[ubuntu-art] Artwork/Tasks vs Artwork/Specs

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2011/1/24 Thorsten Wilms <t_w_ at freenet.de>

> The reason I decided against the table is that it's hard to edit and
> didn't make it obvious at a glance what is open or closed.


I know how important the KISS principle is for a wiki, but as long as our
pages aren't based on complex custom templates and we have people which can
maintain our pages, it's OK.
I think the table had a rather clear way of presenting if the task is open
or closed. The green "Active" labels attract notice quite efficiently, IMHO.
The "Specs" page makes that categorizing even more clear, but it's hard to
read the names of the tasks. Besides, the table looks much more professional
and well-designed, which is also important in our case.

So, my proposal is:

   1. Move complete tasks from the table to some other page, called
   "completed tasks" / "team portfolio" /  whatever
   2. Maybe separate active tasks from all others somehow (other table,
   separator, ???, etc.). Personally I think this will make the page too
   complex to maintain.
   3. Move the table to https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Specs



> Sheesh, I removed a table full of duplicated information and it could be
> brought back easily. I did bring back content that had been displaced
> without asking before.
>

Yes, direct editing has become kind of accepted behavior here. But I believe
this practice must be stopped as soon as possible or it will eventually end
up with a war of edits (remember the case with John Baer's wallpaper spec?
That's only the beginning). I saw it happen already. It has a devastating
effect on the community, particularly the core contributors, and I don't
want it to happen here, especially after such a promising revival.

Respectfully,
--
Sergey "Shnatsel" Davidoff
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