Re: Wiki qualms

On Tuesday 20 December 2005 18:58, Bijan Parsia wrote:
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> However, I think these downsides are counterbalanced by:
> 	a push rather than pull mode of discussion

Irrespective of the other pros and cons, it should be noted that our wiki can 
do at least some push. An according RSS-feed is 
http://www.w3.org/2005/rules/wg/wiki/RecentChanges?action=rss_rc&diffs=1&ddiffs=1&unique=1 
(the feed you get from the wiki page is slightly different and only provides 
links to the changed pages, which currently have broken URLs and are thus 
useless; the above includes the changes in each message). It is not perfect, 
but it is a nice start to keep track of what happens in the wiki. You can 
also get these things via email (I think it's in your UserPreferences, but I 
am not sure). 

But I agree that a wiki is not the place for everything, especially not for 
discussions. Yet for some tasks, such as creating a glossary, it should be 
very helpful. Those who are not familiar with wikis should note that linking 
is among the most important features of any wiki. Articles that have little 
or no links from any other page are easily ignored, so you should create 
numerous links to connect your contribution to the rest (in both directions). 
This also greatly helps people to keep track of the wiki's content.

Cheers,

Markus

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