Difference between revisions of "WikiReductionists"
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| − | On the morning of Friday 7th April 2000 four Europeans, [[Richard Drake]], | + | On the morning of Friday 7th April 2000 four Europeans, [[Richard Drake]], Keith Braithwaite, Stephan Houben and Manfred Schaefer, starting independently, tried to reduce the amount of text on Wiki by a large number of deletions. |
| − | They mainly attacked [[WikiOnWiki]] material, which they considered to be dead weight, and would have preferred to see replaced by concise guidance to newcomers. They can be seen as supporting [[Ward Cunningham]]'s insistance those who strayed too far from the primary focus of [[WikiWikiWeb]], which was supposed to be computer programming design patterns, were | + | They mainly attacked [[WikiOnWiki]] material, which they considered to be dead weight, and would have preferred to see replaced by concise guidance to newcomers. They can be seen as supporting [[Ward Cunningham]]'s insistance those who strayed too far from the primary focus of [[WikiWikiWeb]], which was supposed to be computer programming design patterns, were WikiSquatting. |
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Wikis]] |
