[Fsf-friends] INDIA * http://wikiwikiweb.de/LugsList

[Sandip Bhattacharya]

On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 21:44 +0530, Anivar Aravind wrote:
> > Why another site? Why does User Group related information of India tend
> > to get scattered over so many sites? Lets start consolidating all this
> > information - you have two major FOSS websites in India - the fsf-india
> > site and the linux-india site. Why dont we maintain these lists on one
> > of these sites?
> 
> Free s/w model is not centralized .  It is a model that build from
> bottom. Wiki provides user control over information and creative
> modifications. Scatering of information is a better idea that gives
> more access and more popularity to local users groups.
> 

Honestly, I can't make out which part of that last paragraph I disagree
with the most.

a. We are not talking about software development. We are talking about
information. Scattered information makes information harder to access.
This is why for students it is always better to search in consolidated
and ordered information storages like wikipedia and dmoz before googling
for it.
b. I am not talking about new information. This information is only
about collected information of what is already know. IF such lists are
even duplicated (and hopefully in sync) then the purpose of information
is served.
c. The purpose of this information is to help newbies find their own
local community. Why dont we think about the place where newbies are
going to search first? I can guarantee that it is not going to be
wikiwikiweb.de. 
d. You dont need only wikis to manage publicly contributed content. Even
normal *nuke based article management system work adequately. 

- Sandip

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