Re: [boost] RE: Wiki

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-09-28 09:05:35

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim.Hyslop" <jim.hyslop_at_[hidden]>

> David Abrahams [SMTP:david.abrahams_at_[hidden]] wrote:
> > From: "Jeff Garland" <jeff_at_[hidden]>
> [about disclaimers]
> > > I can add one -- of course so can you or anyone else.  Hence the
beauty
> of
> > > the Wiki.
> >
> > Yes, but I guess I'd prefer a more permanent, built-in notice.
> I'm not an expert on Wikis, but from what I understand forcing a Wiki page
> to be non-editable goes against the spirit of Wiki.

Sure, but there's some non-editable content on the example wiki, e.g. the
boost logo.

> OTOH, the cgi scripts
> could probably be configured to add a standard disclaimer at the bottom
(or
> top) of each page displayed.
>
> It doesn't have to be a one-or-the-other situation, by the way - the Yahoo
> group extremeprogramming also has a Wiki site, and both are quite active
and
> useful. You might consider the wiki/YGroup combination to be analogous to
> the Usenet pair comp.lang.c++.moderated/comp.lang.c++.

Cool; I'll take a look.

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