Quote from: georgem on December 22, 2013, 02:27:23 PM

Thanks for trying to clarify...

Points and questions are good. As I said, Devtome is a work in progress. Im not the best person to be answering this, so this is all my own take:

Devtome is about building an open-source repository of information, building a revenue generation source to re-invest into Devcoin and projects, and a way to incorporate a much wider interest, audience and user base for cryptos to date and the idea of open-source specifically. For Devcoin that means an underlying support via funding development, but as you note devtome and devcoin are not actually Devcoin exclusive. Thats the point.

I agree that Devtome organisation could be better, but at the same time theres little point having nicely organised garbage or plagiarised work. Id assume with time some more plugins could be added to pretty the site and make navigation simpler. I work on categorising articles and organising Devtome, so Im particularly interested in your perspective on finding articles. Although I appreciate the frontpage could be more simply categorised, to date Ive just focused on putting it all there to browse.

On translators, that link is on the front page. I assumed people would just look at the tree on the front page - see 'Devtome' - 'Translators' - and go there: http://devtome.com/doku.php?id=start#topics Or alternatively just select 'Devtome' and access a list of relevant devtome articles. Similarly with 'Philosophy' or 'E-Currency' etc. That doesnt seem to be the case, so Im interested in why that is?

I also agree that a separate concise summary is necessary to break down core topics - why Im suggesting a FAQ to be incorporated into Devcoin.org. Devtome isnt just a wiki as you point out. Its effectively an amalgamation of a wiki, blog and editorial opinion piece because there's generally no censorship. In terms of earning dvc for writing particular articles, compensation is increasingly related to quality and readership, implying the reward for writing an article of little value will over time trend towards that broad consensus as more people get involved and so the incentive to submit them diminishes. I concede that will take time. Many articles are sourced and referenced, many are not. Referencing is now a factor in ratings devtome.com/doku.php?id=devtome_rater so should improve where appropriate.

Separation of content style - there's been discussion previously on this. It comes down to similar issues to other language sites - resources. Adding a new site or blog that focuses on a particular topic or style requires a whole new set of people and time to do it, and do it properly. Im somebody who thinks it would be a good idea for a limited target focus, but can also understand the challenging practicalities and potential cost of fragmenting content and resources before enough of a foundation has been laid to get people interested and onboard.

giftculturewriting - The article you mention, its listed under devcoin links, shopping, business etc, but maybe Im just assuming people know where to look? Ideas are very welcome

eeh - I agree