On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 09:46 -0600, Tom Purl wrote: > >> Ok everyone, the project's created: > >> > >> * http://code.google.com/p/vimtips/ > > > > I think there's a major disadvantage in using the code.google.com wiki > > - it only allows people who have been added to the project to edit the > > wiki via the web interface (please correct me if I'm wrong). At least > > if it allows editing by anyone with a google id, that would be > > reasonable enough for anyone to contribute and it'll avoid spam, but > > if only people added to the project can edit the wiki, it'll become a > > bottleneck and will discourage anyone who wants to contribute, I don't > > think many people will go through that much trouble (at least going by > > the number of 'anonymous' tip notes). > > I agree that this could be a problem. It could be lessened somewhat if > Google allowed people to join the project using a web interface, but > they don't. On the help site > (http://code.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=56534&topic=10382), > they recommend that you email one of the project members to gain access, > which they would allow you to create and edit wiki pages. But this is > awkward and slow at best. > > To make things a little easier, I'll create a mailing list on the > project that people can use to request access and make miscellaneous > comments. Hopefully this will be a decent workaround until Google gives > us finer-tuned control over the project's security.
Okay, so now I am really an "outsider" to this whole issue as in that I have just been following the whole thread with interest because i regularly check vim tips/scripts at vim.org ... But now I am a bit confused how things are moving on to the google wiki because I somehow assumed that most people discussing which wiki to pick were against the google wiki for various reasons, and in special the reason that swaroop just brought up again (sign-up troubles). SPAM-Countermeasures are good..as long as they are not contra-productive and affecting user experience in a bad way. Why did things suddenly turn in favor of google again? And is it just me or is the google wiki design not exactly very pleasing to the eye.. I hope this mail isn't too inappropriate in that I just sit there and do nothing and then suddenly start to moan. I just want to understand motivations here.. and looking at the google wiki and at the old vim tips I just somehow don't see this really happening (from a user/vimtips contributors point of view.. enough smart people contributing conversion/import scripts are there alright! vim crowd /is/ smart :) best regards, Tobi
