Functioning much like the Wikipedia principle, "<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; font-family: sans-serif; ">articles start as stubs, but after many contributions, they can become featured articles. Once the contributor has decided a topic of interest, they may want to request that the article be written (or they could research the issue and write it themselves)."</span><div>
<font class="Apple-style-span" face="sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;">A beginner may upload an eQUEST model, and as it is reviewed and comments are made, the model is continually refined through replacement by consensus and more advanced modelers. Possibly even a suffix to indicate iteration, i.e. SYSTEM-TYPE_BLDG-USE_v12.pd2</span></font></div>
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</span></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"><br></span></font><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Nick Caton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ncaton@smithboucher.com">ncaton@smithboucher.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Arpan raises a very good point - perhaps the key to allow an "open" source like this to thrive is to do away with the idea that there must be a stringent review process or formatting standard, at least at the onset until the user-ship has grown enough to accommodate that sort of thing without stifling the potential content-contributors.<br>
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From: <a href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>] On Behalf Of Jason Glazer<br>
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2011 10:59 AM<br>
To: <a href="mailto:equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br>
Subject: Re: [Equest-users] INP PD2 Library<br>
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The <a href="http://onebuilding.org" target="_blank">onebuilding.org</a> wiki is intended to be open. Anyone can<br>
contribute. The main rule is if you make a new page, that<br>
you agree to "subscribe" to that page to monitor it for<br>
changes. In addition, for now, lets limit the scope of the<br>
Wiki to just the eQUEST portions.<br>
<br>
It has not been well publicized to date because I was hoping<br>
to have some more content available for its "grand opening".<br>
<br>
To edit a page or create a new one you must register.<br>
<br>
Everyone is welcome to join.<br>
<br>
Jason<br>
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On 2/11/2011 10:49 AM, Arpan Bakshi wrote:<br>
> Thanks Anthony. I was unaware this wiki was out there.<br>
><br>
> Is this something which will be just as open and as<br>
> accessible as the mailing list, or will it have a lengthy<br>
> application and review process like bembook, which has<br>
> rendered the project idle?<br>
><br>
> The absence of formal process is key to the mailing list's<br>
> success and high volume.<br>
><br>
> Regards<br>
> Arpan<br>
><br>
><br>
><br>
> On Feb 11, 2011, at 11:15 AM, "Anthony Hardman"<br>
> <Anthony@GreenEngineer.com<br>
> <mailto:<a href="mailto:Anthony@GreenEngineer.com">Anthony@GreenEngineer.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
><br>
>> Hey Arpan, sample input files are a great idea. Could you<br>
>> post these the Onebuilding Wiki<br>
>> <<a href="http://onebuilding.org/wiki/doku.php/start" target="_blank">http://onebuilding.org/wiki/doku.php/start</a>>, perhaps with<br>
>> a narrative? If you look in the “usersGuides” directory,<br>
>> Nick has posted a great How-To lesson that might be<br>
>> appropriate for what you’re trying to accomplish. Someone<br>
>> correct me if I’m wrong but I think part of the vision for<br>
>> the wiki is to have a more detailed/user friendly source<br>
>> of info for commonly asked questions.<br>
>><br>
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>> *From:*<a href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a><br>
>> <mailto:<a href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>><br>
>> [mailto:<a href="mailto:equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org">equest-users-bounces@lists.onebuilding.org</a>] *On<br>
>> Behalf Of *Arpan Bakshi<br>
>> *Sent:* Friday, February 11, 2011 8:52 AM<br>
>> *To:* equest-users<br>
>> *Subject:* [Equest-users] INP PD2 Library<br>
>><br>
>> Everyone,<br>
>><br>
>> I'm conducting some what of an experiment in the social<br>
>> networking we all engage in through these mailing lists. I<br>
>> hypothesize that if we had a library of eQUEST models<br>
>> available for anyone to download and comment on then<br>
>> eventually there would be peer-reviewed, tried and tested<br>
>> templates for various system and use types we could agree<br>
>> on and refer to.<br>
>><br>
>> I will continue to update a library of .inp and .pd2 files<br>
>> for a few months to test out how useful such a library may<br>
>> or may not be. I have started the library with a test<br>
>> model you can try to download here:<br>
>><br>
>> <<a href="http://www.box.net/equest-user" target="_blank">http://www.box.net/equest-user</a>><a href="http://www.box.net/equest-user" target="_blank">http://www.box.net/equest-user</a><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> --<br>
>><br>
>> Arpan Bakshi<br>
>><br>
>> 646 704-2880<br>
>><br>
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