SoullessAutomaton comments on What isn't the wiki for? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: AnnaSalamon 07 April 2009 11:05:14PM *  1 point [-]

So, badger (or others), you'd rather I refrain from building a questions-first alternative index into the wiki, that has a link for each question, and that collects under that question both a concise summary of progress to date (dictionary-style, with collected links to relevant OB/LW articles and to some other background sources) and of gaps in our current analysis?

I was hoping the questions-list could function as an entry point for study guides for newcomers who want to answer particular questions, as well as for readers or prospective authors wanting to get a birds-eye view and see where the gaps are. (The links off the questions-list would include the detailed open problems within the entry on that particular question/topic, as you suggest.)

But whether a questions-based index into OB/LW is or isn't allowed on the wiki, it would be nice to know, so that I know whether to write it. My inclination is to just go ahead and then see if people like it, but I'm not sure if ciphergoth is trying to veto that in his capacity as admin, or if there's been enough opposition that I should heed that.

Comment author: SoullessAutomaton 08 April 2009 12:13:38AM 1 point [-]

For what it's worth, I like your ideas.

It seems to me that much of the value of a wiki should be a distillation and structured introduction to the material.