Hi, On Tue, Sep 13, 2011 at 2:57 AM, Sumana Harihareswara <[email protected]> wrote: > A cool software history project, "Architecture of Open Source > Applications," asked MediaWiki for a short history of our software. > So we're collecting your historical knowledge, stories and opinions on > MediaWiki's architecture. Go to > > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_architecture_document > > to find out more, and go to the orange "Add your piece." box to share > your thoughts. We have a few questions for you to answer.
I want to stress how important it is for the MediaWiki community to be actively involved in this. When the book's editor contacted us, he has in mind a traditional setup, where one or two subject matter experts would write the whole thing. We decided to go with a more inclusive, collaborative process, for two reasons: * We know the Power of The Crowd; the more eyeballs, the better. The collective history of MediaWiki is recorded in wikis, mailing lists, and commits, but most importantly, in the experience, memories and opinions of its developers. * The one or two subject matter experts who could have been able to write the whole thing were too busy actually doing stuff, to spend too much time writing a chapter on this. By using a crowd-sourced, collaborative process, we split the workload, and it allows Sumana and I to support the community more effectively. I believe the final document will be extremely useful for new MediaWiki developers, and I hope that experienced developers will also find some use for it. So please, take a few minutes to share your historical knowledge and opinions about MediaWiki: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki_architecture_document You know what they say over at Wikipedia; Nobody knows everything, but everybody knows something. Please share what you know. Thanks, -- Guillaume Paumier Technical Communications Manager — Wikimedia Foundation http://donate.wikimedia.org _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
