On 8/27/06, Oskar Sigvardsson oskarsigvardsson@gmail.com wrote:
I'd say that that depends on the conversation. If there is a long, drawn-out discussion with many parties, than yeah, it's crap. However for purposes of having a talk-page (atleast a talk-page about a relatively non-controversial topic), it's awesome. Comments like "Statement X sounds wierd to me, can somebody source it?" or something similar (which is what is contained in the vast majority of wikipedia talk-pages), comments which draws only a few replies works very well on wikis. Honestly, I can't think of a better format for them.
I wouldn't call that a conversation. Requests like that also work well in wiki as they're fairly timeless: I've seen sequences where A posts a question, is replied to with another question by B 6 months later, and C answers another 6 months later again.
Steve