On Thu, 3 Dec 2009 13:18:58 -0800, Mark Phippard <markp...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Mark Phippard <markp...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 1:06 PM, C. Michael Pilato <cmpil...@collab.net> >> wrote: >> >>> NOTE: I'm making two assumptions here: (1) that we would never >>> consider >>> using a Wiki that didn't send page change notifications to our commits@ >>> list >>> (or maybe a dedicated wiki@), and (2) that any wiki service that the ASF >>> provided would be covered by their backup mechanisms. >>> >>> What say you? >> >> I'd like to add one more thing here. >> >> Presumably a primary goal in moving some content to a wiki is to be >> able to widen the net of who can edit the pages. So we also need to >> know how those controls work at ASF. While we may get tired of >> applying and committing patches to some of the pages, it is a heck of >> a lot better than a Wiki if these same users cannot just add the >> content themselves. > > Re-reading, I see you touched on this a bit. I think you were > implying we would open it up to anyone with an account to edit, > provided there was an email list for the changes. I agree if that is > where you were going.
Wiki pages should be editable by those with : i. A cla on file. ii. be a committer on the project that owns the wiki. In other words the wiki content should be treated like code, wiki/documentation contributions from anyone outside the project would have to be sent as a patch and applied by a committer. Next up, just wanted to show you an example of the Confluence Wiki here at ASF. Showing here the Apache ActiveMQ project as a great example: This is their cwiki space where they edit: http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/ACTIVEMQ/Index This is where an autoexport tool applies their custom templates and turns it all into static pages: http://cwiki.apache.org/ACTIVEMQ/ This is their main official website, where a rsync job updates it from the auoexported site: http://activemq.apache.org/ So, it can look good and be easily editable too. Anyway, food for thought. Gav... (the other one)
