Could we maybe make the wiki questions-first, or questions-indexed, instead of topics-first? So that one walks into the wiki and sees the questions with which we are engaged (each linked to the partial progress we’ve made to date, and the open sub-questions on which we’d particularly appreciate new contributions)? Questions, or problems for which we want solutions, could make for a more motivating, curiosity-arousing, this-is-why-we’re-bothering approach to a table of contents. (And then new posts could be added to the appropriate question, and newcomers could find that new post fairly naturally as they follow out their questions. Also, writers might see how certain potential posts might add to a common project.)
I’d be happy to make a first draft questions list in that direction if people think it a good idea.
Could we maybe make the wiki questions-first, or questions-indexed, instead of topics-first? So that one walks into the wiki and sees the questions with which we are engaged (each linked to the partial progress we’ve made to date, and the open sub-questions on which we’d particularly appreciate new contributions)? Questions, or problems for which we want solutions, could make for a more motivating, curiosity-arousing, this-is-why-we’re-bothering approach to a table of contents. (And then new posts could be added to the appropriate question, and newcomers could find that new post fairly naturally as they follow out their questions. Also, writers might see how certain potential posts might add to a common project.)
I’d be happy to make a first draft questions list in that direction if people think it a good idea.