Re: Wiki madness

The marginalia idea sounds very helpful.  Does anyone know about the 
amount of work that would be involved?

We have no objection to inline comments.  We mark certain areas as 
"Current OSAF Thinking" and ask people not to edit these areas.  As to 
other areas, we hope people will find the work style that is most 
effective.  I would imagine that involves actual editing of documents.  

And as to your marginalia comment, we did not intend the Jungle to 
reflect or encourage an "us" vs. "them" feeling.  I wanted to be sure 
there was a place people could use for topics or workstyles that don't 
fit well in the Chandler Discussion Topic area.  This latter area 
reflects OSAF's view of Chandler and how we think we can work 
effectively.  Some peole may not like the structure, or want a place to 
work in a very informal setting.  We wanted to be sure to provide a 
resource for this.


Mitchell

Andrew Gilmartin wrote:

>>>- it's hard to comment on stuff.
>>>      
>>>
>>Usemod-based wikis typically use subpages for discussions.
>>    
>>
>
>We have tried to use a wiki for discussion and it does not work. Restricting
>yourself to commenting only at the bottom of the page or using another page
>raises the need for a referencing system (eg "Re paragraph 27"). While you
>can create such a system that you have to create one in at all indicates you
>are using the wrong system.
>
>A useful addition to a wiki would be a syntax for comments to be displayed
>as marginalia. With this it would be much easier for the reader to be able
>to choose to read the main text of heavily commented page with only being
>peripherally being aware of the comments. For example
>
>  We've also left a corner of the Wiki -- | The jungle does
>  the "Jungle" -- with no structure. You  | suggest an US vs
>  can put anything that you want in the   | THEM attitude.
>  Jungle, regardless of whether it fits   | -- AJG
>  nicely in the structured hierarchy or
>  not. Ideas that are so visionary that
>  they are probably not practical should
>  go in the Jungle. The Jungle can also
>  be used for ideas that clearly relate
>  to a Topic, ...
>
>And allow the writer to add comments inline.
>
>    [comment The jungle ...] We've also left a corner ...
>
>Since comments on comments should be allowed the common linear flow of the
>wiki text formatting syntax does not naturally extend to this need. You need
>a new syntax -- which everyone will dislike.
>
>-- Andrew
>
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