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On 04/04/10 15:47, Dror Levin wrote: |
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> Creating just another wiki is what's pointless. What I want is to |
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> deprecate all unofficial wikis (there are others besides |
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> gentoo-wiki.com) which were created simply because there never was an |
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> official one and creating chaos, then centralize everything in one |
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> official wiki, and build on top of that. Fix the historic mistake. |
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> Concentrating information from the forums and various wikis is just |
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> the first step. |
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> This should be the goal of all of us, yours as well. Who wants to run |
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> around all over the internet trying to find relevant information on |
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> various forums, wikis, blogs, etc. when an official wiki can remedy a |
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> big part of that, making it easier to find what you're searching for. |
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> Instead of being scattered around, we want everything in one place, |
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> that's how it can be made even better. |
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> Dror Levin |
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The unofficial wiki may have been created because there wasn't an |
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official one, but that doesn't mean it's any less of a community in its |
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own right. |
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Starting the official wiki by effectively ripping off others work and |
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attempting to destroy existing user communities is NOT the right way to |
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go about things, in my opinion (and losing the editing history of those |
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articles in the process). |
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You should first try to start your wiki/community and make it a |
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community in its own right, rather than trying to steal/destroy/rip off |
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existing communities. |
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My personal goal is to continue to maintain an existing community full |
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of useful documentation, already concentrated in one place. The |
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unofficial wiki avoids duplication by pointing to existing documentation |
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where ever possible. |
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The search problem is already dealt with by Google, so that's no reason |
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to go about ripping off other peoples work. |
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With your aims in mind, I don't see the point in duplicating existing |
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material, creating TWO places you have to check to see what's been updated. |
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If an "official wiki" starts up and becomes a major documentation centre |
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for user contributions, then I may consider moving my articles over, but |
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until that time I currently intend to maintain them in place, with their |
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complete history in tact. |
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AllenJB |