[FM Discuss] Please publish "Making Sugar Activities" and add a link to the "Read" page

[Lachlan Musicman]

Hi James,

I think that Adam is on a (well deserved, from what I can tell) break
at the moment. As per his last response to your request to have our
names removed - which I have no problem with personally - I don't
think it's possible given the nature of the software that we are
using.

The code underlying Flossmanuals is getting long in the tooth, and all
recent developments have instead been occurring on what is essentially
a ground up re-write.

I'm not sure about the ability to remove names in the new software,
but I think that it's a valid concern that we should address as a
group especially since the code base is still so young.

Anyway - that's a short term answer. Adam will have more info when he
returns, but it's still a fortnight away and his inbox will be
overflowing, so it may take some time.

cheers
L.

On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 13:11, James Simmons <nicestep at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have been working on "Make Your Own Sugar Activities!" and I think I
> have enough written where the book would benefit by being published
> and linked to from the "Read" page.  While I still prefer my own title
> "Make Your Own Sugar Activities!" I cannot get the site or OBJAVI to
> use that title so I'd like to accept the inevitable and go with
> "Making Sugar Activities", which means the Edit link should change
> too.  Finally, many of the chapters are shown as created by Anne
> Gentle when in fact all she did was make empty chapters based on an
> outline I provided.  The listing in the credits page makes it look
> like I modified HER work, which is not true.  Similarly, Lachlan
> Musicman is credited with modifying most of the chapters when in fact
> all he did was publish them, at my request.  If these names could be
> removed from the credits I'd be grateful.  I hope that someday this
> book does have authors besides myself, and I'd be willing to consider
> any writing or editing activity considered authorship, but Anne and
> Lachlan's contribution falls below that threshhold, as I'm sure they
> would both agree.
>
> Thanks again for your help on this,
>
> James Simmons
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