[Radiance-general] Radiance wiki proposal

[Andrew McNeil]

Hi Chris, Rob,

radiance-online.org is set up as a community website for anyone to add and
edit content. Danny and I are the only ones to have done anything, but
that's not the intent. It's not quite a wiki because we feel it needs a bit
more editorial oversight to remain relevant and accurate, but anyone can
contribute regardless. Anyone should feel welcome to register, send me an
email, and I'll promote you to author.

I also won't get in the way of, and may even contribute to, another wiki
attempt. But i'd ague that an FAQ is more necessary.

Andy


On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Guglielmetti, Robert <
Robert.Guglielmetti at nrel.gov> wrote:

> Hi Chris,
>
> I was about to respond to your earlier emails when this proposal came in.
> Thanks for your generous offer, first of all. Here's the thing: this has
> been tried and done before. Search the archives for radiance-general (which
> has stood the test of time and the ebb and flow of federal funding, BTW)
> and you will find initiatives started up, going all the way back to the
> very first Radiance Workshop in 2002. Collaborative efforts never got off
> the ground, and it's not for lack of someone offering to register a domain
> name and host the thing. People move, change jobs (careers, even), funding
> comes and goes, people get funny about ownership and distribution, and
> here's the big one: Radiance itself changes. The fact that Radiance
> continues to evolve and remain a high quality, well-documented bit of
> software is friggin' amazing to me, particularly in light of the fact that
> it's largely the product of one dude. But evolve it has (and does), and as
> it does the rules change. In response, the Radiance community takes up the
> new stuff (and new folks take up the old stuff), and we all document our
> successes and failures in various ways. There are papers, web pages,
> tutorials, resurrected out-of-print textbooks (thanks Fritz), all over the
> web, most of which are linked in some form or fashion from the
> radiance-general archives. And, as ever, there are the release notes,
> manpages, and the source code.
>
> Efforts are underway to make some energy modeling wikis, and some of these
> efforts are budgeted thousands of dollars, and they still suck, to be
> honest with you. I think the Radiance community does a great job on a
> largely volunteer basis producing what it does. The effort of maintaining a
> wiki, while noble, seems like just more administrative work for not a lot
> of benefit. The stuff is out there, and when things disappear, its usually
> for a good reason and when it's just someone pulled the plug on their
> website or whatever, these things can be found by coming to this listserv.
>
> I'm probably sounding like a dick right now, but all I'm trying to say is
> that your time would be better spent creating your own list of links and
> HOWTOs and adding it to the constellation of other stuff that's already out
> there. Again, I for one appreciate your enthusiasm and generosity. I just
> think that the Radiance wiki has been tried before. In fact, you might want
> to ping Andy McNeil because he was in the process of trying to add such a
> beast to the radiance-online.org site. Maybe it's an idea whose time has
> come, and I AM just a dick. Who knows?
>
> - Googs
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Kallie [mailto:kallie at umn.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2014 9:54 AM
> To: Radiance general discussion
> Subject: [Radiance-general] Radiance wiki proposal
>
> Fellow Renderers,
>
> This is my offer and proposal for a Radiance wiki:
>
> With your collective approval, and if enough Radiance users pledge to
> contribute to a Radiance wiki (i.e., coauthor, manage, and/or otherwise
> create, edit, and maintain pages and entries), I will offer my services to
> register a domain name, pay for the hosting, and setup the wiki server.
>
> (Also, I would be content if someone or everyone would prefer to appoint
> someone other than myself for such an initiative.)
>
> Sincerely,
> Chris
>
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