Re: [pgsql-www] Developer's Wiki - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: [pgsql-www] Developer's Wiki
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Msg-id 450C5E1D.2080704@commandprompt.com
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In response to Re: [pgsql-www] Developer's Wiki  (Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>)
Responses Re: [pgsql-www] Developer's Wiki  (Lukas Kahwe Smith <smith@pooteeweet.org>)
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Gregory Stark wrote:
> Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com> writes:
>
>>> I was actually hoping for more feedback on the content itself. I'm
>>> still not clear if it's supposed to be "developers only - to the
>>> exclusion of users" or "developers only - but accessable to anyone".
>> It should be readable by everyone, but editable only by authorized users.
>
> I think the lessons of wikipedia is precisely that you *don't* want to add
> such barriers. You want to let people add stuff pretty much freely. That
> encourages people to get involved and put up information.

I don't agree, you should also look at the recent post and fork by one
of wikipedia's co-founders. The developers wiki should only be edited by
authorized users.

Now, getting authorized should be easy as reasonably possible, but
having a wholesale editing orgy on the wiki responsible for tracking
postgresql developer information is not a good idea.

Joshua D. Drake


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