--- Philippe Grosjean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
-----clip----- > > I tend to give a lot of attention to documents > written by "beginners", > because they are the best people to tell what is > difficult and what is > not in R! It is the starting motivation for the R > Wiki, indeed. Might it be a useful idea to ask for some of the most egregious errors to be collected in a worst practice area to illustrate the difference between good and bad practice? > > Philippe Grosjean > > ..............................................<°}))><........ > ) ) ) ) ) > ( ( ( ( ( Prof. Philippe Grosjean > ) ) ) ) ) > ( ( ( ( ( Numerical Ecology of Aquatic Systems > ) ) ) ) ) Mons-Hainaut University, Belgium > ( ( ( ( ( > .............................................................. > > Matthew Keller wrote: > > I appreciate the input. Off-list, someone > suggested that I set up a > > class wiki, and have this be the first sieve. I > could do some quality > > control there first (perhaps sending the link to > this list serve at > > the end of the semester for others to check over), > and then post the > > final manuals on the R wiki. I think its a good > idea and am mulling > > it, but part of me asks: why not just post the > (perhaps imperfect) > > manuals on the wiki and allow the wiki to do what > wikis are supposed > > to do? > > > > I guess I resonated with Ricardo Pietrobon's > point: the essence of a > > wiki is that it is evolving and self-correcting. > Even to get something > > started over there would be an improvement. If > people wait until they > > are 100% certain that everything is 100% accurate, > a much diminished > > pool of people would post... The accuracy of wikis > improves as more > > people post. In other words, I think that it is > the number of posters, > > and not necessarily the signal:noise ratio, that > drives wiki > > accuracy... > > > > Matt > > > > > ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.