[OFF] Input/Info Requested

[Marielle Lange]

Devin,

In theory I approve. However (1) we have been asking for this for  
more than 3 years and this hasn't happened and (2) Revolution never  
shows himself keen on a structure where contributions can easily be  
made.

The scripting conference success was to a huge extent thanks to the  
work, time, dedication that Jacque did put into that.

Apart for Bill (the resident bug chaser) and Lynn (the principal  
revdeveloper editor), I don't see much evidence of this.

On the revdeveloper wiki, there is now a copy of the Revolution user  
guide.
<http://www.revdeveloper.com/include/wiki/rev/doku.php? 
id=en:documentation:revolutionuserguide:revolutionuserguide>

There is also some text according to which : "The wiki version of the  
Revolution User’s Guide will differ from the printed documentation.  
The wiki will include additional headings and a Wiki Notes footer at  
the bottom of each page. This will include any important notes from  
the wiki editor. The wiki version may also contain user supplied  
notes, comments and addendums. These may be incorporated into the  
printed guide at some time in the future." [funny, in my latin  
classes, I learned that the plural of addendum was addenda... however  
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/styleguide/page/0,,184844,00.html>  
proposes addendums as the form to adopt... though the addenda form  
obviously exists <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/addenda>]

But I have been discussing off list months ago, to ask and how things  
could be set to make it possible for members of the community to make  
contributions. Though I have been told that there was interest in  
this on runrev side, no progress whatsoever has been made.

As I said. That's 3 years that this request has been made. In terms  
of time available on runrev side, I don't see anybody who can take  
responsibility for this. Unless Bill comes up with a description of a  
structure that makes it realistic for things to start to happen, a  
wikibook seems the best way to go.

You may enjoy the reading of this excellent article
"How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Relinquish Control"
<http://www.adaptivepath.com/publications/essays/archives/000501.php>
Control = nothing ever happens.

I don't mind it being on a runrev website, but provided that's in a  
zone where users have some ability to change and update the  
content... eventually via some edition process by which the changes  
are not shown to the public before the content has been approved by  
an editor in charge.

Best,
Marielle


On 16 Mar 2007, at 21:00, Devin Asay wrote:

> You're right Bill. It ought to be shepherded by runrev and kept in  
> a consistently-maintained repository at runrev.com. That's gonna be  
> stop 1 for newbies looking for online help with Rev.
>
> Devin