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Subject: Re: first week of CCP4 community wiki
From: Kay Diederichs Kay {- dot -} Diederichs {- at -} UNI-KONSTANZ {- dot -} DE
Date: 2008-02-14

Andreas Förster schrieb:
> Hey Kay,
>
> I'm not even sure I see a problem with reposting. All ccp4 posts are
> archived, and the archive is public. So, by posting to the list, you're
> already implicitly consenting to having your comment made public. How
> is this different from being included in the wiki?

I'm not sure everyone would agree to what you say.

I like explicit consent better than implicit consent.

>
> That said, I think copying emails to the wiki is not a good idea.
> Rather, conversations should be edited, distilled to the central points
> and posted. That's much more work but more beneficial also. Kind of
> like the summary email some people send out.

completely agree. A good wiki article is different from a good posting
on CCP4BB. But a good posting can be a good basis for a good wiki
article - that's what I'm aiming at.

best,

Kay

>
>
> Andreas
>
>
> Kay Diederichs wrote:
>> Dear all,
>>
>> one week ago the CCP4 community wiki at
>> http://strucbio.biologie.uni-konstanz.de/ccp4wiki/index.php/Main_Page
>> was announced. I had to learn the meaning of the word "slashdotted" on
>> that occasion (thanks Paul!).
>>
>> In the meantime there have been a total of 3,037 page views, and 250
>> page edits since CCP4 wiki was setup. That comes to 3.29 average edits
>> per page, and 12.15 views per edit. A good start I'd say!
>>
>> I've been thinking about ways how to help registered users
>> (registration results in the right to compose and edit articles, and
>> is free!) to be able to store information posted on CCP4BB into the
>> wiki. (The best would be of course that all people who post
>> information also insert it into the wiki, but that may be asking too
>> much)
>>
>> To this end, I can think of two ways:
>> a) people who agree that all their postings be copied into or
>> otherwise used for the wiki from now on: please send me email stating
>> this fact. I shall then put your names and email addresses on a
>> 'protected' page of the wiki, so that any registered users can see
>> that fact and use the contents of your postings in articles.
>> b) people who agree that a specific posting they make be copied or
>> otherwise used for the wiki: could you please indicate at the bottom
>> of your posting, or in your signature, that you agree to this?
>>
>> Comments or better ideas?
>>
>> best,
>>
>> Kay

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email: Kay.Diederichs@uni-konstanz.de Tel +49 7531 88 4049 Fax 3183
Fachbereich Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Box M647, D-78457 Konstanz

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