On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Robert P. J. Day<rpjday@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, 5 Jul 2009, SandeepKsinha wrote: > >> Hi Robert, >> >> It does really makes a lot of sense to rectify such issues. It >> really discourages any newbie who starts kernel programming. >> >> Should we copy the linux-kernel folks to have a take on such issues. > > (please don't top post.) > > it doesn't make sense to ask the main kernel folks to fix any of > that, that's not their job. i don't know *who* is responsible for the > kernelnewbies web site so i can't say who should be looking at it. It is a wiki. *You* can edit it. That so few do so may be due to: 1- truly dont know, 2- are uncertain 3- dont want to step on others work 4- would prefer that their work has a byline 3- Id infer that original authors intended that things be updated, or they wouldnt put it there. Thus we should be less paranoid about it. 4- Id suggest that you talk with linux.com, and negotiate that your articles be 'reprinted' on kernelnewbies ? That way, you get your byline, and the reputation++ that it gives, and knewbies gets more content. This is how LWN does it. Though Id observe that they dont need it, since heavy-hitters write for them directly. The big problem with wikis is their uncoordinated nature, which left uncoordinated, could lead to a large collection of factoids, which individually dont add much, and collectively hide efforts at a larger, more coherent image/vision. Id hope that this ML could be the locus of editorial activity, ideally proactive, to modernize the wiki content. Active posters such as yourself, Muladi, Teoh come to my mind immediately (such that Im not even checking my spelling) as having sufficient "moral authority" to guide such efforts. Id further hope that the emergence of such editorial leadership might tip the scales on which 2,3 are measured by potential contributors. Most people here recognize the truth in the adage: " you dont know the limits of your knowledge until you try to explain it to someone else" They also know that good questions get better answers, and that wrong answers often get corrected (hence "CMIIW") If we play to the readers' enlightened self-interest, we play to our strengths. And in case theres a doubt, I infer the above is what youre doing, and that Im playing the foil (the strait man for your punchline). thanks JimC -- To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxx Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ
