[R-wiki] adding content and front page

[Tony Plate]

I think it's unlikely that adding posts from R-help to the wiki will 
create unmanageable problems.  To a large extent, I think it's a 
self-regulating thing: it's work to add posts, and while it might be fun 
to do initially, it will get tedious.  So, I don't think we'll get 
people adding a large number of inappropriate posts.  In particular, the 
post mentioned here seems eminently suitable for adding to the wiki.

-- Tony Plate

paul sorenson wrote:
> Jack Tanner wrote:
> 
>>Can I add content to the wiki today? My criteria are simple: if I come 
>>across a post on r-help that I think is worth preserving, I'd like to add it 
>>to the wiki. For example, I want to get this into the wiki: 
>>http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.r.general/54018 If I can add it 
>>now, from where should I link to it? Or should I hold off until other 
>>wikis/other content are imported in?
>>
>>Second, what are we going to do about the front page? The bulk of the text 
>>that's there now is appropriate for a "how to use/edit this wiki" tutorial 
>>page. The front page is probably better used for a high-level table of 
>>contents, or, perhaps, a featured "tip of the day" that refers to a more 
>>in-depth article in the wiki (like how Wikipedia has a featured article on 
>>their front page).
> 
> 
> Quite apart from your "when" question, I would be interested to see what 
> others feel about adding posts.  My thoughts are that if the information 
> is valuable then it should be added, OTOH, I wouldn't want to encourage 
> people to simply cut and paste posts from r-help to the wiki, that could 
> possibly get out of hand.
> 
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