[linux-audio-user] the Linux soundapps pages redux

Mark Knecht markknecht at gmail.com
Wed Dec 8 11:48:28 EST 2004


On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 17:36:11 +0100, Tobias Ulbricht
<up5a at stud.uni-karlsruhe.de> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 08, 2004 at 07:29:19AM -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
> 
> 
> > On Wed, 08 Dec 2004 09:20:11 -0500, Dave Phillips <dlphilp at bright.net> wrote:
> > > Greetings:
> > >
> > >   Time is getting tighter for me these days, so I'm not always able to
> > > update the Linux soundapps sites as often as I'd like. As most of you
> > > know, I'm also not particularly pleased with the construction of the
> > > pages (plain old manually edited HTML), but I figure the present
> > > arrangement is serviceable enough to last a little while longer.
> > >
> > >   Recently I've been considering how to update the sites more
> > > frequently, and I've come up with this idea:
> > >
> > >     I'm wondering if it would be a good idea to assign the upkeep of
> > > certain sections of the pages to members of the community. Basically,
> > > you would ask to maintain a section, I'd say yea or nay (with about a
> > > 99.99% probability of a Yea), then whenever you wanted to update the
> > > section you'd send it to me and I'd put it on-line. It's getting to the
> > > point where I'm no longer able to decently cover every aspect of Linux
> > > audio software development by myself, and I need to find a way to more
> > > efficiently update the pages. So if you're interested in maintaining a
> > > section (or more) of the Linux soundapps pages, please write to me
> > > off-list and I'll go into more detail. Btw, you'll get credit in the
> > > section header.
> > >
> > >   Does this sound at all feasible ?
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >
> > > dp
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Dave,
> >    I think that if this would help you then it's a good idea. There
> > are probably 5-10 folks out here, myself included, that would be
> > willing and happy to help out.
> >
> >    As a Wiki user of less than 24 hours (ruccus.org - I was looking
> > for someplace to post a few Linux made tunes as I don't have a server)
> > I'm impressed by how much can get done on a Wiki. I would be a bit
> > concerned about turning your site into a completely open Wiki system
> > where anyone could put anything there as you have kept up a high
> > quality level and I wouldn't want to see that deteriorate over time,
> > but Wiki technology might be cool for those of us that don't do HTML.
> > (Not that I couldn't learn.)
> >
> >    If there's a way I can help out a bit let me know.
> >
> > - Mark
> 
> Aren't there managed/moderated wikis that allow you exactly what you want? (saying Nay/yea)
> 
> I'd be happy to help as well, where I'm able.
> 
> and I say wiki.votes++, (not trying to convince you...:)
> 
> cheers, tobias.

I don't need convincing. I'm not against a wiki at all. I was, in
fact, quite impressed at the idea. However, what does it mean to be
managed? If that means Dave has to look at everything that his new
helpers do then it likely isn't going to save him much time.

I hadn't used a wiki until my first attempt last evening. The one I
used didn't enforce any specific page formats or content. One thing I
really appreciate about Dave's site is it's consistency, even if it is
a bit old school to look at. If there's a wiki way to keep things
consistent, improve the way it looks, and give helpers access to do
the dirty work for him, then I'm very much in favor of using a wiki to
do this.

Maybe at the start, while there are conversions being done, etc.,
there should be more limited access, and then later when that's done
open it up to more and more people as the format of the site becomes
more standard. (Whatever that 'standard' might end up being.)

wiki++/-/++++

With best regards,
Mark



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