[wp-hackers] A New Codex?

[Dave W]

That's why there should be keyword tagging of all the major pages. Then
maybe a system like digg has if you try to edit something and if it exists,
it can ask you if it already has it there.

On 11/11/06, MarkR <mark at tamba2.org.uk> wrote:
>
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
> > ___/ On Sat 11 Nov 2006 16:43:26 GMT, [ Mark Riley ] wrote : \___
> >
> >> Craig wrote:
> >>> On 11/10/06, Dave W <dabbaking at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> <snip>Maybe there could be a
> >>>> policy instituted like Wikipedia has that some articles are locked
> down
> >>>> for
> >>>> new users or someone would have to request a change to an important
> >>>> page.
> >>>> <snip>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> This was attempted at the start of the Codex project. It was
> >>> determined by
> >>> some that such policies are counter to the open source ideology. Chaos
> >>> ensued and we have today, a set of documentation that is a quagmire.
> >>>
> >>> Craig.
> >>
> >> And if I recall correctly those that freaked out about this are no
> >> longer around. In - yell - out. That's how I remember it.
> >
> > Scott  (skippy)? Or is it David (smallmouse)?
>
> No it wasn't. The above are both great guys but the names aren't
> important now.
> The point was that even back then a sense of order and discipline was
> needed but the free-for-all has lead to what we have now. It may all be
> in there but it's hard to find.
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Dave W