From: Tony Kan (tonykan_at_xtra.co.nz)
Date: Tue Sep 06 2005 - 20:39:02 PDT
Grant
Apologies for my ignorance. I was unaware of your project. I tip my hat
off to you. 700+ entries. That is really comprehensive.
Having just inspected a few, I realise how many terms I have taken for
granted. No wonder newbies feel overwhelmed.
Now that I am aware of this glossary, I think that having another one on the
wiki is a waste of effort. The only advantage is that it provides a
mechanism for adding new entries or improving existing entries without
putting all the burden on you. But with 700+ entries boasts of the hard
work has already been done some sure that the burden is now relatively
light.
I agree, with adding an external link to your web page and unna as the most
efficient way forward. At least this exercise has provided an opportunity
to raise awareness of your glossary. It just goes to show that it is very
hard to have a genuinely novel idea.
Cheers
Tony Kan
Christchurch
New Zealand
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Keep in mind that I have already poured a ton of work into the existing
Newton Glossary [1] over the past four years, and Victor has provided a
searchable version [2] of it as well. It currently contains over 700
terms and is available in Newton Book format. If you are going to add
similar definitions to the Wiki, I would like to suggest that you use the
Newton Glossary as a reference (with backlinks please).
[1] http://www.splorp.com/newton/glossary/
[2] http://tools.unna.org/glossary/
g.
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