discuss: Wiki questions
Subject:
Re: Wiki questions
From:
David Lawyer ####@####.####
Date:
14 Jan 2003 19:37:38 -0000
Message-Id: <20030114193507.GA514@lafn.org>
> Sergiusz Pawlowicz wrote:
> > [...] I think it is planned in lampadas system. We need help in
> > this project.
On Tue, Jan 14, 2003 at 03:01:13PM +0100, Alexander Bartolich wrote:
> I guess you have a more direct access to the internal rumors and plans
> of LDP. So - with the lampadas list dropped dead and David busy
> getting a life - what ideas are circulating?
Of course the idea of OpenFacts (which is what this thread is supposedly
about) which would be a wiki for LDP documents, etc. and financed by the
German government. So if Lampadas ever gets going there would then be
two wiki systems and much duplication of effort as well as forks. Free
documentation for free software needs to be efficiently done and it's
would be very wrong in my opinion to have 2 wiki systems.
So should we give up on Lampadas? No, since it does a lot more than
just provide a wiki system. It would let authors that need help or want
out to find help (or someone to replace them). It would assign each doc
a status and keep track of reviews, etc. While I didn't fully agree
with the status designations, at least it would be possible to change
them in the future. All these functions of Lampadas are very important.
So I would suggest that OpenFacts (and indirectly the German government)
help with getting Lampadas up and running (and use it as well once it's
stable). As David M. has pointed out, Lampadas is not just for the LDP.
David Lawyer
>
> As I see it, the project as planned is too big for a single developer.
> So you can either devise a better, iterative plan - or try to educate
> and recruit other people. Ironically David is probably the best choice
> for "consulting" either strategy since he learned the bigger picture
> of the project the hard way.
>
> BTW: my last question on the lampadas list was how I could duplicate
> http://www.lampadas.org/ and continue from there on. In response I was
> told to go fly a kite.
>
> Now I'm not sure whether that kind of reply was personally directed at
> me. Perhaps due to a reputation of trouble-maker, troll,
> only-words-no-deeds or whatever. But it seems there is no secret
> activity beyond the facade of public lists, so the inactivity on the
> list means inactivity in general.
>
