Martin Maechler wrote: >>>>>>"HenrikB" == Henrik Bengtsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>> on Thu, 6 Apr 2006 16:12:48 +0200 writes: > > > HenrikB> More feedback: The word 'namespace' will most > HenrikB> certainly be confusing in the R-wiki. When I went > HenrikB> to "rdoc" to see help on R functions, I though > HenrikB> "namespaces" referred to R namespaces and that the > HenrikB> sentence "This is an index over all available pages > HenrikB> ordered by namespaces" was simply a mistake. Then > HenrikB> I saw the same on the front page and realized my > HenrikB> mistake. > > HenrikB> I think it is clearer write "Wiki namespaces" or > HenrikB> even "Wiki (not R) namespaces" whereever using the > HenrikB> word.
This is noted (I am currently in holydays with limited access to the Internet, but I will look at this as soon as possible). > I agree. > > In spite of the fact, Philippe has already spent a tremendous > amount of work on this which I appreciate deeply, let me take > the opportunity to say even more on this topic: > > More generally, I think there's currently still a bit too much > visible "on Wiki" instead of "on R". > The normal person approach to R-Wiki should be to find a place > were one finds lots of useful information about R. > Only when exploring this information the user should find out > about the possibility to *add* information her/him - self or > about how the wiki is organized ``internally''. > I think this is the approach that has made Wikipedia so > attractive. > > Martin I suppose it is a consequence on being mostly focused on the development of the R-specific Wiki engine features... and on the limited number of pages dealing with R itself (thanks to many contributors). Martin, do you really think that the [[start]] page focuses too much on the Wiki, and not enough on R? OK, I'll consider this and make "Wiki technical pages" a little bit less invasive on R Wiki. Best, Philippe Grosjean > _______________________________________________ > R-sig-wiki mailing list > [email protected] > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-wiki > > _______________________________________________ R-sig-wiki mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-wiki
