Talk:CIBC:WikiErrata

I'm just wondering why SCI has chosen the naming convention for it's pages. For example, the page referring to SCIRun installation is at:

CIBC:Documentation:SCIRun:Installation

I think this means that mediawiki is putting it in the CIBC namespace, followed by all the colons. In essence, this creates a directory structure for the wiki. Isn't it much more powerful to just put each topic on its own page, and link them up using

[[Category:XXX]]

? The fundamental problem with directories is that you are committed to one dimension of organization. "Tagging" lets you use as many concurrent dimensions as you wish. Using the example above, why did you choose to list the application (SCIRun) first, and the type of documentation (Installation) second? Why shouldn't there be one page for all the documentation for every application.

Answer: there should.

I suggest you (we?) think about making the article titles more sane. Move

CIBC:Documentation:SCIRun:Installation

to

SCIRun Installation

Forward the old page to it (so that it doesn't break intrawiki links), and let it stand on its own two feet. It should belong to the categories of

• Primary Documentation
• SCIRun
• Installation

By making the pages address more simple topics (and linking them together to address bigger ones), I think the documentation could be improved.

Just my $0.02.

--Ian 14:54, 15 September 2007 (MDT)