Would it be too much to ask that the person sending the summary email would also put that (or equivalent information) in the wiki?
Esko Quoting Kay Diederichs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 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 > > > -- > Kay Diederichs http://strucbio.biologie.uni-konstanz.de > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel +49 7531 88 4049 Fax 3183 > Fachbereich Biologie, Universität Konstanz, Box M647, D-78457 Konstanz >
