[pmwiki-users] Summary lines in cookbook recipe info

The Editor editor at fast.st
Wed Apr 18 06:16:03 CDT 2007


On 4/18/07, Hans <design5 at softflow.co.uk> wrote:
> Wednesday, April 18, 2007, 11:23:05 AM, Patrick wrote:
>
> > Policy, perhaps.  I don't want to enforce a strict limit, and on the
> > whole humans are much better at determining appropriate lengths.
>
> On the whole yes. But there are exceptions.
>
> > However, I also agree with Hans that Summary: is intended for
> > short descriptions and not full paragraphs.
>
> So what is reasonable short for Summary:
>
> > But, the Cookbook is also a wiki, so if something on a recipe
> > page doesn't seem appropriate, anyone is free to modify it to
> > something more appropriate.  If that leads to a dispute then
> > we can always discuss/moderate it here.
>
> I only brought this up because of an ongoing dispute.


Sorry to have you involved with this Pm. But on the subject, I have
policy suggestion of my own...

Namely, that recipe writers only have one recipe page for each
distinct recipe, and not a completely separate page for each possible
application of it--like ZAPforum, ZAPblog, ZAPvote, etc..  Those could
all be stored in a ZAP group and links to the sample uses of the
recipe be made from the ZAP recipe page.

I prefer a slightly fuller description (for those recipes with many
features) on one page, than 8 or 10 separate pages each having their
own description line. I suppose I could take that route if insisted,
but in the interest of a cleaner cookbook, I'd rather not.

Cheers,
Dan



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