[PD-dev] pdpedia - infobox template synchronized?

[Hans-Christoph Steiner]

On Oct 8, 2007, at 7:07 PM, João Miguel Pais wrote:

>> Ultimately, the structure of the infobox is up to the language  
>> head.  Which ones are included are up to the heads of each  
>> language, like wikipedia.
>>
>> I think we should not add fields until we have data for them, for  
>> example, there isn't any data for "cpu use index".
>>
>> I think "helppatch name" should only be used on the objects that  
>> don't use the standard naming scheme (i.e. *-help.pd).
>>
>> Also, the "messages" section might be redundant.  It might make  
>> more sense to including the messages in the "inlets" section,  
>> since occasionally, different inlets accept different messages.   
>> (Most of the time, messages with selectors are sent to the first  
>> inlet).
>
> I also think that it should be the same structure in all languages.  
> I don't see much point in each language going astray depending on  
> the mood/resources of its participants - for that there's the  
> puredatainfo already.
>
> But while checking the infobox template, I saw that those extra  
> fields were already programmed, that's why I asked if they should  
> be added to the template. In that case, I would suggest to remove  
> those fields from the infobox structure for now - new fields can be  
> added at any time, after they've been "approved".

The idea is that each language site should be completely autonomous.   
It's probably a good idea to keep the infobox in sync, but I do not  
think it should be mandatory in anyway.

.hc


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