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Re: The perfect nFilter for John Corliss

On Sun, 26 Aug 2007 03:22:43 -0500, »Q« wrote:

> In <news:1syx9t9kmo3lm$.1b644qpv4umtb$.dlg@40tude.net>,
> Roger Johansson <roger4911@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>Let me remind you, that I set it up when Susan declared that she would
>>not handle a whole bunch of tasks anymore.
>>In other words, the way we had worked, letting Susan do all the work,
>>did not work anymore, so we should re-think the whole way we do
>>things.
>
> [big snip]
>
>>Anyhow, the wiki I started for you is up and running, day and night,
>>thanks to the Wikia foundation, if you would like to try it and maybe
>>use it for the main part of the work, entering and updating program
>>descriptions.
>
> Entering and updating program descriptions wasn't a problem we faced;

I don't agree with you. This task is done in a very inefficient way before
each voting, and during the year, as Susan has to read all messages and
copy all new info about all programs into the web site, often checking up
and doublechecking info. This type of information gathering is much easier
done in a wiki, where several of the data are filled in automatically, like
who entered this, when was it entered, etc.. A lot of people can add info
independently of each other and there is no need for a middleman all info
has to pass through.

> Susan has repeatedly said she would continue to do that, as she has
> done very well for a few years now.  She didn't say she "would not
> handle a whole bunch of tasks", just that she wouldn't manage the
> voting again.  Wikis are pretty lousy for managing discussion, let
> alone voting.

I agree with you that discussions on wiki talk pages are messy, but we have
a newsgroup we can use for discussions, and there is also a forum section
in the wiki which can be used for discussions.

Apropos the voting I have nothing against doing that in the acf, as long as
the majority of the acf participants wants to have it that way, and
somebody volunteers to take care of it.

Anyhow, in the long perspective the freeware wiki has better chances to
develop, survive and attract new participators and visitors than a web site
which is very dependent on a single person and on a newsgroup frequented by
a small bunch of serious people.

--
Roger J.

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