FC5 Wishlist

[seth vidal]

On Mon, 2005-06-20 at 20:14 +0200, Daniel Roesen wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2005 at 11:09:14AM -0700, Jesse Keating wrote:
> > On Mon, 2005-06-20 at 20:01 +0200, Daniel Roesen wrote:
> > > So what's the point of that then? If not anybody can file feature
> > > requests?
> > 
> > There is an edit list.  You have to be known by somebody in the wiki
> > already to add you to the edit list.  Prevents the bot and medium
> > casual spammer.
> 
> Jup. So the hurdle to file something is even higher. Not only do you
> need just-another-account-somewhere, you also need to be "known" and
> "trusted".
> 
> > > > 2. all good wikis have rollback mechanisms.
> > > 
> > > And who decides what will be rolled back and thus ignored?
> > 
> > Any person with admin access can do a rollback to a previous unpammed
> > version.  I don't know what you mean by 'thus ignored'.
> 
> People suggested that when people are allowed to file whatever RFEs
> they like, those become too many. People said that there is a rollback
> mechanism to counter that. I ask who decides what gets rolled back.
> 
> We're not talking about wiping spam, but editorial work. In the form
> it is now is just one page with a long list of ideas.
> 
> So, what is now the advantage of just-another-wiki compared to a
> full-blown request/bug tracking system, which outweights all the
> advantages of that?

right now the advantage is that:
1. we have it
2. people use it
3. people like it


so since it seems like you don't like it you're invited to NOT USE IT.

presto-change-o.

-sv