On 2/4/13, janI <j...@apache.org> wrote:
> Hi.
>
> We have just completed the last optimization of wiki.o.o, which means that
> it has entered maintenance mode.
>
> There is one outstanding bugzilla issue, which will be implemented if we
> can find a supported solution.
>
> Now would be a good time to think about the other things we have discussed
> earlier:
> - Move cwiki to mwiki.
>    this has been discussed/decided earlier, but might need a positive
> decision.

+1

>    I for one find it very confusing to look in 2 wikis for the same
> information (e.g. build instructions)
> - Mark outdated paged with category outdated, and symbol on page
>   A lot of the information in wiki is outdated and superseeded by new
> pages, its hard to find the correct info.
>   If outpdated paged had the category "outdated" it would be easy to change
> search to excluded these

Any help page on how to do this, do we have any custom alerts or label?
{{Documentation/Caution| Outdated}}
ie. http://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Using_Cpp_with_the_OOo_SDK#See_also

> - Put categories on all pages, and structure the pages
>   Due to the very limited maintenance the page structure and catagory usage
> seems very random.

Is a category already being used for this (it would be logical
outdated would be one) but is there any subcategories for example.
Outdated/Documentation Outdated/Development

>
> We can hopefully expect high traffic volume when we release 4.0, which
> gives a natural timelimit when the wiki should be streamlined. Unless of
> course, the community does not find it embarrasing to have text like:
>
> "Teams
> This section is partly outdated. Visit Apache
> OpenOffice<http://incubator.apache.org/openofficeorg/index.html>for
> actual information."
>
> on the front page, highlighting the priority of maintaining the wiki.
>
> Doing the work needed is too much for one person, it requires a small team.
> And based on my experience touching information can generate a lot of
> feelings, so the team should preferable contain enough "old" volunteers to
> guarantee that the changes are done historically correct.
>
> I will keep doing the running maintenance of the wiki2 server.
>
> Rgds
> jan I.
>


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Alexandro Colorado
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