On 27/08/06, Oskar Sigvardsson oskarsigvardsson@gmail.com wrote:
On 8/27/06, Steve Bennett stevagewp@gmail.com wrote:
On 8/26/06, Oskar Sigvardsson oskarsigvardsson@gmail.com wrote:
I don't really know what that format would be. A forum? A wiki-style page (which there are plenty of on wikipedia)? A newsgroup (which is
Wikis are crap for having actual conversations.
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.
There's a Forum extension for Mediawiki which does pretty well on Uncyclopedia. Check http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/DUMP .
- d.