RE: Why can't I subscribe for updates on the wiki?

Hi Bob,

That’s an interesting suggestion – that the TC maillist be subscribed. I don’t know if that’s feasible, or if all TCs/SCs would want that implemented. A member who updates a wiki page could also send a note to the TC list indicating that they’ve done so – that would eliminate messages every time something is touched. I’m also not sure how notifications work – if they “inherit” or if each page would need a separate subscription. At this point in time there are no plans for MoinMoin wiki changes; there is a major effort underway that will change the way our main websites and public TC pages are hosted; it is likely (but no decisions have been made as of yet) that MoinMoin will go away in favor of Drupal-based functionality.

Regards,

Mary

From: Beims Bob [mailto:bob.beims@freescale.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 12:09 PM
To: Mary McRae (OASIS)
Cc: Carol Geyer (OASIS); Neil Schelly (OASIS); Semiconductor Information Design Subcommittee
Subject: RE: Why can't I subscribe for updates on the wiki?

Mary;

I guess I don't quite follow the logic ...

http://wiki.oasis-open.org/ content is visible to non-members (a Good Thing)
non-members can't login, and thus can't make changes (a Good Thing)
non-members, since they can't login, can't subscribe to topics (a Neutral Thing)
members can login, and thus can make changes (a Good Thing)
members can't subscribe to be notified when changes are made by other members, and thus collaboration is hindered (a Bad Thing, IMO)

Perhaps there's something in MoinMoin's implementation that makes subscriptions a problem for the way oasis-open.org is using it? But how about this as a workaround:

The http://wiki.oasis-open.org/ admin makes the dita-sidsc@lists.oasis-open.org mail list a subscriber to all topics in the web underneath http://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita/Semiconductor so that folks who are part of the subcommittee are automatically "subscribed" to changes?

Just a thought...

Regards,
Bob

From: Mary McRae [mailto:marypmcrae@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Mary McRae
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 9:26 AM
To: Beims Bob; 'Neil Schelly (OASIS)'
Cc: 'Carol Geyer (OASIS)'
Subject: RE: Why can't I subscribe for updates on the wiki?

Hi Bob,

That functionality has been disabled since it would not be available to non-members.

Regards,

Mary

From: Beims Bob [mailto:bob.beims@freescale.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 9:47 AM
To: Neil Schelly (OASIS)
Cc: Carol Geyer (OASIS); Mary McRae (OASIS)
Subject: Why can't I subscribe for updates on the wiki?

Neil;

The DITA Semiconductor Information Design Subcommittee is trying to use the http://wiki.oasis-open.org/dita for collaboration, but one big hurdle is that people have to remember to go look at the wiki to discover updates. When I select "Subscribe User" from the "More Actions" menu, I get the message "You are not allowed to perform this action". So how do we get email updates sent to folks when changes are made on the wiki?

Respectfully,
Bob Beims

Applications Engineer, Staff Principal
Microcontroller Solutions Group

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
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