Thread Subject: Re: default tab on the wiki

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From: Jim Tobias
Date: Tue, Oct 17 2006 7:45 AM

What content wouldn't they be seeing? That's the problem -- there is none.
At least on a discussion page the text looks less authoritative -- it's
clearly a bunch of opinions. If all discussion pages are seeded with an
appropriate first 1-2 paragraphs, it looks more inviting.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jessica M. Brodey [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 9:30 AM
> To: 'TEITAC Communications Task Force'
> Subject: Re: [teitac-tools] default tab on the wiki
>
> The problem is the users would not see the content when they
> first arrived, and that would be quite confusing - they would
> just see the big discuss box and would not understand what to
> do or what to discuss.
>
> Jessica
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED =
> [mailto: = EMAIL ADDRESS REMOVED = ] On Behalf Of Jim Tobias
> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 7:11 AM
> To: 'TEITAC Communications Task Force'
> Subject: [teitac-tools] default tab on the wiki
>
> Hi Jared,
>
> For all pages in the wiki, is it possible to default to the
> Discuss tab rather than the Edit tab? This might encourage new users.
>
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> Jim Tobias
> Inclusive Technologies
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> +1.732.441.0831 v/tty
> skype jimtobias
> www.inclusive.com
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