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This gives the page count as 2,877 (Pages - Uploaded files). This would include archived pages and redirects, so perhaps around 2,500 active pages. On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 3:32 PM Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 But all too often I hit pages that are seriously out-of-date.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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
