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

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