On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 11:14:59PM -0800, Tom Link wrote: > > > Each tip on the wiki has a header. We've pruned some of the information > > that was originally imported from vim.org, and now we're wondering > > whether to also remove the author field. > > IMHO collaborative tools like a wiki and authorship are incompatible > concepts. In a wiki that is actively used it rarely makes sense to > attribute a page to a single author. > > I also wonder why it is important to know who wrote which tip -- other > than maybe identifying "interesting" patterns in the editing history. > Listing the authors in the editing history should be sufficient and it > does more justice to everyone because it's easy to find out who > contributed what. > > So I'd vote for removing the author field.
I totally agree here. IMHO the only goal should creating one of the best resources to lookup tips, scripts and knowledge. Marc Weber --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---