From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] cpu server From: rog@vitanuova.com In-Reply-To: <04e6b1eb7f42082cf6dc0e9c7eebc134@plan9.ucalgary.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 17:47:59 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: d51e4218-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > I think the fundamental failure of the Plan 9 wiki is because it has > (always) been superseded by this list. As it currently is, it needs a > huge amount of cleaning up -- it's filled with random pages, some even > may have questionable content. i've sometimes thought that the lack of an easy "what's new" page makes a difference. ok, i've been too lazy to write a script to do it, but in my defense, such a script would probably have to traverse the entire wiki each time, which wouldn't be great if lots of people were doing it, and certainly wouldn't be quick. with a page that tells you quickly and easily what's changed, people can make a habit of having a brief sanity check of any new stuff that's been added, and maybe add a tidbit or two if so inclined. without it, it's easy just to look at the front page, see nothing different, and leave it at that. that's what i do, i'm afraid.