I noticed that the information that I added about USB MIDI driver issues with Windows 7 has been deleted from "Troubleshooting USB MIDI" page. I wonder what I did wrong :-) Does this information belong to a different article or you believe it's not relevant? For me it would save some hours if I knew this. Please advice me. I'd like to be a better contributor.
I was already in the middle of revamping the pages on the M3 Editor and USB MIDI (see recent history on the Wiki page) when you added your section specific to Windows 7 that in fact I was about to cover in a more generic way (see below). Also Stephen Kay has just edited and further improved my most recent changes. There is no ownership of pages - it's just one of those things about a Wiki site you and I have to accept.
I did add comments in the Wiki comment field when doing the two edits earlier today. The information that you added is a valid and welcome contribution … but the method is not specific to Windows 7, it applies to all versions of the USB MIDI driver on Windows XP, and Vista as well. So the "tip" needed to be incorporated in the main procedures section, not as a new section. Also the simplest method to achieve the same result is to run the Korg USB MIDI "Install Device" function within the USB MIDI software package as per the Korg documentation. This is covered in a generic way in new procedure 1 on the page which makes the more complex and slower method that yopu described using "update device driver" and searching for the installation directory redundant. We cannot document it both ways and "occam's razor" unfortunately applies on all Wiki sites - always do it the simplest way and only resort to a more complex method if the simplest method fails. I apologise if any offense was caused, that's never my intention and quite the opposite as I hope my 2,000 or more posts on www.korg-forums.com will show you.
Also don't take it personally - my "offensive behaviour" as a Wiki contributor also applies to other contributions for example from Stephen Kay and Shannong who wrote the original page we have both bveen editing. For example, Shannong/ Stephen had originally written a complex and risky procedure about editing the windows registry to overcome the "10 MIDI device problem". I cut the whole thing and replaced it with the recommendation to use the Korg Uninstall utility which achieves the same result in a much simpler and safer way.
The same thing happens if Shannong or Stephen Kay or anyone else has an improvement to make - they never as permission first, they just do it if they are sure that it adds someting of benefit. Once again I apologize if my endeavours to simplify and correct this Wiki article inadvertently caused offense to you. Please advise me if I should have gone about it in a different way?
My thanks to you, and all contributors.
Rob,
Thank you very much for kind and comprehensive explanation. I agree the way you rearranged the page was more logical and generic. And since this was my first Wiki contribution I did not expect to get things right and was interested to get some tips and recommendations. Which I got. I also think I rushed a little a Wiki page immediately after solving an issue that I was fighting for several hours. It's better to wait a little, get a clear picture of what should be done and try to incorporate the information into existing structure.
Thanks again, and especially for your contribution to Wiki!
Vagif a.k.a. object
Vagif,
Thank you … actually you taught me something good - I had never used the "per page discussion" feature before, and I think it's a great way to correspond between contributors and have several people inputting to various edits etc. So I will use "per page discussions" again!!
Rob a.k.a. Rob :-)