Re: [myhdl-list] MEP guidelines

[Christopher F. <chr...@gm...>]

On 5/19/2011 5:12 AM, Jan Decaluwe wrote:
> On 05/18/2011 09:53 PM, Günter Dannoritzer wrote:
>> 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.
>
> All possible and meaningful, but even then, it's reasonable to
> assume that one has to complete a significant MyHDL project before
> being able to contribute meaningful content. I think I'll still
> ask for that first.
>
>

Sounds perfectly reasonable to me.

Chris