Before worrying about a vanished author, worry about the intentions of still-present intentions. Usage of the wiki is related to usage of the blog, but people aren’t discussing it, perhaps because they don’t notice the relation or disagreement.
I think people pushing the wiki see it as having finality, while seeing blogging as more temporal. If someone writes an essay that produces comments that change the author’s mind, to change the essay is to break the comments. But to change it somewhere devoted to being up-to-date would not. This is mainly relevant when only a part of the essay changes.
cf Vladimir Nesov (is there some magic way for linking lesswrong comments?)
Before worrying about a vanished author, worry about the intentions of still-present intentions. Usage of the wiki is related to usage of the blog, but people aren’t discussing it, perhaps because they don’t notice the relation or disagreement.
I think people pushing the wiki see it as having finality, while seeing blogging as more temporal. If someone writes an essay that produces comments that change the author’s mind, to change the essay is to break the comments. But to change it somewhere devoted to being up-to-date would not. This is mainly relevant when only a part of the essay changes.
cf Vladimir Nesov (is there some magic way for linking lesswrong comments?)