I can assure you that the tone wasn't sneering or cocky, it was a sincere, constructive proposal. If you don't like my idea, then shoot it down. No hard feelings.
To me, FlaggedRevs seems to make using a wiki all the more attractive. I have suggested abandoning the progressive chapter-breakdown and partitioning large pages, but hadn't (to my knowledge) received any clear specific responses on it. I have suggested using a wiki before, but the main objection I heard was that it once before became unmanageable due to users having the ability to immediately change live content. People were apparently adding unreliable information, too. These past few days I have successfully integrated the FlaggedRevs extension into my own Theopedia.com wiki. It prompted me to write the proposal. I'm aware of the whole "we tried a wiki and it didn't work" issue, but FlaggedRevs seems to be a great solution to the problems you were having before. Anyways, you guys have voiced your rejection of the wiki+FlaggedRevs idea vehemently and clearly. No need to send any hounds or unholster your guns. :-) On May 13, 9:27 am, nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Aaron, the brashness wasn't in the proposal itself, but in the tone in > which it was presented. Also in the fact that you already presented > the idea once, and it was rejected unanimously. Add to that the fact > that discussions of a wiki, in all it's forms and facets, has already > played out numerous times, each with the same conclusion. > > On May 13, 11:16 am, Aaron Shafovaloff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Sorry, I wasn't aware that this was up for public discussion.... > > > because usually we leave these sorts of decisions to people who are > > > actually, you know, doing the work. > > > That's why I gave a proposal, not a demand. And I'd be happy to set up > > a MediaWiki installation for you and do all the initial setup work. > > > > > This extension, which will be integrated into Wikipedia in > > > > the coming months, allows for people to edit the draft of a page, and > > > > for users with a special privilege of "reviewer" to tweak and approve > > > > and even rate the proposed changes. > > > > The coming months? How about we put something together ourselves in > > > the coming weeks, or hell, days. It is Cake after all. Shouldn't be > > > too hard assuming we can find the time. Which of course is always the > > > trick. > > > While FlaggedRevs extension will be integrated into Wikipedia in the > > coming months, it is already available as a working extension for > > MediaWiki. I use it at Theopedia.com. > > > > The Cookbook code or the Cookbook content? The Cookbook code is going > > > to be released under the MIT license, the same as Cake itself. > > > I meant the Cookbook content. > > > Keep in mind, my proposal rids the Cake team of having to do any > > development work on the wiki application itself. As of this point, > > they seem to be spending time on the wiki application. I'm not trying > > to add to their work, but rather lighten the load and address multiple > > concerns. > > > If you think it is audacious and brash to put forth such a proposal, > > then... oh well, it was still worth trying. I still appreciate the > > CakePHP team and all the work they do. Keep up the good work. > > > Take care, > > > Aaron --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
