We had an initiative like this a few years back, led by Ian Clark:
http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/NuVoc
Rather than starting afresh, I recommend we reinvigorate that project, since it
already has some content, and some thought went into its structure.
I think where it stalled, the last time, was it never got a critical mass of
volunteers writing up articles. Not sure how to address that this time around.
Personally, I wrote an article or two, and would do more, but I find just
filling out templates for the sake of it dull, and without feedback the
drudgery eventually discourages me.
That said, if someone had a specific article they'd like written up, or have a
specific need they're currently addressing, I'd be happy to contribute an
article on that topic. Requests?
For reference, the entry on tie (`) [1] typifies the kind of article I'm
contemplating. Articles on higher level concepts, such as function composition
or verb trains or grammar, etc, while ultimately necessary, would be a
different task.
-Dan
[1] NuVoc entry on tie (`):
http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Vocabulary/backtick
Please excuse typos; composed on a handheld devi
On Oct 6, 2013, at 3:13 PM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have had similar thoughts but not enough motivation to address many
> of the issues.
>
> That said, I did manage to throw together (an earlier draft of) this
> page, back around then:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rank_(J_programming_language)
>
> If we could get a few hundred people to each write a page, all we'd
> just need a good table of contents to have a community written
> dictionary.
>
> --
> Raul
>
> On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Pascal Jasmin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> A slightly different issue with vocabulary entries is that some of them are
>> written at an Iverson/Hui PHD student reading level, and while the reader
>> might be advised to spend some time with an interactive J session to better
>> understand the content, the reader may wish to prioritize his time
>> differently, possibly with the hope of living a fulfilling life without
>> grasping the detail that is above his reading level.
>>
>> One solution to this would be to keep the head of the vocabulary pages on
>> the web site, but allow users to contribute further explanations, and/or
>> examples, as an attached wiki. Perhaps some stack exchange/reddit-like
>> up/down voting by users would let the most helpful contributions float to
>> the top of the wiki.
>>
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