making changes to the docs (was: Re: [pmwiki-users] Supporting different modes in default pmwiki)

Radu radu at monicsoft.net
Tue Aug 9 15:23:02 CDT 2005


At 03:54 PM 8/9/2005, Neil Herber wrote:

>Perhaps we could make use of categories here. If I make changes to a 
>page but am not sure if my contribution is correct, then I should 
>add a category marker of [[!DocsToBeChecked]]. Once someone who is 
>braver or more knowledgeable than me has checked and corrected it, 
>they could remove the category marker.

Ok, we can go for that...

However, what do we do with comments, especially the unresolved ones? 
Is it OK to just chuck them on a Test page and link the docs to a 
distributed Intermap prefix like Test: ?

>Even if someone makes a good attempt at editing a doc page and their 
>description is completely wrong, that action performs a very 
>valuable service. It shows how the original page was too ambiguous, 
>complex, or obscure for the features to be understood. It may be all 
>that is needed for the original author to realize "Oh! That's why 
>everyone keeps asking that question."

Good point!


Cheers,
Radu
(www.monicsoft.net) 





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