On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 11:45 PM, Nikola M <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 02/25/17 11:14 PM, Aurélien Larcher wrote: > > > > On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 9:25 PM, Nikola M <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 02/25/17 08:41 PM, Andreas Wacknitz wrote: >> >>> nikolam, you should check the comments. I have the impression that a lot >>> of them can be deleted without loosing anything. >>> You are right to preserve comments with valuable information, eg. >>> technical discussions. >>> >> >> Selecting what should be preserved or not is changing the history, a la >> 1984. >> I am sure you are right some comments are more useful then others, yet >> they are all just comments. >> And even just comments, they are all useful (except spam etc). >> They are to be reused so ditching (and even removing ability to comment) >> I don't see right atm. >> > > Nothing is ever erased on the internet. > So we put obsolete content in a directory named "Archeology" where you > could dig for content to bring back the the current Wiki space if it is of > interest. > > > it's just not clever way of doing everything. it's Ok to improve articles, > but burning and re-creating on another place.. > it is just easier to know what comments belong to where when it is time to > migrate them. > If you mess it around like that, then it is pointless. > Experience tells me otherwise. Sometimes rm -rf reimplementation on consistent foundations is better than messing with an inconsistent system with undefined behaviour. > > Any obsolete and incorrect content should be removed from the current > space: people need *up-to-date* and *reliable* information. > > > And it is made by editing content and not disabling commenting etc. > Just do it (tm) > > > Having incorrect information on the official Wiki makes us look like a > bunch of clowns. > > > Comments are not wiki content. > Whatever clowns you see.. > Outdated comments make us look equally as bad as incorrect official Wiki content. That's what matters. I am not interested in speculating and theorizing forever, let us discuss and come to practical decisions. The goal: the Wiki should contain up-to-date and reliable information and not pretend to be a forum (that's another discussion). On your mark, go! > > > _______________________________________________ > oi-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/oi-dev > -- --- Praise the Caffeine embeddings
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