Aaron, the brashness wasn't in the proposal itself, but in the tone in which it was presented. Also in the fact that you already presented the idea once, and it was rejected unanimously. Add to that the fact that discussions of a wiki, in all it's forms and facets, has already played out numerous times, each with the same conclusion.
On May 13, 11:16 am, Aaron Shafovaloff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry, I wasn't aware that this was up for public discussion.... > > because usually we leave these sorts of decisions to people who are > > actually, you know, doing the work. > > That's why I gave a proposal, not a demand. And I'd be happy to set up > a MediaWiki installation for you and do all the initial setup work. > > > > This extension, which will be integrated into Wikipedia in > > > the coming months, allows for people to edit the draft of a page, and > > > for users with a special privilege of "reviewer" to tweak and approve > > > and even rate the proposed changes. > > > The coming months? How about we put something together ourselves in > > the coming weeks, or hell, days. It is Cake after all. Shouldn't be > > too hard assuming we can find the time. Which of course is always the > > trick. > > While FlaggedRevs extension will be integrated into Wikipedia in the > coming months, it is already available as a working extension for > MediaWiki. I use it at Theopedia.com. > > > The Cookbook code or the Cookbook content? The Cookbook code is going > > to be released under the MIT license, the same as Cake itself. > > I meant the Cookbook content. > > Keep in mind, my proposal rids the Cake team of having to do any > development work on the wiki application itself. As of this point, > they seem to be spending time on the wiki application. I'm not trying > to add to their work, but rather lighten the load and address multiple > concerns. > > If you think it is audacious and brash to put forth such a proposal, > then... oh well, it was still worth trying. I still appreciate the > CakePHP team and all the work they do. Keep up the good work. > > Take care, > > Aaron --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
