Hi folks, I recently registered with the wiki site to fix a few things I've noticed, and I had a question: Is it "proper" to delete other people's additions if they are obviously incorrect? My main concern is for the content, which is ( well, was ) false. On the other hand, I do not want to start a pissing match with anybody because of bruised egos. Further, in some cases that I've seen, the OP might have a valid point, but it is not one shared by the general populous. In my mind, that view should be respected, but on the other hand, I feel there should be a correction to the wiki regarding it. Any input on this would be greatly apprecaited.
Good question. Maybe it would be better to politely post an "opposing view" right below the seemingly wrong information. My only experience in editing other people's postings was when I corrected a poster that had incorrectly put his company at the top of the list of asterisk consultants, out of alphabetical order as the list requests. My edit was promptly re-edited, so I gave up! Anyway, just one of the risks of an open Wiki! regards Scott Stingel Emerging Voice Technology www.evtmedia.com Sean Kennedy wrote:> Hi folks, > > I recently registered with the wiki site to fix a few things I've > noticed, and I had a question: Is it "proper" to delete other > people's additions if they are obviously incorrect? My main concern > is for the content, which is ( well, was ) false. On the other hand, > I do not want to start a pissing match with anybody because of bruised > egos. > > Further, in some cases that I've seen, the OP might have a valid > point, but it is not one shared by the general populous. In my mind, > that view should be respected, but on the other hand, I feel there > should be a correction to the wiki regarding it. > > Any input on this would be greatly apprecaited. > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > . >
If there is a mistake that you can fix then do so. If it's your option to do it differently then add a note to it and put your text after that. The Wiki is an open and should always be open. But as you stated Etiquette goes 2 ways and you should not go around removing text because you don't agree with it. Just edit the mistake and add your comments. Thank you for having good Etiquette. -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Sean Kennedy Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 10:06 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: [Asterisk-Users] [OT]: Wiki Etiquette Hi folks, I recently registered with the wiki site to fix a few things I've noticed, and I had a question: Is it "proper" to delete other people's additions if they are obviously incorrect? My main concern is for the content, which is ( well, was ) false. On the other hand, I do not want to start a pissing match with anybody because of bruised egos. Further, in some cases that I've seen, the OP might have a valid point, but it is not one shared by the general populous. In my mind, that view should be respected, but on the other hand, I feel there should be a correction to the wiki regarding it. Any input on this would be greatly apprecaited. _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
That brings up a good question of Wiki Housekeeping. With the constant changes to CVS versions of asterisk. The Wiki gets old sometimes. Would it do a good idea to set up a Wiki-Marshall??? -----Original Message----- From: asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com [mailto:asterisk-users-bounces@lists.digium.com] On Behalf Of Scott Stingel Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 10:07 AM To: Asterisk Users Mailing List - Non-Commercial Discussion Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] [OT]: Wiki Etiquette Good question. Maybe it would be better to politely post an "opposing view" right below the seemingly wrong information. My only experience in editing other people's postings was when I corrected a poster that had incorrectly put his company at the top of the list of asterisk consultants, out of alphabetical order as the list requests. My edit was promptly re-edited, so I gave up! Anyway, just one of the risks of an open Wiki! regards Scott Stingel Emerging Voice Technology www.evtmedia.com Sean Kennedy wrote:> Hi folks, > > I recently registered with the wiki site to fix a few things I've > noticed, and I had a question: Is it "proper" to delete other > people's additions if they are obviously incorrect? My main concern > is for the content, which is ( well, was ) false. On the other hand, > I do not want to start a pissing match with anybody because of bruised> egos. > > Further, in some cases that I've seen, the OP might have a valid > point, but it is not one shared by the general populous. In my mind, > that view should be respected, but on the other hand, I feel there > should be a correction to the wiki regarding it. > > Any input on this would be greatly apprecaited. > > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > . >_______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list Asterisk-Users@lists.digium.com http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users