Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 5:01 AM, Daniel de Kok <me at danieldk.org> wrote: > >> I know that you are not proposing to have visible names, but I think >> the same thing applies to "ownership" that is shown when a page is >> edited. Other than that, page subscriptions should do the job fine? >> >> And why can't the editors be responsible for all of the Wiki? I think >> it is better if abuse is fixed by the first person who spots it, >> rather than a special moderator. >> >> I can't really see what purpose this proposal serves ;). > > Because I did not do a good job of asking my question using correct > words :-D English is not my native language (excuses, excuses). > > First of all, I am not talking about things like spam and abuse. As I > mentioned in my reply to Ralph's question, the editorial team must > take care of these problems. In other words, everyone monitors every > page. > > My question is concerned with the *contents* of wiki articles. > Suppose the original author or the current "maintainer" says, "I want > to keep this page under good control by limiting edit rights to > designated people", how would we respond? We can say, "Sorry, you are > against the goal of the Wiki. You cannot do that". Or, we can assign > him/her as the "moderator" of that page and let him be the primary > contact (internal only, the name not visible to general readers). > > Hope I described my question/point better this time. :-) > > Akemi For me, the second scenario is more or less what we have at present, and the first scenario is what we are proposing moving towards? Again, I am in favour of moving towards a more open Wiki. I believe it sits better within the philosophy of an open source project and is in keeping with the spirit of the creative commons license that contributions are published under. I can't see how a half-way solution would work, for me it's either one or the other. It makes little sense to me to have some pages open and others restricted. As a matter of courtesy, it would be nice if contributors posted to this list before making substantial contributions and/or changes, but minor edits should require nothing more than registering an account and making the edit IMHO. Ned