done to make the wiki more effective for both > > seasoned and new J programmers. More importantly it could be better at > > catching and keeping the interest of those who drop by for a peek. > > > > Bob has already made his mark on J with videos, Jig, stackoverflow, Array > > Cast podcast, and forum presence. Fantastic that there is more to come! > > > > This is a community effort, so we all need to chip in. But having an > active > > coordinator is a big plus. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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
