Wiki "please help section"

[Hughesie]

i am seeking permission to remove light plot from the list of articles that need work, as it is clearly now one of the best ones

is that ok?
i am looking for a response from the admins or moderators or just a couple of people

[dvsDave]

sure, the please help wiki entry is open for editing to anyone! If you want to add an entry to that listing, you can do that too!

[Hughesie]

Originally Posted by dvsDave

sure, the please help wiki entry is open for editing to anyone! If you want to add an entry to that listing, you can do that too!

i was just checking

[gafftaper]

So I've thrown up about 20 topics in the last couple days and I'll try to get more up soon. I'm just automatically putting them on the please help list so that others will read through them and see if there's anything that needs to be added. Some are fairly complete others need some work. I figure the please help list is a good way to get some attention to new topics.

[Van]

Originally Posted by gafftaper

So I've thrown up about 20 topics in the last couple days and I'll try to get more up soon. I'm just automatically putting them on the please help list so that others will read through them and see if there's anything that needs to be added. Some are fairly complete others need some work. I figure the please help list is a good way to get some attention to new topics.

OOps I hope I didn't screw anything up. I've just been throwing new posts into the glossary, assuming people would read and ediut them...... Assuming is bad....

[icewolf08]

Originally Posted by Van

OOps I hope I didn't screw anything up. I've just been throwing new posts into the glossary, assuming people would read and ediut them...... Assuming is bad....

Van, you did the right thing, what gaff was saying is that he was listing the topics he added to the "[[Please Help]]" topic so that people who are looking for articles to edit have a list right there in front of them. Then people like me come through and flesh them out. The trick has been making sense out of the definitions that I have in my head. A lot of the articles I have written or fleshed out I have spent a lot of offline time composing. I am not sure what that says about how I use my vacation time...

[gafftaper]

Yeah Van if you spent some time writing a really complete article there's no need to put it on the please help list. As I said before, I'm working pretty quick from some lecture notes to throw out a bunch of topics. Some aren't really complete, lack details, or are a little vague. So I'm putting them on the please help list so that somebody who really knows that topic will come along and say hey... let me add a bunch to this one. Again... the shotgun approach of just starting the discussion.

[Van]

Ok Wolf, Gaff, I get it now.

Charcoadabs, As far as I'm concerned, everything I put on here is for public consumption. I don't know If dvsDave has any copyright restrictions on articles here. One of the reason I use my name on here is that, I figure, I'm gonna throw it out there and let people do with or think of it as they will. If you feel really bad about using material I've developed please feel free to forward payment on any potential profits.

< That was a joke not a real solicitation for payment of any kind>


Oh and that goes for any drawings, pictures etc. that I have posted on here. I figure it's public domain, unless Dave has any restrictions on the republishing of material posted here. If that is the case then i can be contacted to provide the material directly.

[dvsDave]

Sure anything in the wiki is open for consumption and redistribution as long as credit is given.

[Hughesie]

Originally Posted by charcoaldabs

This question is especially directed to Gaff, Van, Alex, and others who've put up their own lecture notes, and work. How do you feel about having these definitions printed off, photocopied, and handed out in a classroom environment? I recognize that you guys have put a lot of hardwork into your lecture notes and what-not, so it kinda seems like it'd feel like stealing to take your work and distribute it to peers / a class. Any thoughts on that?

i am fine with that, you are helping the community by putting your work up there for others to read and use.