Hi Josiah
> By way of background the question ... > > Please explain to me why TiddlyWiki is seen as a "Wiki"? > > 1 - It seems to be VERY different to other "Wiki" systems in its fundamental > workings & potential. The obvious characteristic of a wiki is that anyone can edit it. However, I’ve always thought that more interesting characteristic of wikis at their best is the way that they elevate linking to be part of the punctuation of writing. In other words, features like links, recent changes lists, orphan lists, missing lists, etc. To me, the anyone-can-edit thing is more of a social thing: a moderation policy. > 2 - So, is it helpful to describe it as a Wiki, now? Probably not, ever since Wikipedia and WikiL**ks hijacked the popular meaning of the word. > 3 - I always have trouble explaining what is IS, because its so flexible. Is > "Wiki" appropriate for such flex? Could there be as better terminology? This sounds like a version of the perennial question “Should we rename TiddlyWiki?”. My take on that is: a) I’d probably call the next backwards-incompatible version of TiddlyWiki something else b) In technical terms, renaming TiddlyWiki5 could be a monster undertaking depending on how far one went. The name “TiddlyWiki” is riddled through the code and the user interface c) Having said that, one could imagine some new names to be simpler than others. For example, a name that still abbreviated to TW might be handy d) If it’s not called TiddlyWiki then we’d probably want to rename “tiddler” too > 4 - BTW, I never have trouble instancing clear USE CASES of TiddlyWki. These > are far MORE diverse than any other "Wiki" I have ever seen. In fact I'm not > sure such diverse FUNCTION is anything much to do with any "Wiki" per se. Wikis have actually often had application-building functionality right from the beginning. Back in the ‘90s something called http://twiki.org/ <http://twiki.org/> was popular, and it still pitches itself as an app building platform. > 5 - I'd like to be able to describe what TiddlyWiki IS in a way that > potential users could better understand it before adopting it. I am NOT sure > if "Wiki" is a decent denominator to have in the mix. I personally don’t think the name is an impediment to understanding TiddlyWiki; I think for most people it’s just a string of letters. Having said that, as we’ve discussed elsewhere, there are people that viscerally hate the name, and it would certainly be true that they’d be happy if we changed the name. Best wishes Jeremy > > Just thoughts. > Josiah > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TiddlyWiki" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki > <https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/f881585d-5946-44cc-9e21-2dc56a715b7a%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/f881585d-5946-44cc-9e21-2dc56a715b7a%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TiddlyWiki" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/tiddlywiki. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tiddlywiki/CD6E6906-38FC-4BAB-8285-49C21B01F574%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
