On 3/13/16 6:30 PM, Peter Geoghegan wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 12, 2016 at 5:21 PM, Jeff Janes <jeff.janes@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Would the wiki be a good place for such tips? Not as formal as the
>> documentation, and more centralized (and editable) than a collection
>> of blog posts.
>
> That general direction makes sense, but I'm not sure if the Wiki is
> something that this will work for. I fear that it could become
> something like the TODO list page: a page that contains theoretically
> accurate information, but isn't very helpful. The TODO list needs to
> be heavily pruned, but that seems like something that will never
> happen.
>
> A centralized location for performance tips will probably only work
> well if there are still high standards that are actively enforced.
> There still needs to be tight editorial control.
I think there's ways to significantly restrict who can edit a page, so
this could probably still be done via the wiki. IMO we should also be
encouraging users to test various tips and provide feedback, so maybe a
wiki page with a big fat request at the top asking users to submit any
feedback about the page to -performance.
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