Jacob Levy 05/18/2003 It would be really nice if people would, when updating an existing page, mark their changes and updates with their name and date, as I do here. That way it'll be easier to follow conversations.
Comments?
(following comment moved from home page to here by jcw)
(Jacob Levy 05/18/2003 the this page in escargo's comment refers to the home page, where these comments originated.)
escargo 18 May 2003 - I have made some really minor copyediting changes (which should be revealed by the wikidiff). I think this is one page that should not be marked by any more text than absolutely necessary. (For example, I think this little subsection should be removed once minimization is considered to be a good thing.) Giving people credit or having people take responsibility is generally good, but in this specific case I think noncontroversial changes should be allowed to stand without attribution.
escargo 19 May 2003 - Apparently jcw agreed that the home page did not need to be burdened with this discussion.
RS 2003-05-19: Please also consider that changes are most easily seen if they're at the end of a page. And some pages have grown to more than sufficient size, so best fork out a new page if a new point in discussion comes up.
Also consider that some people would prefer not to provide their name - either for privacy, or because they don't believe that it is relevant. To try to force the issue would diminish the community that has grown here.