dear ben, as the author of two 600-page books i can appreciate the difficulties of trying to be inclusive! it's a paradox of the faq that as it becomes more inclusive, it becomes harder to use. thanks in any case for organizing this!
yours andrew Ben Bolker wrote: > > Andrew Gelman posted a link to "Rtips" on his web site. Gregor > (Gorjanc???) pointed out that they were being moved to the Wiki, > and Andrew said he preferred the simpler page [see below]. This > disturbs me ... I'd hate to maintain two different versions, and > I'm uncomfortable with the idea that we're putting the information > in a format where it is *less* accessible (at least to some readers). > Is there any way we can tweak the design of the Wiki so more people like > Andrew will find it useful? > Revisiting the discussion from a couple of days ago, where > Phillipe said that the "one big page" model was going to be too > hard on the server -- is there any way to make it easier? Can > pages be cached? Or should we all donate money toward upgrading? > (I do wonder a bit how well the server will manage if this > all takes off and it starts getting thousands of hits a day ...) > > [in the mean time I have added an explicit link to R tips in the Wiki] > > cheers > Ben > > ------------------------- > Comments > > Hello! > > These pages are now being moved to R wiki. > > Posted by: Gregor at April 17, 2006 11:53 PM > > Gregor, > > I find the R Wiki a bit overwhelming and actually prefer Johnson's > simpler page. For me, there's a point at which the nonlinearity of > hyperlinks just adds confusion. Perhaps this is one reason I still > write books. > > I hope Johnson continues to maintain his webpage, or else I hope the > Wiki people put in a prominent link to the old version. > > Posted by: Andrew [TypeKey Profile Page] at April 18, 2006 06:17 AM -- Andrew Gelman Professor, Department of Statistics Professor, Department of Political Science [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman Statistics department office: Social Work Bldg (Amsterdam Ave at 122 St), Room 1016 212-851-2142 Political Science department office: International Affairs Bldg (Amsterdam Ave at 118 St), Room 731 212-854-7075 Mailing address: 1255 Amsterdam Ave, Room 1016 Columbia University New York, NY 10027-5904 212-851-2142 (fax) 212-851-2164 _______________________________________________ R-sig-wiki mailing list [email protected] https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-sig-wiki
