[ruby-talk:4803] Re: Wiki

"NAKAMURA, Hiroshi" <[e-mail]> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> > From: Yukihiro Matsumoto
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 11:47 AM
> 
> > |Do you mean THE wiki for Ruby-authorized?  matz, how
> > |do you think?
> > 
> > I have too little knowledge about Wiki to comment this.
> > All I can say is that I love the mail list most as a channel of
> > discussion.
> 
> Agreed.  For discussion, mail list is a must.
> Usiing Tiki and RWiki, I found it seems not be suitable
> for discussion (I am still WikiWiki beginner, too.)
> 
> Hmm.  Somebody please enlighten me, too.  What is WikiWiki
> suitable for?  FAQ?  Post-it?

The classic Wiki at c2.com started of as a place for people to discuss 
and collaborate on patterns. It was a wonderful medium for the job:
people would post ideas, and others would then add things and change
things. It was very much a community process, and it developed a loyal 
and active following.

Unfortunately, the unrestricted nature of the Wiki has lead to
problems. It takes a certain mentality or philosophy to work on a
Wiki: you have to view it as a place to collaborate on developing
ideas. Instead, many people now use it to hold discussions, basically
threading comments in the same way that you do on a mailing list or
newsgroup. Much of the original style has gone.

I personally feel that a Wiki is a great place for people to develop
joint ideas. If I were collaborating in the development of a Ruby
module with people all over the world, I'd suggest setting up a
private Wiki where we could archive our thoughts.

For the kind of general question and answer stuff that goes on here,
though, I don't think a Wiki would help.

However, I'm happy to be proven wrong: I like working on Wikis.


Regards


Dave