Purpose of the Wiki
I'm interested to hear what everyone thinks the purpose of the SF Foswiki should be? Is it ... a) just a place to store SF related information not sufficiently important to be incorporated into WIkipedia. b) a place for things discussed on the Brin List to be documented in a systematic way, for the general interest of list members, and perhaps a focal point for discussions and intra-list socialisation. (I'd much rather read an article about space based solar power or market economics on a wiki, than in 3000 e-mails.) c) a genuine reference work that aspires to be the No.1 place on the internet, that people come to seek out information about Science Fiction. Personally, I think (b) makes most sense. Regards, Wayne Eddy ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Purpose of the Wiki
Wayne Eddy wrote: I'm interested to hear what everyone thinks the purpose of the SF Foswiki should be? Is it ... a) just a place to store SF related information not sufficiently important to be incorporated into WIkipedia. b) a place for things discussed on the Brin List to be documented in a systematic way, for the general interest of list members, and perhaps a focal point for discussions and intra-list socialisation. (I'd much rather read an article about space based solar power or market economics on a wiki, than in 3000 e-mails.) c) a genuine reference work that aspires to be the No.1 place on the internet, that people come to seek out information about Science Fiction. Personally, I think (b) makes most sense. Regards, Wayne Eddy ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com I think there is a place for b, but I am looking more at c (if you take a very expansive view of science fiction). I'd be interested to have Nick's input on the project's scope. ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Purpose of the Wiki
On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Trent Shipley tship...@deru.com wrote: I think there is a place for b, but I am looking more at c (if you take a very expansive view of science fiction). I'd be interested to have Nick's input on the project's scope. One of my favorite sayings from a venture capitalist is that the five most important things for a startup are focus, focus, focus, distribution and focus. Thus, I'm on board the with idea of starting with a Brin focus and expand from there. The interwebs will take care of the distribution problem (the VC's saying was pre-Web explosion). Nick ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
