I noticed that there are two templates to mark unfinished pages in Moodle Docs:
{{stub}} - Usability FAQ
{{Work in progress} - Development:Interface guidelines
Do they serve different purposes? Or can we get rid of one in favor of the other?
Cheers,
Frank
Moodle documentation: Templates {{stub}} and {{Work in progress}} - what's the difference?
door Frank Ralf -
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Als antwoord op Frank Ralf
Re: Moodle documentation: Templates {{stub}} and {{Work in progress}} - what's the difference?
door Chris Collman -
Hi Frank,
I use stub when I want someone to add more content. It generally has a longer life.
I think I have used the WIP once or twice. For me, I take it as a "I had to leave but I am returning to do more work, so could you hold off on the edits". IMO just about everything in MoodleDocs is a WIP of some sort. Usually it does not show up on pages I watch.
Let me guess, you found a WIP that has been there since April 2006 ?
That would be housekeeping in my opinion, time to go, maybe a friendly note on the comment tab.
Personally, I don't worry too much about templates like that in MoodleDocs. In my experience, they are not abused a great deal, unlike say, Wikipedia. Where some templates are placed by lazy pseudo editors and thoughtless bots, who take perverse pleasure in notching their wanabee guns with templates placed or like some urban tagger working out their free speech on my front door.
Ooops, off that soapbox (DEEP BREATH, EXHALE), MoodleDocs is not like that at all.
Best Chris
I use stub when I want someone to add more content. It generally has a longer life.
I think I have used the WIP once or twice. For me, I take it as a "I had to leave but I am returning to do more work, so could you hold off on the edits". IMO just about everything in MoodleDocs is a WIP of some sort. Usually it does not show up on pages I watch.
Let me guess, you found a WIP that has been there since April 2006 ?
Personally, I don't worry too much about templates like that in MoodleDocs. In my experience, they are not abused a great deal, unlike say, Wikipedia. Where some templates are placed by lazy pseudo editors and thoughtless bots, who take perverse pleasure in notching their wanabee guns with templates placed or like some urban tagger working out their free speech on my front door.
Ooops, off that soapbox (DEEP BREATH, EXHALE), MoodleDocs is not like that at all.
Best Chris
Als antwoord op Chris Collman
Re: Moodle documentation: Templates {{stub}} and {{Work in progress}} - what's the difference?
door Frank Ralf -
Hi Chris,
Thanks for your reply. I especially liked the soapbox part
You're right, I boldly go where no man has gone before...
Yesterday I visited some of the more exotic pages from the Special:SpecialPages list out of mere curiosity. As everywhere there's some junk in the closets (hopefully no skeletons) but mostly that's no real problem I think.
Cheers,
Frank
Thanks for your reply. I especially liked the soapbox part
You're right, I boldly go where no man has gone before...
Yesterday I visited some of the more exotic pages from the Special:SpecialPages list out of mere curiosity. As everywhere there's some junk in the closets (hopefully no skeletons) but mostly that's no real problem I think.
Cheers,
Frank
Als antwoord op Frank Ralf
Re: Moodle documentation: Templates {{stub}} and {{Work in progress}} - what's the difference?
door Chris Collman -
Me too. Last year I took on Double and Broken redirects and Wanted pages. This year I seem to be looking at sorts of file list (gallery of new files does not seem to work), recent pages and deleting lots of my unused earlier stuff and I dabbled with the previous longest page. Glad somebody else is skimming the dark corners of MoodleDocs.
Exotic is about right. And I don't really want to know the difference between dead end and orphaned pages. Too metaphysical for me. So far I always end up with either "so what" or "bless them, they are what they are and I don't care".
Oh well, having answered a Lesson sanity question this morning for additional laughs, it is off to my other job. Thanks for sharing!
Best Chris
Exotic is about right. And I don't really want to know the difference between dead end and orphaned pages. Too metaphysical for me. So far I always end up with either "so what" or "bless them, they are what they are and I don't care".
Oh well, having answered a Lesson sanity question this morning for additional laughs, it is off to my other job. Thanks for sharing!
Best Chris
Als antwoord op Chris Collman
Re: Moodle documentation: Templates {{stub}} and {{Work in progress}} - what's the difference?
door Frank Ralf -
Hi Chris,
You know how they call us people roaming in the shadows of the wiki?
http://www.wikipatterns.com/display/wikipatterns/WikiGnome and
http://www.wikipatterns.com/display/wikipatterns/WikiZenMaster (with http://www.wikipatterns.com/display/wikipatterns/WikiTroll being the bad guy)
BTW I found the accompanying book to that web site inspiring reading (away from the screen):
http://www.amazon.com/Wikipatterns-Stewart-Mader/dp/0470223626/
Cheers,
Frank
You know how they call us people roaming in the shadows of the wiki?
http://www.wikipatterns.com/display/wikipatterns/WikiGnome and
http://www.wikipatterns.com/display/wikipatterns/WikiZenMaster (with http://www.wikipatterns.com/display/wikipatterns/WikiTroll being the bad guy)
BTW I found the accompanying book to that web site inspiring reading (away from the screen):
http://www.amazon.com/Wikipatterns-Stewart-Mader/dp/0470223626/
Cheers,
Frank
Als antwoord op Frank Ralf
Re: Moodle documentation: Templates {{stub}} and {{Work in progress}} - what's the difference?
door Chris Collman -
I see what you mean. What links here for WIP. Not used a lot, barely 20 times. Did click on a few links. Obviously on more pages you visit than for me
Tim updated the template and it looks like it is used in development: most of all. Not the side of MoodleDocs. I live in.
Best Chris
Tim updated the template and it looks like it is used in development: most of all. Not the side of MoodleDocs. I live in.
Best Chris