[documentation] 'Last updated' information on handbook pages?

[Steven Peck]

Book pages are not CCK type, CCK is not on Drupal.org at this time.

On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 9:29 AM, Fernando P. García
<fernando at develcuy.com> wrote:
> I don't agree to have Timestamp because is inaccurate, but I agree to have a
> CCK field named: "Last update", with description like "Please modify this
> field only if you updated this content, It does not concerns typos and
> styling".
>
> Blessings!
>
> On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Shai Gluskin <shai at content2zero.com> wrote:
>>
>> I agree with Nat and Meitar,
>>
>> That time stamp is a data point. From reading the NYTimes to Wikipedia to
>> Drupal.org a reader is obligated to assess the value/limitations of any
>> particular piece of information. I think it is paternalistic to keep
>> information out of folks hands because of a possibility that some folks
>> might misinterpret the meaning of it.
>>
>> Reasons not to show information:
>> * causes usability problems by mucking up presentation or page clarity.
>> * takes up valuable system resources like running an "expensive" query.
>>
>> As long as it passes these tests, I'd be in favor.
>>
>> Shai
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 5:08 AM, Nathaniel Catchpole
>> <catch56 at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I agree with Meitar. I don't think having recently updated timestamps on
>>> out of date information is going to lull people into a false sense of
>>> security - at least not compared to now, where they appear pretty much
>>> timeless except for the version taxonomy.
>>>
>>> This came up specifically in the case of module comparisons - if I see
>>> that a page comparing modules hasn't been updated for 6 months, then
>>> hopefully it'll indicate that things might have changed since then and
>>> encourage me to update it. At the moment, I have no idea either way unless I
>>> check the revisions tab (and I rarely do this unless I'm about to archive a
>>> page or make a big edit, hardly ever if I'm actually reading documentation).
>>>
>>> Also, if I see a page that hasn't been updated since 2006 or something,
>>> then it's an extra bit of encouragement to jump in and fix it.
>>>
>>> Nat
>>>
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>>
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