Hello,
On 7/24/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There are times where the talk page is more suited than any other
> media.
> [...]
> When a comment is about fixing a bug. Then the comment should be
> merged. When the comment expressed an opinion ... I'm not for
> deleting or systematically merging the comment. In such cases, moving
> the comment to the talk page could be the best choice -- IMHO.
The problem is that we have 3 "levels" of content:
1) the tip itself (which includes all the fixes and enhancements)
2) other comments ("great tip", "what if I want to do this?", etc.)
3) the meta discussion about the tip (what category should we place it
in, should we merge it with another tip, what to do with this
particular comment, etc.)
But we only have 2 pages: the tip page, and its talk page! So we have to
make choices.
In my opinion, it is clear that the tip should be in its page, and the
meta discussion in the corresponding talk page.
Concerning the comments (my "level 2" above), I dislike putting them in
the talk page, because it would mean opening 2 pages instead of one,
from a user perspective.
Should we keep these comments on the tip page, or remove them?
I am in favour of removing them when they have no added value (most of
the cases), because I consider them as noise. If comments are subject to
debate (http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/VimTip612 is a good example), we
should discuss them first, but I still think in the end they should be
merged in some way (and there should be traces in the talk page).
> Regarding the highly commented tips, my prefered policy would be to
> let the initial authors of a tip to maintain the tip, as sometimes the
> comments concern bugs, enhancements, ... Unfortunatelly, I'm afraid
> many tips initial-authors may not be available. :-(
Other people than the original author can maintain the tip by merging
the bug fixes and enhancements. It's much easier than maintaining
scripts!
> In another post, someone said someting about having vim.wikia evolved
> to host more than just tips. Did you have in mind hosting a forum-like
> page for each main vim scripts? (Something else ?) If yes, tips like
> <http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Remarks_to_script_c.vim> must not be
> deleted but moved in a (new/relevant) category.
This tip is simply a way to work around the limitation that scripts
cannot have comments. And is not a good example, because it would
typically be one of the merged comments. In such a case, an email to the
script author or the best thing to do (BTW, it may have been done,
because I didn't see any screenshot corresponding to the description).
Cheers,
--
Olivier
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