Re: [pgsql-advocacy] We need an Advocacy wiki

From: "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>, pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org, Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>, pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [pgsql-advocacy] We need an Advocacy wiki
Date: 2007-08-04 21:14:05
Message-ID: 46B4EC1D.3080309@commandprompt.com
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Dave Page wrote:

>> A. Understand CVS
>> B. Understand HTML
>> C. Understand patch
>
> Rubbish. You send the text to -www.
>

Really? O.k. I need a page where I and Berkus can dynamically manage
sponsors. Where do I send the requirements to get that done?

> Using a wiki for a public website looks completely unprofessional and gives the impression of a small organisation without the resources to do things properly.

Cough.. hardly. The tool is not what makes it unprofessional, it is the
presentation.

>
> Implemented in the manner being suggested leaves us with little editorial control over what is published. I'm not so much concerned with deliberate vandalism but with ensuring all published content is factually correct, non-libellous, and consistent with the projects aims and past decisions on what we should or shouldn't publish.
>

I *repeat* I am not suggesting we change our web infrastructure, only
that the attitudes around it change a bit.

Joshua D. Drake

> Regards, Dave
>

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