> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Namens Oleg Kobchenko > Verzonden: vrijdag 7 september 2007 2:48 > Aan: General forum > Onderwerp: Re: [Jgeneral] Immutable > > --- "R.E. Boss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/RecentChanges I get the impression > that > > a lot of Essays are changed to immutable. Is that how jwiki is meant to > be? > > Yes, part of Wiki functionality is to assign access > permissions to individual resources (the most representative > example is Wikipedia, where some sensitive pages are locked > up against arbitrary edititing). Any user can request > to assign certain permissions (within reason) on pages > they want to "control" or limit access, in particular > most legitimate candidate is the user's home page. > > So, how about the free Wiki spirit of unrestricted access? > First of all, it already has proven to be amenable to > brutal and senseless attack from spammers. In response, > we now have edit permission required for each user > who wants to edit. > > Next, the Wiki technology is used to conveniently host > material of different intent: both publicly collaborative > effort, where comments and even direct changes are > encouranged to develop combined content; and individual > contributions equivalent to electronic publication > with authorship properties. > > It is up to the creator or "owner" of the page to > decide what level of collaboration is desired. > This should be considered within reason, > especially in the restrictive direction for topics that > are intrinsically of common interest, such as "CGI for J". > One of the factors is whether opinion and ideas matter > vs accuracy of statement for particular individual > solution or theory. > > In the meantime, locked content does not prevent > collaboration from happening. It would simply become > more journal publication style: any user can publish > a critical review of such page and keep it open for > additional comments, rebuttal, etc. > > Does that answer your concerns? >
More or less. I can understand that it is desirable for some pages to be immutable. As you mention a user's home page or pages with authorship properties. On the other hand, I doubt if the jwiki pages were ever exposed to deliberately wrong adaptations, not to mention 'brutal and senseless attacks'. It should be easy to withdraw such a persons registration. Although 'it is up to the creator or "owner" of the page to decide what level of collaboration is desired', determining the access of a page is a prerogative restricted to a few persons only, if I am not mistaken. But, as you say, it is always possible to add a page with completions or comments. Thanks for your reaction. R.E. Boss ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
