[SDL] Wiki etiquette

[Bob Pendleton]

On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 13:22, Stephane Marchesin wrote:
> Bob Pendleton wrote:
> 
> >
> >Good question. The original idea was to move the existing documentation
> >to a wiki so that it can be maintained by the community. I don't know
> >how Sam feels about having other material on the wiki. 
> >
> >It seems to me that there is no reason why you can't add material to the
> >FAQ, where your material would fit very well, you could put it under the
> >examples page, or we can add a tutorial page.
> >
> Not sure if everything would fit under a "tutorial" banner. I also have 
> a draft of a "porting SDL" document around.

Well, create a new entry in the main page and post it. These things get
reorganized as they grow, so just put it up there.

> 
> >
> >If Sam objects to having other material on the wiki then we can move it
> >to another wiki. (It would be very welcome on gameprogrammer.com/gpwiki)
> >
> >>Btw, while you're talking about etiquette, I'm not sure if it's very 
> >>nice to show the IPs of the people who edit the pages.
> >>
> >
> >I don't understand why you consider that a bad thing? Please educate me.
> >
> >If you register on the site, then (AFAIK) it only lists your user name.
> >
> Yup, that's exactly my concern. Registered users also have their ip 
> address listed (appears as a tooltip for me, so it's probably in the 
> source of the page).

You still haven't given any reason why we would not want to keep the IP
address around? I really can't imagine any reason why you would worry
about that. Its in the headers of every email you post, why not record
it on the wiki?

		Bob Pendleton

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> Stephane
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