[R-wiki] Wiki and R namespaces

[Philippe Grosjean]

Martin Maechler wrote:
>>>>>>"HenrikB" == Henrik Bengtsson <hb at maths.lth.se>
>>>>>>    on Thu, 6 Apr 2006 16:12:48 +0200 writes:
> 
> 
>     HenrikB> More feedback: The word 'namespace' will most
>     HenrikB> certainly be confusing in the R-wiki.  When I went
>     HenrikB> to "rdoc" to see help on R functions, I though
>     HenrikB> "namespaces" referred to R namespaces and that the
>     HenrikB> sentence "This is an index over all available pages
>     HenrikB> ordered by namespaces" was simply a mistake.  Then
>     HenrikB> I saw the same on the front page and realized my
>     HenrikB> mistake.
> 
>     HenrikB> I think it is clearer write "Wiki namespaces" or
>     HenrikB> even "Wiki (not R) namespaces" whereever using the
>     HenrikB> word.

This is noted (I am currently in holydays with limited access to the 
Internet, but I will look at this as soon as possible).

> I agree.
> 
> In spite of the fact, Philippe has already spent a tremendous
> amount of work on this which I appreciate deeply, let me take
> the opportunity to say even more on this topic:
> 
> More generally, I think there's currently still a bit too much
> visible "on Wiki" instead of "on R".
> The normal person approach to R-Wiki should be to find a place
> were one finds lots of useful information about R.
> Only when exploring this information the user should find out
> about the possibility to *add* information her/him - self or
> about how the wiki is organized ``internally''.
> I think this is the approach that has made Wikipedia so
> attractive.
> 
> Martin

I suppose it is a consequence on being mostly focused on the development 
of the R-specific Wiki engine features... and on the limited number of 
pages dealing with R itself (thanks to many contributors). Martin, do 
you really think that the [[start]] page focuses too much on the Wiki, 
and not enough on R?

OK, I'll consider this and make "Wiki technical pages" a little bit less 
invasive on R Wiki.

Best,

Philippe Grosjean

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