wiki cleanup

[Kevin Cole]

Henrik Nilsen Omma wrote:
> Mauricio Hernandez wrote:
> 
> > If we stick to just one page level, and we do encourage people to just
> > follow that very simple rule, we do get 'unstructured site' but we
> > avoid 'braking autolinking' (which is my very favourite feature in a
> > wiki).
> >
> > What do you think?
> 
> I know you have this view, but I think it's going to be a hard sell.
> Flat page structures may be wiki nature, but if that conflicts with
> human nature, then I think we must try to adapt to the latter ;) 
> Anyway, people are different. I find myself preferring a structured page
> hierarchy, but others might disagree (clearly). If enough people are
> strongly against sub-pages, we can change back. I think it makes people
> think a bit more about where they place a page and how it fits in with
> our overall plans, which is good (provided the original structure is
> sensible).

I think it depends largely on your intended audience: While the wiki's
are open to all, do you have realistic expectations that all will visit
your pages?  If the audience truly is wide, then I'd agree with Mauricio.

If the audience is fairly narrow, then I think Henrik's approach makes
good sense.  If the audience falls somewhere between... it's a bit of
a toss-up.  My feeling is that folks who are really editing a lot can
be educated fairly quickly.  It might be a bit of a pain to try determin-
ing WHICH KevinCole or MauricioHernandez to edit if there are more, than
one of each, but the pain seems minimal.

I don't have strong feelings either way, but ultimately on this one,
I think my vote goes to Henrik.  I believe that the number of people
actually creating pages in the Accessibility tree will remain relatively
small, and wiki-savvy.  The number of people editing might be larger,
but then folks who are re-organizing can clean up after bad edits that
link incorrectly, yes?

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