[Blindmath] Wiki

[Peter Donahue]

Hello Gary and listers,

    Several days ago I was informed that the wiki on the National 
Association of Blind Students Web Site was disabled due to inappropriate use 
by site visitors. I by no means consider the idea of a Math Wiki dead. When 
the Wiki is set up checks will need to be put in place to insure that the 
wiki isn't used for purposes other than the dissemination of math-related 
information. There are two ways this could be done:

1. Contributors would need to be approved by the wiki's administrator before 
they're allowed to make contributions.
2. Material submitted for inclusion would need to be screened to prevent 
off-topic and inappropriate information from winding up on the wiki.

    This would mean that someone will need to be responsible for screening 
content and contributors to the wiki. Let's keep the discussion going to 
find a solution that addresses the need for descemination of math-related 
information while protecting the wiki from inappropriate use.

Peter Donahue


 ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Patterson" <gpatterson002 at mchsi.com>
To: "'Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics'" 
<blindmath at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 11:39 PM
Subject: Re: [Blindmath] Wiki


I believe a wiki would be nice for those of us who don't have experience in
working with LaTeEx. See, I probably have the name bunged up!

Thanks to all who contribute their knowledge and expertise.


-----Original Message-----
From: blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blindmath-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Alastair Irving
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 12:10 PM
To: Blind Math list for those interested in mathematics
Subject: [Blindmath] Wiki

Hi All

I know its been mentioned in the past, but I think we should give serious
thought to having a blindmath wiki.  Several topics recur quite frequently
on the list, and although people could find the answers in the archives, it
would be a lot simpler if the rellevent information was presented in a
logical way in a wiki.

There probably wouldn't be much need to write articles as a lot of content
could just be extracted from the archives.

What do people think?

Alastair Irving

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