[Pmwiki-users] Re: Re: Re: Authors/Users WikiGroup?
Christian Ridderström
chr
Tue Feb 3 07:50:21 CST 2004
On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, John Feezell wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Feb 2004 10:16:31 +0100, Christian Ridderstr??m <chr at home.se>
> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 05:02:56PM -0600, Jonathan Scott Duff wrote:
> >> >
> >> > I'd prefer shorter too, but isn't part of the point that this will
> >> > rarely need to be typed? Contributors will just put --Scott and that
> >> > will magically turn into --Contributors/{{Scott}}
> >>
> >> Allowing "--username" as markup at the end of a line is still just a
> >> proposed addition at the moment--it hasn't necessarily been adopted
> >> (although there seems to be fairly strong support). Plus, there are
> >> times when I might want to make reference to another person in the
> >> middle of a paragraph, as in
> >>
> >> Contributors/{{Scott}} says that Contributors/{{Pm}} is allowed
> >> to do what Pm wants ala Larry Wall.
> >
> > Just to try out the above sentence with different alternatives:
> >
>
> Here is another possibility that highlights the collaborative aspect of
> a wiki.
>
> Partners: An associate who works with others toward a common goal
>
> Partners/{{Scott}} says that Partners/{{Pm}} is allowed...
More alternatives: 'Members' or 'Comrades' (from associates :-)
Members/{{Scott}} says that Partners/{{Pm}} is allowed...
as in: member -- (one of the persons who compose a social group
(especially individuals who have joined and participates in a group
organization); "only members will be admitted"; "a member of the
faculty"; "she was introduced to all the members of his family")
/Christian
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Christian Ridderstr?m http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
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