Wiki Index was Re: Wiki editors

[Scott Derrick]

OK, I understand...

thanks, Scott

Stroller wrote:
> The purpose of user pages is generally for users to tell readers  
> about themselves.
> 
> "Hi, my name is Bob and I've been an Openmoko user for 2 years. I  
> have a PHd in technical writing and I enjoy contributing to the wiki  
> in my spare time."
> 
> Just look at some of the Wikipedia user pages for fuller examples -  
> there they often display "awards" for number of edits made, the  
> user's country of origin (even countries they've travelled to!)  
> spheres of wiki interest and probably even hobbies!
> 
> It is right and logical that user pages shouldn't be indexed.
> 
> It is wrong (and "illogical") that zedlock should be listed only on  
> Quicksand's user page - it should have a proper page to itself.
> 
> I am reminded of my previous post over a reluctance by users to edit  
> the wiki - perhaps Quicksand was being modest in not creating a new  
> page for his own software, perhaps he didn't wish to create a new  
> page because he felt that the wiki "belongs" to Openmoko or to  
> Brenda. Whatever, that information should probably be moved to a new  
> page (although I have to admit to being reluctant myself to edit  
> someone else's userpage!!).
> 
> Stroller.
> 
> 
> On 17 Jul 2008, at 16:31, Scott Derrick wrote:
> 
>> to me a site index is a site index.  If its not complete it should  
>> state
>> so at the top in bold print.
>>
>> It makes no sense to only show some of the Wiki, isn't the point of  
>> this
>> thing to provide full access to the community?
>>
>> Scott
>>
>>
>> Scott
>>
>> Steven ** wrote:
>>> That's a user page.  I can understand why that wouldn't show up in  
>>> the
>>> index.  Make the zedlock section a real page first.  And tag it with
>>> the "Software" category.
>>>
>>> However, I can't imagine a hand-edited index to ever be accurate for
>>> more than a day.  I'd stick with the auto-generated index pages like
>>> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Category:Software
>>>
>>> -Steven
>>>
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