[p2p-research] Changes to P2P Foundation Wiki

[Michel Bauwens]

Hi,

I second that I would really like to see progress in Ryan's project to
establish a set of positive principles for p2p practice,

I see Alex 'positivist' approach as going in a similar direction, and I
really applaud this, though my approach so far has been quite different,
i.e. looking at emergent practices, but I think the former naturally flows
from the latter, though I may not be the best person to carry this out ...

Michel

On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 4:54 PM, Alex Rollin <alex.rollin at gmail.com> wrote:

> Another note on changes.  I've written a help document for those
> interested in collaboration on complex topics on the wiki.
> Specifically, this is for how to transclude, or re-use, text from
> another page.
>
> http://p2pfoundation.net/P2P_Foundation_Wiki_LST
>
> This should help us to build up some clear definitions.
>
> I mentioned to Ryan a bit ago that I'd like to see, for example,
> http://p2pfoundation.net/Core_Peer-2-Peer_Collaboration_Principles be
> broken up so that the various aspect of the document can be looked at
> in detail on the respective pages.  For example, sections on
> transparency could be dealt with on the transparency article, then
> transcluded into this document.
>
> I love this wiki, and you guys are awesome.  Let's write some cool
> stuff together.
>
> Alex
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 6:51 AM, Alex Rollin <alex.rollin at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > There've been some changes to the wiki recently.
> >
> > To see a list of new extensions that have been added, you can visit:
> > http://p2pfoundation.net/Special:Version
> >
> > Of note are 3 functions allowing us to build a more complex,
> > interdependent wiki.
> >
> > First, we can now call category content on a page using
> > "CategoryTree."  This means that a list of pages can be displayed
> > within another wiki page.  Useful for pointing to a group of related
> > pages.
> >
> > Second, we are using more "transclusion," which means to use a
> > delimited sub-section of one page inside another page.  If the source
> > page changes, so does the page that re-uses the sub-section.  This is
> > useful for something like the definition of a concept, like "What is a
> > Peer?"  Then you could insert the definition from another page.  This
> > is powered by the Labeled Section Transclusion extension
> > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Labeled_Section_Transclusion .
> >  This helps to keep page sizes down, and can encourage us to create
> > more definition pages that can be integrated into other documents.
> > http://p2pfoundation.net/P2P_Currency_Systems uses something like
> > this.
> >
> > Third, it is now possible for a user to autonomously create a login
> > for the wiki.  We have a number of new extensions in play to protect
> > us from SPAM, so we're going to give this another try.  So far, so
> > good.
> >
> > In related new,  we now have a mobile 'skin.'  This makes reading the
> > wiki on your mobile device a bit easier.  James Burke did some custom
> > work to make this contributed skin work a bit better for us.  If you
> > have a mobile device you should see the new interface automatically.
> > If you don't have a mobile device, but still wan't to check it out,
> > you can preview this and a couple other new skins from your
> > preferences/skins panel within your account.
> >
> > If you have any questions, or would like help with any of the
> > functionality, please feel free to contact me.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Alex Rollin
> > http://p2pfoundation.net/User:GoodRollin
> >
>
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