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The Croziervision Wiki is an attempt to create a library of (largely libertarian) responses to, well, anything in the news or that crops up anywhere else. It is currently written by me, Patrick Crozier, although other, like-minded, souls are welcome.
See Help for further information.
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Q&A
Why a wiki? Why not a blog?
- Mainly because blog postings are not supposed to be updated and as a consequence are not versionable.
Huh?
- It's a library. Say I write a page called "British Leyland was rubbish". Now, say I want to update it in some way, for instance change the wording, add some new facts or ideas. With a blog posting I can't really do that. OK, I can do it - I can just re-edit the original post but I shouldn't. If someone has already commented on it then "stealth" editing it (as it is known) could render that comment meaningless. It's a big no-no. On the other hand with a Wiki when you update it, the previous version is still available and linkable.
Why not put a version number on each post?
- Because, what with all the minor edits a page goes through, it'll get tricky. There are also problems with keeping things linked up, say making sure that v1.0 links to v2.0. MediaWiki does this for you automatically
So, how like-minded do you have to be to join in?
- Hmm, good question but the quality and quantity of comments will be taken into account
And when you have joined in, what are the rules?
- The important one is that pages are owned and you have to respect that ownership. Therefore, you can only edit your own pages. I suppose correcting obvious typos is OK but that is not a grammar Nazi's charter
But what if I agree almost completely with a page except for one little thing?
- Make a comment or add something to the Talk/Disussion page. If you're still not satisfied, create a new page based on that page with you as author and make the changes. And, give credit.
So, why this author-ownership rule? Why can't it be like Wikipedia with everyone being able to edit everything?
- Because facts are objective (near enough) and opinions are subjective and personal. Even where people agree they will find subtly different ways of getting there.
Why the passion for Q&As?
- Partly because I find it easier to write that way. Partly because I hope it will encourage reusability. If there is one thing I can't stand is the same argument appearing in more than one place when it should really only appear in one.
So, where is this library?
- This might be a good place to start
