[seqfan] Re: moving to wiki

[Alonso Del Arte]

I too am warming up to this idea. But if there is going to the possibility
of "earning stripes" as David Wilson suggests, I would hope that
preliminaries to the awarding of stripes would include a verification of
math credentials. People earning stripes should have degrees and experience
in mathematics, and not be "teenagers with big egos and little common
sense." (Brandt)
Al

On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 5:01 PM, David Wilson <dwilson at gambitcomm.com>wrote:

> With Wikipedia in mind, I had serious misgivings about the OEIS Wiki.
> But these last few messages have warmed me up to the idea considerably.
> With editorial gate on submissions and modification tracking, this is
> beginning to look like an bona fide editorial review process. If we
> editors earn our stripes, maybe NJAS will feel more comfortable with
> offloading his traditional OEIS chores on us.
>
> My primary concerns now would be (1) Volume of submissions swamping the
> editors (2) Degradation of lookup (3) Whole database access, e.g, for
> wide-scope quality checks, conversion to printed form, etc (4) Older
> database references already in the literature. But still, I'm liking the
> idea better all the time.
>
> N. J. A. Sloane wrote:
> >> I would like to be able to do minor corrections myself. On the other
> hand, I would like to be ab
> >> le to request a review of some sequences I submit, especially if I am
> not sure in my English def
> >> inition.
> >>
> >> Will this be possible?
> >
> >
> > Me:  changes will be made in a similar way to the way changes
> > are made to pages in the Wikipedia.
> >
> > Any registered user will be able to propose changes,
> > but they won't become part of the permanent version of a page
> > until they are approved by an editor.
> >
> > Just as in the Wikipedia, if you click the "history" tab,
> > you will see all the versions, starting at the beginning,
> > emphasing the current "permanent", or "approved" version, and then
> > showing further "waiting-to-be-approved" versions.
> >
> > Neil
> >
> >
> >
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