ais523 wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-04-06 at 14:27 -0600, Ian Kelly wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Alex Smith wrote:
>>> The data's all there, and we're left with no legal recourse to get it
>>> back again as Wikidot don't allow automated scraping; the Notary reports
>>> are "manual scraping"
2009/4/6 Ian Kelly :
> with, say, wikia syntax?
I feel tempted to slightly misquote jwz.
On Mon, 2009-04-06 at 14:27 -0600, Ian Kelly wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Alex Smith wrote:
> > The data's all there, and we're left with no legal recourse to get it
> > back again as Wikidot don't allow automated scraping; the Notary reports
> > are "manual scraping" by copy/paste. So
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 2:27 PM, Ian Kelly wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Alex Smith wrote:
>> The data's all there, and we're left with no legal recourse to get it
>> back again as Wikidot don't allow automated scraping; the Notary reports
>> are "manual scraping" by copy/paste. So migr
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Alex Smith wrote:
> The data's all there, and we're left with no legal recourse to get it
> back again as Wikidot don't allow automated scraping; the Notary reports
> are "manual scraping" by copy/paste. So migrating back would be rather
> tricky and time-consuming,
On Mon, 2009-04-06 at 14:10 -0600, Ian Kelly wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Elliott Hird
> wrote:
> > Wikidot is just a bad VCS (does it even handle non-linear edits? I
> > doubt it.)
>
> Non-linear edits? Are you referring to branching/merging?
>
More to the point, Wikidot doesn't ev
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 1:41 PM, Elliott Hird
wrote:
> Wikidot is just a bad VCS (does it even handle non-linear edits? I
> doubt it.)
Non-linear edits? Are you referring to branching/merging?
-root
On Mon, 2009-04-06 at 15:54 -0400, Geoffrey Spear wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Elliott Hird
> wrote:
> > Wikidot is just a bad VCS (does it even handle non-linear edits? I
> > doubt it.) operating on a bad document format with an awful interface
> > that requires javascript and that ha
On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Elliott Hird
wrote:
> Wikidot is just a bad VCS (does it even handle non-linear edits? I
> doubt it.) operating on a bad document format with an awful interface
> that requires javascript and that has no way to get non-HTML out of
> it; even scraping is prohibited b
ehird wrote:
> 2009/4/6 Ed Murphy :
>> A wiki is just a VCS with a GUI front-end. Â Discuss.
>
> Wikidot is just a bad VCS (does it even handle non-linear edits? I
> doubt it.) operating on a bad document format with an awful interface
> that requires javascript and that has no way to get non-HTM
On Mon, 2009-04-06 at 20:41 +0100, Elliott Hird wrote:
> 2009/4/6 Ed Murphy :
> > A wiki is just a VCS with a GUI front-end. Discuss.
>
> Wikidot is just a bad VCS (does it even handle non-linear edits? I
> doubt it.) operating on a bad document format with an awful interface
> that requires java
2009/4/6 Ed Murphy :
> A wiki is just a VCS with a GUI front-end. Discuss.
Wikidot is just a bad VCS (does it even handle non-linear edits? I
doubt it.) operating on a bad document format with an awful interface
that requires javascript and that has no way to get non-HTML out of
it; even scraping
ehird wrote:
> 2009/4/6 Ed Murphy :
>> The main advantage I see with a wiki is that it's easy for anyone else
>> to review the change history (I'm sure you could make this possible
>> with $FAVORITE_VCS as well, but probably not as easy). Â I agree that it
>> doesn't make much difference to the No
2009/4/6 Ed Murphy :
> The main advantage I see with a wiki is that it's easy for anyone else
> to review the change history (I'm sure you could make this possible
> with $FAVORITE_VCS as well, but probably not as easy). I agree that it
> doesn't make much difference to the Notary if e's equally f
ais523 wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-04-06 at 16:15 +0100, Elliott Hird wrote:
>> 2009/4/6 Ed Murphy :
>>> For entering things, sure, but for being able to analyze purported
>>> errors and correct them if needed? Not everyone has their own VCS.
>>>
>> (git|darcs|hg) is hard, let's go shopping.
>
> Durin
On Mon, 2009-04-06 at 16:15 +0100, Elliott Hird wrote:
> 2009/4/6 Ed Murphy :
> > For entering things, sure, but for being able to analyze purported
> > errors and correct them if needed? Not everyone has their own VCS.
> >
>
> (git|darcs|hg) is hard, let's go shopping.
During my previous stint
2009/4/6 Ed Murphy :
> For entering things, sure, but for being able to analyze purported
> errors and correct them if needed? Not everyone has their own VCS.
>
(git|darcs|hg) is hard, let's go shopping.
ehird wrote:
>>> (The whole setup seems rather suboptimal to me, as I have to try to
>>> reflect everything that happens contract-wise on the wiki, and would
>>> have to check anyway, as Notary, to ensure everything is up-to-date.
>>> Therefore, the wiki adds no real convenience to me, as people n
On 2009-04-06, Ed Murphy wrote:
> ais523 wrote:
>
>> root wrote:
>>> I tried to edit my own page on the Notary wiki a few weeks ago and was
>>> unable to.
>>
>> You have to ask Murphy for edit permissions to be able to edit the wiki.
>> (The whole setup seems rather suboptimal to me, as I have to
ais523 wrote:
> root wrote:
>> I tried to edit my own page on the Notary wiki a few weeks ago and was
>> unable to.
>
> You have to ask Murphy for edit permissions to be able to edit the wiki.
> (The whole setup seems rather suboptimal to me, as I have to try to
> reflect everything that happens
root wrote:
> I tried to edit my own page on the Notary wiki a few weeks ago and was
> unable to.
You have to ask Murphy for edit permissions to be able to edit the wiki.
(The whole setup seems rather suboptimal to me, as I have to try to
reflect everything that happens contract-wise on the wiki,
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