On Wed, 26 Sep 2007, Phil Schaffner wrote: > On Wed, 2007-09-26 at 14:03 +0200, Ralph Angenendt wrote: > > Akemi Yagi wrote: > > > I think that this page needs a TOC: > > > > > > http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Nagios > > > > I still think that this wiki is a wiki. > > And it is still a Wiki that presents "Immutable Page" on the "Actions" > bar to most viewers and potential editors, even those who are > contributors in other areas. Personally I have been much less active in > contributing to the Wiki, due to the hurdle of having to ask for > permission in every new instance, than I might have been with more open > access. > > I understand that general write/create/modify access permissions have > resulted in abuses in the past, requiring the limitations, but still > maintain that contributors "in good standing" (conditions TBD, but not > TOO tight - can always be demoted :-) should be granted a higher level > of access. This approach would also decrease the workload on those who > must grant permission on a case-by-case basis. If some authors are > reluctant to subscribe to the openness of the Wiki philosophy within > these limits, their pages could presumable have a higher level of > protection. I admit to ignorance as to the details of how this could be > implemented on this "MoinMoin Powered" Wiki. Phill, I agree with you. The problem is how to establish trust, or how to establish trust when you are not allowed to do anything. I think trust could be based not only on merit, but also on the person's behaviour in the community (CentOS or maybe even more widely). This may be necessary on a case-by-case basis. -- -- dag wieers, dag at centos.org, http://dag.wieers.com/ -- [Any errors in spelling, tact or fact are transmission errors]