Re: [Phpwiki-talk] Email Notification question

[Evan H. <hu...@ne...>]

On Sun, 18 Aug 2002, Robert Orenstein wrote:
...
> A side note here: I do find it interesting that the Wiki isn't enough
> even for the hardcore Wiki lovers on this mailing list -- if it was
> enough, presumably the mailing list wouldn't be necessary, because
> you'd all be checking the Wiki regularly. When I started writing this
> message, I had a choice of posting it on the Wiki or sending out email --
> I chose email because it was the only way I had of guaranteeing that
> the people I wanted to see the message, WOULD see the message! I'd like
> to ask those of you who send email to this list: why do you send the
> email instead of posting to the Wiki? Is it for the reasons I've given
> above, or is there something else going on? It does seem to me that
> if EmailNotification were available, this mailing list could cease
> to exist.

  Wiki is not designed as a groupware/messaging tool. It is designed to
give many people the ability to edit a document simultaneously, not
provide a forum for discussion. 

  Would you use CVS to carry out a discussion? Would you use
Word/OpenOffice's "Track Changes" and "Merge Document" features to carry
out a discussion?

  The correct answer to both of these questions is "no". If you want a
discussion forum, use a tool that is designed for it (a web BBS, a mailing
list, etc). If you want different people on different networks to be able
to edit a document, use wiki. 

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