[documentation] documentation Digest, Vol 48, Issue 7

[Shai Gluskin]

Hans and docs team,

Maybe we need to bring Moshe into the discussion: If the following were on
the horizon any time soon for g.d.o, I think it's the best venue for our
work:

   1. history and diff for wiki nodes
   2. full text in notification emails
   3. mailhandler installation

If these things are pie-in-the-sky, then I'd vote for using the queue as the
main gathering place.

Either way I'm still in favor of deprecating the mailing list.

Hans makes good points about the queue. I criticized the queue for being too
task focused and not good for discussion. But I agree with Hans that being
overly focused is better than having too little focus.

Regarding the needs of those who prefer email: while there is *some* chance
that g.d.o. might add Mailhandler, I think there is *no* chance that d.o.
would. So while notifications are better on d.o. there wouldn't be hope that
people could add comments or start topics via email.

[p.s. as more proof against list serves, note how Hans inadvertantly changed
the subject title in responding to this thread -- thus messing with even the
best of threading algorithms. Of course, Hans probably did that on purpose
since he's in favor of deprecating the list serve :)]

Shai



Shai
I don't see a page in the Handbook describing the Documentation Team.
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 1:48 AM, HansBKK <hans.drupal at gmail.com> wrote:

> Shai and docs team,
>
> I recognize that the queue wasn't designed for discussion, but I do
> think it in fact works well for that (as you agree).
>
> I think the culture of that medium being task-focused (as you point
> out), is helpful for those of us that tend to waffle on, especially
> when we do get pointed to past-but-still-active parallel threads we
> may not have seen.
>
> And I don't think the waffling gets in the way (too much?) for those
> more focused on getting specific tasks done - the recent/unread posts
> do float to the top, and once we've seen a topic no longer of interest
> to it we mentally screen it out just as we would in a forum.
>
> The fact that the queue works better than GDO (now does) as a
> discussion forum means (to me): don't convert the group to (another)
> discussion forum.
> --
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