Ok, so I've been looking over this thread for the last couple days(My eyes hurt a little from all the reading,
). Now that I think the issue has calmed somewhat, I'd like to throw some ideas out there.
Now as I understand it, the Wiki was originally created for ease of access to pep files, common information used in their creation, and then later seen as a way to centralize even more information in a more organized fashion as it's said that the current method of 'stickies' isn't quite working efficiently enough.
I don't think this is an issue of
where the information needs to be stored and accessed, but more of
how it should be stored and accessed.
I think everyone can agree that something needs done, correct? Well, what is that needs done? Perhaps we should figure that out before deciding on how to go about it.
"Clean up the stickies" you say. Ok, how? Should someone delete posts in the stickies that have no relative information. I think that would work and personally I see nothing wrong with it, but some would say, "That'll affect our post count!" I say that's ridiculous, but none the less has to be taken into consideration. So, how to better organize the information in the stickies while maintaining people's posts and information they believe relevant to the topic.
This had me thinking quite a bit, and then it hit me. Many different places I frequent actually use this method. You see it in the Weekly Updates at Bungie. I see it in news posts on media sites. Many, many places where comments are welcome on many different subjects.
Yes what I'm talking about are comment sections. You have an article on a news site. Most of the time you can post your comments on these articles on separate pages that are linked from the article.
Why not for each sticky have the an 'article' thread where any important information is shown, and then have a separate thread for discussion and random comments. The article thread would be locked to prevent unnecessary posting, which would belong in the discussion/comments thread anyway, and it would link to the discussion thread. The discussion thread would also be in turn linked to the article thread. Both threads would be labeled exactly the same except for the end of the title, or optional title, would have "-Main Article" in it for the article thread and "-Comments/Disscussion" for the comments thread.
The OPs and mod/staff members would work in tandem to maintain the article threads. When information in the discussion/comments is deemed important enough to include into the article thread, it is then moved or quoted there by the OP(w/assistance from a mod/staff) or by a mod/staff themselves.
It would take time to initially setup, and yes I do realize how much work that would be. Once it is setup though, it should be rather easy to maintain. Certain mods/staff could be assigned to look over particular stickies with one or two backup mods in case they are not present.
Remember, this is just one idea to help better our current situation. I think if we put our heads together, we can come up with more ideas to come to some conclusion that is beneficial for everyone.