Difference between revisions of "User talk:Martin"

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In general I am a student of “process”. I try to observe and understand what really makes things tick. This has relevance to transparency, democracy, and empowerment issues. Sometimes the most important things for the populace to know, are things that some relatively “few” people within the populace don’t want others to know. When students of process are observing and trying to understand your process, they risk being viewed as a pain in the neck – it’s not an activity where one should expect to get lots of “high fives”.

Some subjects that catch my interest are listed below:

Topsoil

Process Transparency

RiskParticipation

BetterAutomation

talk page etiquette

DesignerSearchScott

Solar Energy Investment Fund

Six messaging areas

Corporate Positioning

Thoughts On Vision

SuggestionBox

User Interface - edit box

Currently at a Wiki page one clicks “edit”, then waits for the edit page to pop up. The fact is the edit page does not look like the prior page. One makes the edit, then clicks “save”. Then one waits, and often reads the final page to see if it “looks right” – and sometimes notices a minor typo – then goes back to repeat the process. This is really not an efficient process. A more efficient process is to be looking at the page, and never have its format change (as when the edit page pops up), and be able to start typing, and “what you see is what stays on this page”. Why can’t the systems assume that the typed content will be saved – for if that was not the intend, why would one begin typing in the first place? If one makes a mistake and does not want their text saved, then should come the command mode to erase the just typed contents, or perhaps to then highlight the content one does not want saved, and click “delete”. For my brain type the process described above is more intuitive and faster.

Help!

Hey Martin, I would love it if you would come to the AdultContentPolicy page and participate in defining the direction for our wiki site, after all ItsYourWiki. If you would like to participate, go here and add your name like {{NotYet|need to look at this more}}. Please let me know if you have any questions... I am really interested in what you think about this, the issue and the way we are deciding it. :-) Best, MarkDilley

AdultContentPolicy

Martin, your participating in creating the AboutUs AdultContentPolicy helps us build a stronger community. A lot of progress has been made and we have reached our GoThresholds. We are thrilled at the start of the 48 hour DoneTimer.

This means you should return to the AdultContentPolicy and review any changes that may have been made since you last saw it.

• If you still approve of the policy, no action is needed.
• If you are unhappy with the policy as is stands you will need to make a change to it soon.

Any edit will reset the DoneTimer. (this is ok as it is part of the process)

This is a critical time for the success of the new AdultContentPolicy. Your continued participation is needed to make sure we make the best decision we possibly can make right now. Please do advocate for the best possible policy!

Best,

MarkDilley