[R] R-(wiki)-pedia?

[Dan Bolser]

On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, Wiener, Matthew wrote:

>When you think there should be new links, or can offer an example you think
>would be clearer, it might be worth submitting a documentation modification
>proposal (through the bug tracking link on the R home page, for example).
>That would improve the basic documentation, which is what most people will
>see first.

Yup, 

http://r-bugs.biostat.ku.dk/cgi-bin/R/Documentation?user=guest

It would be good if each page (?function page) had a link to an 'update
request' page. That was the idea of a wiki, to prevent overload of someone
monitering the pages. 

>
>Regards,
>Matt Wiener
>
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>To: Gabor Grothendieck
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>Subject: Re: [R] R-(wiki)-pedia?
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>
>On Wed, 6 Oct 2004, Gabor Grothendieck wrote:
>
>>Dan Bolser <dmb <at> mrc-dunn.cam.ac.uk> writes:
>>
>>: 
>>: Is there an R wiki?
>>: 
>>: Looking at the huge amount of traffic on this list, I think wiki could be
>>: an exelet outlet for all the constructive enthusiasm here.
>>: 
>>: I don't think it would be too hard to port the existing R documentation
>>: (the stuff you get with the ?) onto a wiki system, then users could add
>>: their own examples and comments. 
>>: 
>>: Having distinct web page style organization would be easier to navigate
>>: than the mailing list archives. I like the online version of the R-docs,
>>: but I miss 'user comments' and I miss being able to fix trivial things.
>>: 
>>: The user contributed links could supply the best statistical online
>>: resources to supplement the R-documentation, with links to the relevant
>>: FAQ's and Tutorials supplementing the whole thing.
>>: 
>>: Now I have said it this sounds too good to not exist already... Anyone
>>: dumped the R-documentation onto a wiki system?
>>: 
>>: Given the capability of R to be integrated into web pages, this could be
>>: really really great. 
>>: 
>>: Cheers,
>>: Dan.
>>
>>There is one at
>>
>>http://fawn.unibw-hamburg.de/cgi-bin/Rwiki.pl?RwikiHome
>>
>>Unfortunately, no one seems to use it.
>
>I just added some pages... I think it would be great if people could get
>motivated to contribute to something like this. Its one of those cases of
>just getting the ball rolling...
>
>Do you think you can dump the existing R-docs into this wiki as a
>framework to get things going?
>
>So often I read the docks and think, now if only this linked here, and if
>only this example were more clear etc...
>
>After I solve my problem I want to fix the docs. Wiki would let me do
>that. 
>
>How about you host a 'best diff in 30 days' competition each month, and
>winning contributors could be announced on the list?
>
>Can we integrate R-embedded web pages into the wiki?
>
>
>
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