Talk:LSL Portal To-do

Is that necessary? This is a wiki after all, the entire point is to just pick up something that needs to be done and do it, whenever the mood strikes. Gigs Taggart 09:37, 25 January 2007 (PST)

Well, I know I'd be pretty miffed if I worked for hours on a function page, only to find out someone else already did it. It would be courteous to let others know whats being worked on to prevent duplicate efforts. Darien Caldwell 10:11, 25 January 2007 (PST)

...which is why you work on the page incrementally. I strongly suggest working on only the lede of the article and then just posting it, with all the other sections blank. Then edit each section individually to avoid edit conflicts like the kind you describe, and save it between every paragraph. (Don't worry, as far as I know, this does not waste disk space because of the way the wiki stores pages in the history.)

Besides, it is far too early to start working on the articles yet - the layout hasn't been agreed upon. For example, we need to construct an infobox for all the stats being added willy-nilly right now, like Energy cost and Sleep. At the very least, things need to be templatized so that we can flag articles as missing data or broken whenever we do something that ends up requiring changes or additions in all the other articles. It'll get very very difficult to reformat things as more articles are created, especially if there's no way to keep track of progress.

I'm going to remove the table for now, but feel free to replace it if you have some other reason to want it. (It's still in the history.) Celierra Darling 11:35, 25 January 2007 (PST)

One more thing: the table is currently split up on a bunch of other pages (most notably Category:LSL Functions, so there's no need for a huge to-do list here. Just follow the red links. If you'd rather look at the old list (just as a creation checklist, not as an "assignment" table!), see https://wiki.secondlife.com/w/index.php?title=LSL_Portal_To-do&oldid=6209 - I just wouldn't want to see pages start being "assigned" or even "claimed", since that can give people a very wrong idea. Celierra Darling 11:44, 25 January 2007 (PST)

(table was removed - see https://wiki.secondlife.com/w/index.php?title=LSL_Portal_To-do&oldid=6209 to look at it)

agreed it's a bit early to start working on articles, but the perfect time to iron these kinds of issues out. As long as I'm able to determine what's needed and what's already done, i'm happy :) Darien Caldwell 12:18, 25 January 2007 (PST)

Yes, I do believe it is necessary. Some of the articles are very large, and I would like to edit them off-line, then upload them when I am ready. I don't want to spend a day on a long article, getting it just right, then try uploading it, only to find someone else has already uploaded something different. That's called duplication of effort, and it is a conflict and a waste. If we have something to let us know who is working on what, then we can minimize that. Since we don't have a way to track it (like a project tracker), that was the next best thing. So, unless you can come up with a better method of resolving this potential conflict, please put the table back. Thanks! Talarus Luan 12:53, 25 January 2007 (PST)

Also, though this is a Wiki, it would be polite if we discussed the removal of several hours' work before we actually did it. I know it is still in the history, but that's not the point. Talarus Luan 12:57, 25 January 2007 (PST)