Posted by
Michael Lenczner on
Nov 26, 2005; 5:38pm
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/activities-resources-long-pages-tp35p37.html
On 11/26/05, Tracey P. Lauriault <
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> Bonjour gang!
>
> Bon faut jouer dehors dans la neige!
>
> Mais avant d'y aller, j'ai téléchargé (is that the word for
> upload/post?) du nouveau matériel sur le wiki.
> J'ai déveloper une section s'appelant activités
I have mixed feelings about that page. I thought about it for 20
minutes and I don't think it's that I disagree with the content
(although I don't think "documenting" is a good way to get people
involved - but I may be wrong).
What i don't like is the tone. It has this feel of "Citizens for open
access" actually *being* something. Some kind of organization.
Something larger than the sum of it's parts. It has a feeling of
pretension - not arrogance - but of intimating that we are not just 4
random people from different places across canada.
I'm wary of that. I think that is our most valuable attribute, our
strongest weapon. We're just 4 regular people from different areas of
canada and different professions and we see this issue as important to
us. Anything that obfuscates that - that lessens the impact of that
point must be done with full awareness. This is why I want the wiki
to stay a little thin, and a little rough. If it is too polished, we
are implicityly saying that we only have permission to attempt this
kind of initiative if we are good enough - smart enough, have enough
expertise, enough education. That's exactly the point of view that
we're trying to tear down. You don't need to be someone in a three
piece suit to have an interest in or an ability to look at this
data/information. you can be anyone. And I think the wiki and the
mailing list and our language should reflect that. That means
resisting the impulse to overly coordinate, make too many backup
references / footnotes to arguements, use professional language, etc.
We have to dumb things down - not because the four of us aren't smart
enough to handle them - but because these things (jargon - but also
polish, "professionalism", and even perfection are walls to keep
regular people out.
And the other thing I don't like about the activities page is that it
implies a direction to COACD. To me this is not a direction. this is
a meeting place. There is a huge difference between a bandwagon going
somewhere and a crossroads where people can find each other, share
some stories, and shoot the shit (all around a special interest, mind
you).
>, je suggère que l'on
> change navigation à resources,
i kept navigation but i created another page called Resources and I
moved the provinces + cities over to there.
> et je cherche le camel case pour
> Participants!
to link to participants use ["Participants"]
Thats what you do when something isn't CamelCase but it's on the top level.
>
> Stéphane, je m'excuse que je pense plus en anglais qu'en francais quand
> j'écris! Mauvaise habitude pour le moment! De même, une fois que nous
> serions d'accord du matériel téléchargé dans le wiki ce serait le fun
> qu'on travaille ensemble pour traduire. Je pense que les pages seront
> très longues, donc peut-etre nous devrions créer un tableau pour diviser
> les pages en deux sur la verticale? Qu'en pensez-vous?
>
> ciao les amis! il faut maintenant aller complétez le niveau de l'arsenal
> de mes boulles de neige!
> Tracey
>
>
mike
>
>
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