From: | Jim Nasby <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org> |
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To: | Marc G(dot) Fournier <scrappy(at)hub(dot)org> |
Cc: | Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>, pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Advocacy wiki |
Date: | 2007-07-26 23:24:11 |
Message-ID: | E352510F-B854-455E-B1BA-DCD0225D05C4@decibel.org |
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On Jul 25, 2007, at 7:20 PM, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> - --On Wednesday, July 25, 2007 18:12:50 -0700 Jim Nasby
> <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org>
> wrote:
>
>> My intention was indeed that general community members could make
>> use of
>> this. I want to make it easier for other people to advocate
>> PostgreSQL, and
>> part of that is providing a place where they can upload
>> presentations,
>> photos, etc. This is something that should be collaborative in
>> nature, so I
>> don't think techdocs is a good place for it.
>
> I'd like to move the developer wiki to it own VPS, and out of the core
> developer one, just to save against potential 'web based security
> holes' ...
> would it be an idea ot setup a seperate 'advocacy wiki', along the
> lines of
> what you are suggesting (with suitable moderation / review) from
> the developer
> one, which would remian closed?
Perhaps we should stop drawing the line at "developer" and "advocacy"
and just have one wiki that's open to public edits and one that's not.
> And, do you have the time / energy to actually moderate such a
> beast ... I
> think one of the bigger fears is ppl uploading mis-information into
> such an
> "official wiki", and I think that fear is fairly justified with the
> amount of
> spam-bots going around filling in forms left-right-and-center ...
If it's dependent on a single person to keep it clean, we're doing
something wrong. :)
But yes, I'll certainly help in that regard.
> Personally, I can see the benefit of what you are suggesting, but
> do think that
> a certain amount of control / moderation is required to keep it
> clean and
> accurate ... then again, maybe we want Al Dev back again? For
> those that don't
> know the name, he into 'creative technical writing' that is akin to
> 'the aliens
> are coming' :)
Sure, we'll have to keep an eye on it. It might also be a good idea
to make it clear that it's unofficial.
--
Jim Nasby jim(at)nasby(dot)net
EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com 512.569.9461 (cell)
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