[R-wiki] R jargon

[Patrick Burns]

Thanks for the good question, Ben.

I'm looking for volunteers.  I'm
definitely not going to have time to
learn enough wiki stuff to put the
structure in place.

Once the structure is there, I would
put definitions in.  But I'd prefer
for someone to volunteer to do that
as well -- I have one or two other
things in mind to do.

Pat


On 08/08/2010 21:27, Ben Bolker wrote:
>    So ... are you asking requesting commentary on whether this is a
> good idea or not? (Seems so to me.)  Asking for for help in porting
> this/volunteers to port it? (I might help, but I also might not find
> time. I would be happy if someone else volunteered ...)
>
>    I guess I'm as frustrated as (perhaps) all of the other wiki contributors
> that it hasn't taken off, and that the primary source of information as well
> as the primary sink of energy for answering questions remains the mailing
> list. (Now Stackoverflow, Stackexchange, and various R blogs are also
> competing for this energy ...)
>     I intended to make contributions to the wiki be a class activity, but I
> never really got around to it. I still think that's a good idea.
>
>    Ben Bolker
>
> On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 6:29 AM, Patrick Burns<patrick at burns-stat.com>  wrote:
>> The document 'Some hints for the R beginner'
>> is gradually becoming more complete and gradually
>> gaining momentum in terms of hits.
>>
>> One of the more popular sub-pages is the jaRgon
>> page even though there is hardly anything on it.
>>
>> I think the R-wiki is the place that such a list
>> should live.  My vision is that for each word
>> there be a brief definition and then a link to a
>> wiki page for the word.  A number of definitions
>> would be on the same page.
>>
>> I think this could be the application that finally
>> gives the R-wiki the boost that it needs to fulfill
>> its promise.  The people learning R from the 'hints'
>> document would come to think of the R-wiki as a
>> natural place to look for information.
>>
>> The steps to do this are to create the structure
>> within the wiki for it, and then to populate the
>> definitions.  The glossary from S Poetry should be
>> a good starting point.  I'm also happy to donate
>> the jaRgon pun.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Patrick Burns
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>> http://www.burns-stat.com
>>
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