[tdwg-content] poking from TDWG wiki's

[Bob Morris]

Nothing is as horrifying as someone piping Taxacomm messages ANYWHERE.
Probably including to Taxacom.

Hah, hah, just serious.

Bob


On Wed, Apr 6, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Jim Croft <jim.croft at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just what The world needs: a computer telling us stuff. :(
>
> Still, it's not as horrifyingly misanthropic as Rod Page piping
> Taxacom posts to Twitter. ;)
>
> Opt out button?
>
> Jim
>
> On Thursday, April 7, 2011, Bob Morris <morris.bob at gmail.com> wrote:
> > What if the list tdwg-content received a notification from each TDWG wiki
> when a page changed? These are fairly unobtrusive and presently infrequent
> (because most TDWG wiki's are inactive). They summarize the change and give
> links to the new content. I believe that they are set to notify only once a
> day. I \think/ this can be accomplished without more than edit privilege on
> the wikis, and if nobody raises major objection, I'll try to implement it
> for SDD, MRTG, and AnnotationsIG and we can see if it is a help or an
> annoyance.
> >
> > Pros: No need to make announcements or comments in two places.
> WikiLuddites can still respond in the mailing list. No need to opt-in for
> Wiki change notices. One click to relevant information.
> > Cons: Default is to summarize changes, so people who want to respond in
> the mailing list have to proactively visit the relevant Wiki and perhaps
> cut/paste into their reply. Spammy feeling if a wiki suddenly become very
> active. Wiki users who do not subscribe to tdwg-content won't see email
> discussion of wiki pages.
> >
> > Another possibility is to do this in some other mailing list, perhaps
> even one devoted to entirely to the notifications. But to me, an active
> mailing list seems more productive.  After all, wiki content is nothing if
> not TDWG content....
> >
> > Bob Morris
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> > Robert A. Morris
> >
> > Emeritus Professor  of Computer Science
> > UMASS-Boston
> > 100 Morrissey Blvd
> > Boston, MA 02125-3390
> > IT Staff
> > Filtered Push ProjectDepartment of Organismal and Evolutionary
> BiologyHarvard University
> >
> >
> > email: morris.bob at gmail.com
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> > web: http://etaxonomy.org/mw/FilteredPush
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> >
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-- 
Robert A. Morris

Emeritus Professor  of Computer Science
UMASS-Boston
100 Morrissey Blvd
Boston, MA 02125-3390

IT Staff
Filtered Push Project
Department of Organismal and Evolutionary Biology
Harvard University



email: morris.bob at gmail.com
web: http://efg.cs.umb.edu/
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http://www.cs.umb.edu/~ram
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