Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-wiki (223 mails)

[Rajko M <rmatov101@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joseph M. Gaffney wrote:
> On Friday 03 February 2006 19:40, Rajko M wrote:
> > Looking on openSUSE wiki, and Wikipedia.
> > One with login, the other without.
> >
> > They had login too and the site was small.
> > Then they removed login, and site started growing to its present size.
> >
> > How many people will go trough registration process, just to make minor
> > edit? I think just a few.
> >
> > I edited Wikipedia few times, with login requirement it would be no edit
> > at all.
> >
> > So, what is what we want?
> >
> > Protected site or active one?
> >
> > Fear from vandals?
> > Wikipedia has same problems, and obviously some solutions.
> > We can have some pages protected, some accessible with login and the
> > rest free.
>
> Whats so hard about registering?
>
> If you want to make more than a quick edit, you'd register... I don't see an 
> issue here personally.

Hi Joseph,

the hard fact is that the most successful wiki site Wikipedia does not 
require it, so people are used to idea that anybody can edit information 
without registering and logging.

The problem is that on HCL page
http://en.opensuse.org/HCL/Desktops
I call people to add their experience, but even if I would undertake 
actual tasks of input and information sorting, I have no single page 
where anybody can leave his experience without registering and logging.

I see few hits and I can imagine people disappointed with empty pages 
going away. That there is no vandals doesn't help much, as there is no 
users too.

Again, Wikipedia was closed behind login too, and result was 
disappointment. When they removed that as requirement, free encyclopedia 
started to grow. Their experience show that vandals of any kind are not 
that big concern as closed wiki.

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Regards,
Rajko.