On Friday 31 March 2006 13:20, "Jeff Spaleta" <jspaleta(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 3/31/06, Rex Dieter <rdieter(a)math.unl.edu> wrote:
> Axel Thimm wrote:
> > But then hell breaks loose and people accuse JoeBob of forking fedora,
>
> ...
>
> >
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/JohnMahowald/ATrpmsWarning
>
> My $0.02: I think flamebait, err, personal opinion stuff like that has
> no place in fedoraproject's wiki. It should be removed.
Aren't there master wiki admins who can are tasked with policing the
wiki content and dealing with people who have stepped over the line?
Just a little history about this page... this author of that page
originally had it as a top level page and not under his namespace. I
suggested that he move it to inside his accountname space to make it
clear that that page was in fact was personal opinion and not policy.
Without clear guidelines as to what is allowable content I wasn't
going to fight over whether or not the wiki can be used for opinion or
editorial content at the time i found out that page existed. I
totally forgot to follow up and open a discussion on -extras-list as
to whether or not opinion pieces were allowed.
-jef
There are a few people, including myself, Thomas Chung, and Rahul Sundaram,
who watch over the changes on the wiki and follow up when we see a problem.
In addition to the move, the page now also has an admonition to make it clear
that it is a single person's opinion. Other than being an opinion and not an
official policy, it doesn't do anything to violate our policies. The wiki
has a few different pieces that are based upon opinions, and those opinions
are worth sharing. As long as they are relevant, appropriately marked, and
not in an inappropriate context, I don't see a problem with allowing them.
If anyone feels differently, I welcome discussion.
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