On 04/18/2009 11:58 AM, Marcus Moeller wrote: > 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. +1 I agree with this completely, we could just have an Original Author and a last edited by. Not sure how easy that is going to be though. Someone might need to look at some python code and come up with something. Also, having the Original Author field establishes who came up with the first cut, and therefore attribution is covered. However, the complexity will come in when pages are split / moved and when content changes 'significantly' down the road to not really have much relation with the original cut. Exactly how and what definition of 'significant' is adopted, is again subject to discussion. We also need to keep in mind through this conversation that the content on the wiki is licensed under very liberal terms, lets not try and make efforts to wall in edit rights or to contradict the license terms themselves. Also, how long does an 'original author' or 'contributor' need to be inactive or non responsive for before they are considered dormant or 'past contributors' ? Johnny's concern about having moderated content came from the fact that an open wiki would allow plenty of people to contribute pretty much anything ( eg: wget ; ./configure; make; make install ) and we might not want to have content of that nature on the wiki. That is where, imho, the EditGroup would fit in. -- Karanbir Singh : http://www.karan.org/ : 2522219 at icq
