Re: Conlang Wiki

Roger Mills wrote:
> Amanda Babcock wrote:
>
>>On Wed, Jul 09, 2003 at 02:33:02PM -0400, David J. Peterson wrote:
>>
>>>I don't get it--at all.   What is this?
>>
>>A Wiki is a sort of web page free-for-all.  Any visitor to the web site
> can
>>modify it.  For example, when I got there there was only the front page.
>>I clicked on "ConLangs" and got the notification that there was no
>
> "ConLangs"
>
>>page yet, so I created one by clicking "Edit this page".  Someone else has
>>since gone in and extended the ConLangs page to have more data (and links)
>>in it.
>>
>
> I have to say, this is a new one for me, too!!  Do you mean that one can
> modify material (such as Tristan's) that has already been posted?? Hardly
> seems fair....though I suppose politeness should rule.
A Wiki is a sort of version control system, so it's easy to revert to an
earlier version of a document if somebody vandalizes it--all previous
drafts are accessible.