[Zope3-dev] Re: Development methodology (Re: Future CMF) (rant)

[Chris Withers]

Simon Michael wrote:
> Some ways to reduce wiki deadness:
> 
> 1. have a fast clutter-free page layout. Surfing the wiki must be fast and
> content should not be diluted with irrelevant extras.
> 
> 2. integrate the wiki seamlessly with email. People should be able to
> monitor discussion and participate fully from their mail client.
> 
> 3. do not make people register to participate.
> 
> 4. make changes visible. Email integration as above, a FastChanges when
> RecentChanges gets too slow, automated queries on the front page to
> highlight key changes, stats, etc..

These things, now that Simon mentions them, are exactly what's missing on the 
Fishbowl. Simon, could you add these/sort them out without too much pain?

> 5. maintain the wiki. Keep the page hierarchy meaningful (surprisingly
> easy); delete test and insufficiently useful pages; keep control of
> ThreadMode (discussion) by channeling it to a single discussion page, and
> summarizing or just deleting old comments elsewhere. This can be done by
> one person or many, but it should get done. It's like refactoring a code
> base to keep it clean. 

Yeah, but this falls into line with Jim's request for editorial help; it's nto 
what open source people like doing, so it doesn't get done for free :-S

cheers,

Chris