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On 08/25/2014 02:22 PM, Patrick Masson wrote:
On 08/23/2014 06:30 AM, Joseph Ottinger wrote:
> The key is to write for the medium and audience; short pages
> aren't important, but short leading sentences *are*.
Agree. And as we're not confined by publishing costs, we can always
link to deeper content to clarify, make an additional example, add
more detail, etc.
Just wanting to revere the great editor's advice to "be concise."
> On 08/14/2014 09:20 AM, Joseph Ottinger wrote:
>> Patrick, that was what got me, too - I thought it focused too
>> much on the concept of restriction rather than enablement. Care
>> and feeding isn't the same as "weeding." Promotion based on
>> meritocracy is good; promotion based on "we need more bodies to
>> make up the community" is bad. Demotion is always bad, but is
>> sometimes necessary when someone goes off into the weeds
>> themselves, but this text focuses too much on control, like I
>> said.
However back to the original post...
I think the discussion was on the tone around hierarchies and
inequality within roles and among peers. While I do think there are
obviously those who carry more clout, if I recall, the section
implied greater deference for those with greater profiles rather
than on participation. In addition, the text sounded like
decision-making and roles within the project should be based on a
few selects' opinions/input, i.e. gatekeepers, with elevated
authority, even if they had limited experience/input to do with the
issue or the project.
I think that might have been an earlier edit, here's how it looks on
the wiki now:
http://www.theopensourceway.org/wiki/Stuff_everyone_knows_and_forgets_any....
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