discuss: Re: Is PHP-HOWTO some kind of joke ? (fwd) wiki --enable-deja-vu
Subject:
Re: Is PHP-HOWTO some kind of joke ? (fwd) wiki --enable-deja-vu
From:
Saqib Ali ####@####.####
Date:
10 Nov 2003 15:18:46 -0000
Message-Id: <Pine.GSO.4.55.0311100644510.27537@sjgcs1.stsj.seagate.com>
> I always was in favor of a wiki on a per HOWTO basis, fot feedback. but
> this needs author collaboration. a wiki needs to be human readen, I beg
> bugzilla has at least some automated reports.
wow this seems like a deja vu. :) hehe Little more than a year back we
had a dicussion about using a Wiki, and a rating system. And nothing came
out of that.
But seriously we need to do something about the Rating system. Why cant we
have a simple system, rather than waiting for elaborate system, which will
not only solve the rating system issue, but also the world hunger ;)
A simple proposal:
Most HOWTOS are read in the HTML format. Why dont we just a html drop down
box to each HTML page for the HOWTO, with ratings of 1-5. If a reader
chooses to rate an HOWTO, he/she can select a number click the "submit"
button and send it to the main server.
on the server a PHP script (pun intended) takes the rating and the REFERER
URL.
***The REFERER URL can be used to parse out the name of the HOWTO.***
I know like any other rating system, this may be abused, but atleast it
better than having nothing.
Saqib Ali
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