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Gregory Maxwell wrote:
On 10/31/05, Tels nospam-abuse@bloodgate.com wrote:
OTOH, the currenty wikipages are not really suited to discussions at all - I'd rather not have someone edit my "posts" - whether it be for fixing the speling or whatever.
When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail - but I think a new disccusion support would be very good to have, even if it is a lot of work. The longer the old sytle pages are the only possibility, hte longer we will get more and more of them. :)
I don't know about that, I often get into discussions where we alternate between wikimode and thread mode. I think the fear of editing comments comes from a lack of trust in the system and the other editors. Often in a discussion I'll post a list or a fragment of text, and multiple people with work on it. I don't see what the harm is in leaving the possibility of editing other peoples words, if someone does it in an objectionable way they will be caught and hung like the evil creatures they are. ;)
Really, the only two problems I've had is tracking changes across multiple parts of a page, but viewing diffs from my last edit fixes that, and getting notified which watchlists mostly fix.
Too bad there isn't a way to watchlist sections. :)
I think what you allude to in wikimode discussion forums could be solved by establishing a Scratch: namespace that mirrors the global namespace (e.g.: Scratch:Template:NPOV) that is not considered to be "finished." During development of new formats, or extensive editing, provisional changes could be placed under Scratch, and such suggestions could be referenced from LiquidThreads.
- --Chris