On Mon, Feb 12, 2007 at 12:57:07PM +0100, Bruno Marchal wrote:
>
> Perhaps a stable Everything list FAQ would be more relevant (than an
> unstable wiki). May I suggest you to take a look on Michael Clive Price
> "Everett FAQ" which is very good. The articles of an everything-list
> FAQ would have to discussed before on the list, I think. And if and
> when we agree, then it would have to be stabilized (or have explicit
> new editions, with a saving of the old versions). If not the wiki will
> be just another mailing list and it will dubble our efforts, and it
> will make unclear all the processing. OK?
>
> Bruno
>
Wikis can be stabilised. Or stable FAQs can be created by taking a
snapshot of a Wiki and performing some editorial work. Also wikis are
supposed to save the editing history - it should be possible to revert
vandalism. I'm quite a fan of wikis, even though I know they're not a
panacea. They can be spammed, but then so can email lists, and so far
the everything-list has been remarkably robust to being infected with
garbage. Hopefully, the same will be true of the wiki.
One thing I do suggest is that we link offsite to generally accepted
terms. I have done this with links to "Born rule", "Quantum Mechanics"
and so on to Wikipedia. Plato.stanford might be a better source for
philosophical terms.
Anyway, I'm prepared to upload relevant definitions of concepts based
on my book as a starting point. I expect corrections :)
Cheers
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