Re: [IETF] Travel/Attendees list FAQ

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On Thu, 8 Dec 2011, Paul Hoffman wrote:

> On Dec 7, 2011, at 6:49 PM, Dave CROCKER wrote:
> 
> > Actually, I meant wiki according to its classic, collaborative meaning:
> > 
> >   <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki>
> > 
> > What you folks are describing is a web page, not really a wiki.
> 
> Exactly, and that is appropriate for something whose primary target is 
> organizations that are giving large amounts of money and time to the 
> IETF. A "collaborative page" can easily go sideways with contributors 
> who don't understand the parameters of what is meant to be there. In 
> many cases such as WGs, such sideways motion is fine; for a page whose 
> audience are often people who don't know about the IETF but are tasked 
> with deciding whether or not to give us significant financial support.

Perhaps, but in a wiki context repair is easy as any reasonable wiki
software will provide a history.  In addition, at least one proposal
was that editing be limited to some form of registered users which
should also mean that abuse can be mitigated.
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