On 27/08/06, Oskar Sigvardsson <oskarsigvardsson(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 8/27/06, Steve Bennett <stevagewp(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
> On 8/26/06, Oskar Sigvardsson <oskarsigvardsson(a)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.