Talk:Christopher Alexander

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We probably need an article for

*Alexander, Christopher, (1822-1882), Victorian architect

who apparently has had an entry on List of people by name: Ale#People surnamed Alexander longer than this one has, and who accidentally got linked to this article.
--Jerzy(t) 07:21, 2004 Oct 6 (UTC)

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Contents 1 Hacking 2 Center for Environmental Structure 3 Current residence in Sussex - why delete this info? 4 Influence on wiki

[edit] Hacking

I just noticed that someone from IP address 216.146.243.76 got in and damaged Christopher Alexander's biography. What is the mechanism for banning specific IP addresses? I reverted the page to the previous saved version. Nikos.salingaros 23:30, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Center for Environmental Structure

Are there any good references to explain CA's association with CES and the new CES in Europe?

[edit] Current residence in Sussex - why delete this info?

Hi. I just listened to an hour-long broadcast of an interview with Christopher Alexander on CBC Radio the other evening. It was taped at C.A.'s resiaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaain Sussex. Why delete this bit of info (his place of residence) from the article?

I'm not challenging the reason, mind you. Just curious what the reason is.

J.R.

[edit] Influence on wiki

The article says: "The Wiki is just one of the results of Alexander's influence on computing, and it is appropriate that we use it to collect notes on the subject." To my understanding, WikiWikiWebs were developed completedly unaware of Alexander and his theories. I suggest to completely remove this sentence. Is anyone able to specify, what the link of Alexander and Wikis is?

From Wiki: Wiki software originated in the design pattern community as a way of writing and discussing pattern languages. The WikiWikiWeb was the first wiki, established by Ward Cunningham... See also Christoper Alexander's page on WikiWikiWeb itself: ChristopherAlexander zenned 19:59, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

I would say the WikiWikiWeb itself and work on design patterns coevolved, but the ideas behind Ward's wiki definitely predated the widespread awareness of Alexander's work. Ward himself traces the idea to the development of ZOG in 1972, five years before A Pattern Language appeared ([1]). So I would say that, yes, the claim above is a little anachronistic. There were a lot of people taking various approached to hypertext in the 60s and 70s. But the actual WikiWikiWeb itself definitely developed in an Alexander-steeped context. So it's a judgment call. That last section of the article seems a little iffy, though, I agree. rodii 17:22, 3 January 2006 (UTC)