OK, having had a decent number of climbers contributing to Bouldr over the past few weeks, we have come to realise that we need to make a rather fundamental change in order to allow Bouldr to reach it’s maximum potential.
The Problem
Say somebody adds a famous climb to Bouldr, but they add it in the wrong place. This is no good for anyone. Bouldr contains incorrect information, and it really needs fixing. Currently, the only way of having the error corrected is to message the person that posted it and tell them of the error. This obviously has a couple of problems – even if they get your message, they might not be bothered, and the problem will never be fixed.
The Solution
We’re moving to a Wiki-style editing method. Each climb will be editable by any registered user, with a history of changes and a page for discussing the changes appended. If we do this, then any climber will be able to make corrections, revert erroneous modifications and discuss changes for any climb.
Change to a Wiki
OK, having had a decent number of climbers contributing to Bouldr over the past few weeks, we have come to realise that we need to make a rather fundamental change in order to allow Bouldr to reach it’s maximum potential.
The Problem
Say somebody adds a famous climb to Bouldr, but they add it in the wrong place. This is no good for anyone. Bouldr contains incorrect information, and it really needs fixing. Currently, the only way of having the error corrected is to message the person that posted it and tell them of the error. This obviously has a couple of problems – even if they get your message, they might not be bothered, and the problem will never be fixed.
The Solution
We’re moving to a Wiki-style editing method. Each climb will be editable by any registered user, with a history of changes and a page for discussing the changes appended. If we do this, then any climber will be able to make corrections, revert erroneous modifications and discuss changes for any climb.
Matt, February 09, 2007 11:30 0 Replies Feed