Re: [myhdl-list] MEP guidelines
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From: Günter D. <dan...@we...> - 2011-05-18 19:54:01
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On 18.05.2011 20:58, Jan Decaluwe wrote: ... > > My conclusion: wiki's don't work, at least not the "democratic" > access rights part of them. I believe it is a combination of things, namely: - the amount of content in the wiki - the size of the community that takes part in editing it - the ratio of advanced to beginner level - the sensibility vs boldness of beginner level to know when to edit or when not to edit content I believe, with the amount of content in the MyHDL wiki and the size of the community taking part in editing it, it is wise to restrict access. As a single bold beginner can have a big impact and the social aspect of a big community does not work here. Fortunately, dokuwiki has a good way to do restriction with access rights. > > As a result, I'm changing the policy to grant edit access to > myhdl.org. Instead of a simple request, I will require a > demonstrated level of experience with MyHDL. I have already > implemented this by restoring content as appropriate, updating > the page about access request, and updating the existing > access rights. I think a good idea would be, to grant new users a user space where they are allowed to edit. There they could demonstrate the level of experience, without changing other content of the page. Here is an idea to extend this thought. At the moment there is in the top side bar an entry for "Users & Projects". Following that link will lead to the "intro" page in the projects namespace, with entries of users of MyHDL. Looking at the links there, I see some people have just edited their content in the 'projects' namespace - like myself. Others have done a mix. Some content is in the 'projects' namespace. Other is in the 'users' namespace. Here is an idea for beginners. If someone get's a new account to the wiki, that user will get an entry in the projects:intro page - edited by the admin. That entry is a link to 'users:<login name>'. The new user can only edit content under the namespace 'users:<login name>'. That way it is possible to contribute to the page, but restrict editing access to users namespace. Cheers, Guenter |