On Sunday 07 February 2010 07:06:58 Rupert Horstkötter wrote:
2010/2/4 Rajko M. <rmatov101@charter.net>: ...
Where to discuss such problems?
Is opensuse-project is good place, or we should go broader. Use Forums and opensuse@opensuse.org ??
I'd say opensuse-wiki and/or -project is a sufficient place for discussing these. We may think about establishing the Wiki forum at forums.o.o a bit earlier for that purpose if that's desired by Wiki seniors. Let me know.
I was missing such forum few times since wiki cleanup action begun. I'm sure that 90% of forum guys are annoyed with IRC and mail lists for some reason, so I vote for it and as soon as possible. While the idea about funneling article changes automatically to such forum looks appealing, it is probably more trouble then benefits. I think that is better to use forum as place for wiki maintenance guys and in that case I like the idea a lot.
In what namespace belongs historic material?
In what namespace, or even another server to put transient content that is obsolete after the event?
I believe we have no Namespace for these in place yet? Two ideas: Creating a Namespace "Archives:" and move or simply get rid of the content, e.g. http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE_Launch_Party_Locations anyways has no more value for the community IMO.
I see here 3 types of articles. One are miscellaneous instructions, tips, etc, that are obsolete after release is dropped from support. We want them only if we can assume that someone will need them one day. I'm almost sure that after 5 years there will be very few request. Second is something like Weekly News, that should be readable, but out of sight after period of time. For those we should have some kind of archive, either server, or namespace Archive. Third are like launch parties invitations and schedule., bound to release day and when party is over no one needs invitation. For the large community as ours it is good idea to have such things advertised in any corner, but IMO one article should be enough, in other words old schedule should sink in article history. One page and one link from outside will help to have one always current link on the web sites.
Where to document procedure?
The discussions should be enough documentation from my perspective or what do you feel sufficient here as an additional documentation? If we assume to create a Namespace "Archives:" the reviewer could place a moving request to the table OR mark it as "not transferred" if we decide to get rid of such content.
As mentioned above, wish to get rid of such content and being able to do that without breaking other web sites links, is 2 different things. We will probably have to avoid deleting very popular pages, but link to one or more pages that will explain visitors what happened.
Is explanation of tag in tables sufficient?
For me it is, yes! You may put quick examples in brackets after "we need community consent on handling of article(s)" like "we need community consent on handling of article(s) (not defined how to handle, historical content etc.)
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