Re: Wiki reset
Felix Kjäll <[email protected]> Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:34:44 +0000 (GMT)
| Newsgroups | gmane.comp.video.transcode.devel |
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> > Felix Kj=E4ll wrote:
> >> Hi, as a long time lurker I have finally decided to join in.
> >>
> >> Well, I was thinking... Isn't it time to clean up the wiki?
> >> There really isn't much information there that one could use
> >> any more, since so much has changed the last couple of years.
> >> Combined with the lack of recent wiki updates I find the wiki
> >> almost useless. I think it actually would encourage more people
> >> to contribute to the transcode documentation if the wiki would
> >> be completely reset. What do you guys think?
> >
> > As the wiki maintainer, I agree 100%. But somebody needs to be
> > willing to take responsiblity for beginning to populate the
> > new wiki.
> >
> > I can create a new wiki similar to the existing one, with the
> > addition of an upload feature (with individual passwords, so
> > that if someone goes bonkers they can be locked out without
> > affecting anyone else).
> >
> > Or someone else could take over, and perhaps set up a mediawiki
> > based wiki, which requires more maintenance.
> >
> > I apologize for not fixing the wiki properly after the recent
> > server upgrade, but I'm afraid my time is not my own right now,
> > with the usual business of life, plus a dying family member.
> >
> > Phil
> >
> >
>=20
> I think it would be good to archive the current wiki under some
> obscure url. Some things are still correct, so it would be handy to
> be able to cut/paste them from old to new.
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> --=20
> Carl K
Yes! Something like archive/legacy/old.transcoding.org would be nice. And=
also make the archives non-indexed by google et al.
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