Matthew wrote: > 2. The sword project should maintain sources via svn of at the very > least the public domain resources. There is very clear community > consensus on this point as well. >
If by sources and resources you mean texts, then I have to question this. Maybe you are right but there are some points about maintaining texts and allowing easy editing that leads to confusion and errors. You certainly don't want some of the shenanigans that happened at Wikipedia. Even with safeguards to avoid those mistakes you still want people that can follow protocol and avoid the temptation to act solely on their own extensive knowledge and judgment without confirmation that they are in fact right. I say this because when I was handling error reports for texts at another project often errors which seemed obviously to be errors were not errors and correcting them would have inserted errors where none were before. In something like Weymouth's version of Mat 12:41 "and mark! there is One greater than Jonah here," some people will think that "mark" should be "hark" or "behold". "Mark" does not sound right to some ears. You could end up with a text that cycles through errors and corrections. These may seem like minor errors but it goes to credibility if care is not taken. Think Wikipedia. There is also the problem of what it means to be faithful to original sources, witch can make for differences of opinion on what is an error. Perhaps it is good to have someone with the last word on these matters. Also, even if these things need to be done do they need to be done under CrossWire and The SWORD Project? I can see reasons for and against. Some that probably shouldn't be discussed in a public forum. All I am saying is be sure you have considered this carefully and that you know all the issues and not just your own preferences in this. Jerry _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page
