[jsr-314-open] [ADMIN] JSF Wikipedia Page

[Jason Lee]

 From the hip, I'm not sure The Powers That Be at Sun are going to like 
the JSF Home Page point to javaserverfaces.org and not the Sun page.  
Not sure how best to handle that, though.

On 12/16/09 6:19 PM, Lincoln Baxter III wrote:
> I've taken the liberty of updating the JSF page on 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaServer_Faces
>
> I don't know how many of you have read it, but it was atrocious: 
> horrible grammar, entire paragraphs that added almost no value (or 
> should have been included in a section for "details nobody needs to 
> know,") and generally too much text that said too little.
>
> Notably, I removed the comparison to other frameworks because it was 
> rather uninformative (save the .net version) These features can be 
> pulled back in, if we deem them to be accurate and beneficial to the 
> audience (which on wikipedia, should be considered, "interested 
> academics and business researchers",) so such a comparison may be 
> valuable, but I assert that we should re-evaluate the manner in which 
> is it done. The focus should be on JSF, not the other frameworks. 
> (This section was almost as long as the rest of the article.)
>
> I've moved the focus from JSF1 to JSF2, while still keeping some 
> references to JSF1 functionality. JSF2 is the new standard, and I've 
> made that clear.
>
> Please feel free to add/update - it is our responsibility as the 
> experts to make sure that the correct knowledge is on here. My focus 
> is on clarity and understanding, but if someone more technical wants 
> to elaborate on anything I've done, or add new information, go ahead, 
> and I'll try to make sure it lays out well and flows intuitively.
>
> You can see all my changes here:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=JavaServer_Faces&action=historysubmit&diff=332153215&oldid=332141364 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=JavaServer_Faces&action=historysubmit&diff=332153215&oldid=332141364>
>
> Thanks,
>
> ---
> Lincoln Baxter, III
> http://ocpsoft.com
> http://scrumshark.com
> "Keep it Simple"
>


-- 
Jason Lee, SCJP
President, Oklahoma City Java Users Group
Senior Java Developer, Sun Microsystems
http://blogs.steeplesoft.com

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