I second that rant. Especially the push vs. pull. I subscribe to several mailing lists, and their contents all appear in one place - my mailbox. There's far more chance that I'll have a few minutes to read something in my mailbox than that I'll keep a checklist of wikis to go cycle through. I'm sure one could use a Wiki as a discussion forum, but it really seems better suited to developing, storing, and searching reference material. Being able to place documentation where other people can find it, like you can do on a wiki, is great, when you have something authoritative to say.
Also, I think just changing how LINUX-390 does discussions would kill participation. At one place I used to work, they changed from using a set of VM-based forum tools that you used a little like mutt, to Web-based discussions where you had to look for the right page (vaguely like how you would navigate in a wiki). Participation dropped by more than half. After several years, it had not fully recovered. Several of the most knowledgable and prolific contributors dropped out. Douglas On Tue September 22 2009, David Boyes <David Boyes <dbo...@sinenomine.net>> wrote: > > 3. Redirect discussion of what should be on the Wiki to > > discussion pages of the Wiki itself!!! > > * Like, uh, that's what Wikis are for :) > > Ugh. Please, no. > > Not anything personal, but: > :rant. > > Pet peeve -- scattering the discussion all over the place and > changing it from a push model to a pull model. What's wrong with > discussing it here, where we all don't have to go poll for the > discussion? Does this discussion *really* need the real-time > updates, or would it benefit from some thought? What about offline > access? > > :erant. > > I feel better now. > > -- db > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- >--- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO > LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 -- Permission is granted to use the email address(es), postal addresses, telephone numbers, Web site URLs, names, account numbers, userids, passwords, and other identifying or contact information contained in, or attached to, this email, for the purposes of responding to queries, providing support, or fulfilling sales orders contained in this email or its attachment(s) (if any). Trading, selling, otherwise publishing, or making available to employees or third parties, any identifying information contained in this email or its attachment(s) (if any) for other purposes, including use in advertising, is forbidden. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
