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. _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf