[OSGeo-Board] RE: OSGeo-Board WIki Users update

[Chris Holmes]

Jody Garnett.  One of the core geotools/geoserver/udig developers.  Not 
sure why he signed up for the wiki, but that's his general username.

Arnulf Christl (CCGIS) wrote:
>>Who is "Jive"?
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> Dunno?!?
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Frank Warmerdam [mailto:fwarmerdam at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Frank
>>Warmerdam (External)
>>Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 6:30 AM
>>To: board at board.osgeo.org
>>Subject: Re: OSGeo-Board WIki Users update
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>>Arnulf Christl wrote:
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>>>Hi,
>>>could you please update your contact settings in the Wiki. The easiest
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>>>way to do that is link to an existing page, Markus just did that:
>>>http://www.fossgis.de/osgeo/index.php/User:Neteler
>>>
>>>You find the current user list here:
>>>http://www.fossgis.de/osgeo/index.php/Special:Listusers
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>>Arnulf,
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>>I have add a link for both of my users. :-)
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>>>I would suggest ot close the self-creating option for accounts once
>>>the board members are all in (Gary, we still miss you). That way we
>>>will protect it from unsolicited editing. I do not see that the use of
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>>>the Wiki is going to be as broad as I initially suspected. Lets keep
>>>it small and internal for the time being and until we have figured out
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>>>whether we want the Wiki or rather stick to CVS/SVN and static
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>>website.
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>>I still see the wiki as a key place to draft and collaberate on document
>>creation.  But I imagine "finalized" documents being moved into SVN as
>>part of the process of making them official.
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>>I also would prefer to not stop the self-creating option for accounts on
>>the wiki, since I want any member or anyone interested for that matter
>>to create suggests of various kinds in the wiki.   It is very important
>>(IMHO) that we provide lots of avenues for all members, and non-members
>>to participate in, and contribute to development of policy and content
>>of various kinds.
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>>While I am sure creation of whole websites in the wiki can and does work
>>quite well for some projects, I don't think we are going to go there.
>>SVN still makes updates to the "official web site" easy enough for those
>>authorized members of the web committee.   But I really would like to
>>differentiate between the free-wheeling anarchy of the wiki, and the
>>more official primary web site.  Having the wiki appear under
>>www.fossgis.de/osgeo helps emphasise the distinction though I hope at
>>some point (when we decide on a long term wiki technology) it will
>>appear at wiki.osgeo.org.
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>>Best regards,
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