On Sat, 2009-04-18 at 12:58 +0200, Marcus Moeller wrote: > > In my opinion a policy like this described somewhere is a mistake. I > > prefer we have macro(s) for this. And if the macro is missing, the wiki > > provides a default. I differentiate between a "policy" that implies strict enforcement, and "guidelines" which are a bit softer but still provide some guidance. > I won't welcome edit restrictions like that. We are currently focusing > in opening up the wiki a bit, so this would be a step back in my pov. Don't see why macros should be restrictive, especially if they are an optional tool to help with guidelines, rather than a polity-enforcement mechanism. Not sure about the implementation implications of this kind of approach, nor how it would play with existing pages. > But back to the original topic. > > As I have mentioned in another thread a while ago, it should be easy > to just add a 'Original Author' and 'Last Editor' notes so anyone who > is willed to contribute could just get in contact with him/her. You > can already read the page changelogs, of course. Agree, but that is a lot of manual editing for existing pages, unless somebody implements a default macro. OK - now I REALLY gotta' go. Forgot to add wife, dog, and boat to the earlier Russ/Akemi-inspired weekend activity list. :-) Phil
