Timwi <timwi@...> writes:
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.
Well, I for one would object to any system that doesn't allow me to edit other people's comments. It's too useful to let traditionalism and conservatism ruin it. It's not just about fixing atrocious spellings, it's also about removing objectionable parts of comments without removing the entire comment, or about summarising an unnecessarily long piece of prose. I don't see any point in listing the advantages here since wikis have shown time and again that they work, and Wikipedia wasn't the first. Yes, it defies the well-established and widely loved web forum paradigm where everyone "owns" their own comments, but we're not a web forum, we're a wiki, and wiki is our paradigm.
Timwi
Who are you to decide what is objectionable, or unnecessarily long, especially in someone's opinion based comment? This is EXACTLY what a lot of people are talking about when they dislike the idea of someone editing their comments.
Just because something is status quo doesn't mean that it is working. The discussion pages are probably one of the worst features of mediawiki IMO. I hate the idea of someone editing my comments. 99% of the time, people who are reading the discussion section will NOT check the history to see if what someone said is really what someone said.
I believe the proposed idea is quite a good balance between the current model, and a traditional forum/thread style model. It still allows editing (when users allow it), and refactoring. But it could also allow an easier model to track threads, reply to comments, get notification when a person responds to your posts/replies, etc, etc...
I think your objection to a new system is conservatism at its best. The new model could offer quite a bit of benefit.
Ryan Lane