OT -- the WIKI Model
Robin Hamilton
robin.hamilton2 at BTINTERNET.COM
Thu Feb 25 20:55:08 UTC 2010
(Mostly to Mark.)
The problem with Mudcat is that it was set up before Wiki existed, and was
never remodeled, and it shows.
Information retrieval from it is a total pain in the ass, rubbish never gets
filtered out, and nothing ever gets revised. It demonstrates all the worst
aspects of an unrelivedly additive model of information storage.
I could say more, or couch my words in a more formal register, but that's
basically why I never go there unless I have to. And my short visit
recently in the course of Chasing the Poacher convinced me that nothing much
had changed since I was last there. <g>
Robin
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