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| ActiveState seems to have the python snippet market well served http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/334696. Its unfortunate they beat the python community to it, now they have a pretty big market share. JeanJordaan: I think they are *part* of the Python community, and they're doing a good job hosting the Cookbook. |
ActiveState seems to have the python snippet market well served [http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/334696 (example.)] Its unfortunate they beat the python community to it, now they have a pretty big market share. -- anon |
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| Can we successfully encourage new contributions to come to this wiki instead? Do we want that? JJ: Why? Don't do the same job again. Rather add value, e.g. by coordinating editors who rate and edit recipes at the ASPN cookbook. |
I think they are *part* of the Python community, and they're doing a good job hosting the Cookbook. -- JeanJordaan |
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| Why? Don't do the same job again. Rather add value, e.g. by coordinating editors who rate and edit recipes at the ASPN cookbook. -- JeanJordaan Can (legally/technically)/should we mine the content from ActiveState to seed this wiki? -- anon I don't think we should try to move it. They do an excellent job as far as I can tell. Why not let the community grow rather than try to restrict it? -- anon I don't believe we should try to move it either. Trying to manipulate someone's else community like that- that's asking for trouble. That said, I believe so strongly in the advantages of wiki over the ActiveStateCookbook, that I ''personally'' put ''all'' of my snippet contributions here. To answer JeanJordaan's question, the reasons I ''personally'' want to work on this wiki, and mainly encourage people to contribute here, are as follows: * wiki [http://www.emacswiki.org/cw/WhatIsAffordance affords] linking between pages * we can correct each others' mistakes, without working through an editor * we can organize each others' contributions This is not earth shattering, and these reasons are [http://www.emacswiki.org/cw/WhyWikiWorks not new.] We've [http://www.emacswiki.org/cw/HeardItAllBefore heard it all before.] But, you asked. I believe our situation is this: * Many people want to put snippets on the ActiveStateCookbook. * Many people want to put snippets on this wiki. * Some people may be undecided, and it may be useful, perhaps, to make an exploration of the advantages of each side here. * We probably don't want to get in an emotional argument over this. -- LionKimbro ---- |
ActiveState seems to have the python snippet market well served [http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/334696 (example.)] Its unfortunate they beat the python community to it, now they have a pretty big market share. -- anon
I think they are *part* of the Python community, and they're doing a good job hosting the Cookbook. -- JeanJordaan
Can we successfully encourage new contributions to come to this wiki instead? Do we want that? -- anon
Why? Don't do the same job again. Rather add value, e.g. by coordinating editors who rate and edit recipes at the ASPN cookbook. -- JeanJordaan
Can (legally/technically)/should we mine the content from ActiveState to seed this wiki? -- anon
I don't think we should try to move it. They do an excellent job as far as I can tell. Why not let the community grow rather than try to restrict it? -- anon
I don't believe we should try to move it either. Trying to manipulate someone's else community like that- that's asking for trouble.
That said, I believe so strongly in the advantages of wiki over the ActiveStateCookbook, that I personally put all of my snippet contributions here.
To answer JeanJordaan's question, the reasons I personally want to work on this wiki, and mainly encourage people to contribute here, are as follows:
wiki [http://www.emacswiki.org/cw/WhatIsAffordance affords] linking between pages
- we can correct each others' mistakes, without working through an editor
- we can organize each others' contributions
This is not earth shattering, and these reasons are [http://www.emacswiki.org/cw/WhyWikiWorks not new.] We've [http://www.emacswiki.org/cw/HeardItAllBefore heard it all before.] But, you asked.
I believe our situation is this:
Many people want to put snippets on the ActiveStateCookbook.
- Many people want to put snippets on this wiki.
- Some people may be undecided, and it may be useful, perhaps, to make an exploration of the advantages of each side here.
- We probably don't want to get in an emotional argument over this.
-- LionKimbro