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233714 "Adam R. Maxwell" <amaxwell@m...> 2012‑10‑11 Re: old tool wiki
On Oct 11, 2012, at 19:46 , Joshua Clark  wrote:

> > Micah summarizes what I've been trying to put into words all day. The OT lis
t is an (antiquated but fully functional) example of a "push" technology in whic
h the content is delivered to you while forums and other venues require you to "
pull" the content. The list is the way it is for a reason and it works well.  I 
participate in both and appreciate them for different reasons.

Funny that e-mail is called "antiquated" here on a list where some of us
use 200-year-old tools as a matter of course :).  Micah and Josh
summarize why I prefer the list to forums; mail just shows up in my
box, it's easy to see what's unread, and it's usually nicely threaded. 

Mentioning wiki seems to have stirred up a few people.  Just to clarify
a few things with respect to my suggestion:

  1) a wiki would not replace the porch or create Yet Another Forum

  2) a wiki would not replace GIC or any photosharing site

  4) it would be a _reference_ like DATAMP

A wiki is just a possible way to have multiple people contribute to a
document.  For instance, suppose we created an Atkins Assembly as
counterpart to Erik's stellar Disstonian Institute.  Atkins catalog info
+ color photos of Atkins saws would a way to start; anyone with an
account could edit and add content.

Yes, there are hosting challenges, spam issues, and administrative
overhead.  Maybe insurmountable, maybe not.  I'm guessing that there
would be (at most) a few dozen contributors.

Adam

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