On 09/14/2015 11:44 AM, John D'Orazio wrote: > I'll try to change it too. If someone on wikipedia reverts an edit up to > three times without founded reason, they can be blocked by a wikipedia > moderator. So they won't be able to continue reverting forever...
Well this is interesting information. I was wondering if there might be editing wars forever! :) > > On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 7:59 PM, Matthias Seidel <matthias.sei...@hamburg.de >> wrote: > >> https://twitter.com/davidgerard >> >> >> Am 14.09.2015 um 17:03 schrieb Max Merbald: >> >>> I changed it back. Who is this David Gerard person who obviously wants >>> to damage OpenOffice? >>> >>> >>> >>> Am 14.09.2015 um 16:48 schrieb Donald Whytock: >>> >>>> There was a minor skirmish last week over it. Looks like there'll be one >>>> this week too...someone changed it to "moribund". >>>> >>>> On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 6:54 PM, Phillip Rhodes >>>> <motley.crue....@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Sorry, I missed the infobox when I looked at the page. You're right, >>>>> having "Dormant" there is flat out wrong and very misleading. >>>>> >>>>> I changed it to "Active" just now and added a ref pointer to the 4.1.2 >>>>> release schedule that Andrea just provided. I just hope there aren't >>>>> certain parties with a vested interest in denigrating AOO sitting around >>>>> planning to start a revert war over this. :-( >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Phil >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> This message optimized for indexing by NSA PRISM >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 10:08 AM, Max Merbald <max.merb...@gmx.de> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Phil, >>>>>> >>>>>> what I meant was the infobox at the top right. In that box it says that >>>>>> AOO is dormat, which is not correct and which is not in the citations. >>>>>> >>>>> The >>>>> >>>>>> presence of a citation does not necessry mean that the claimed info >>>>>> is in >>>>>> the citation. If people read on the Wikipedia that AOO is "dormant" >>>>>> >>>>> they'll >>>>> >>>>>> start looking for different office software. >>>>>> >>>>>> Max >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Am 03.09.2015 um 23:12 schrieb Phillip Rhodes: >>>>>> >>>>>> I just looked at the Wikipedia page and don't see anything that's - >>>>>>> strictly speaking - incorrect, or lacking citations. IOW, I don't see >>>>>>> >>>>>> any >>>>> >>>>>> supportable rationale for removing anything that's there, although one >>>>>>> could question the motives of whoever made it a point to call out some >>>>>>> concerns about lack of activity in the first paragaph of the article. >>>>>>> Nonetheless, I think any attempt to modify that will face opposition. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In a related vein, The Guardian recently ran this article titled >>>>>>> >>>>>> "Should I >>>>> >>>>>> Switch From Apache OpenOffice to LibreOffice or Microsoft Office". >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> http://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2015/sep/03/switch-openoffice-libreoffice-or-microsoft-office >>>>> >>>>> I don't know if there's any easy way to counter this narrative that's >>>>>>> spreading through the press, about AOO being dead/dormant/whatever, or >>>>>>> >>>>>> how >>>>> >>>>>> LO is clearly "the winner", but it's definitely unfortunate to see >>>>>>> this >>>>>>> kind of stuff spread around so widely. :-( >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Phil >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> This message optimized for indexing by NSA PRISM >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 4:55 PM, Louis Suárez-Potts <lui...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Max, >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 03 Sep 15, at 16:31, Max Merbald <max.merb...@gmx.de> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi there, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> the Engish Wikipedia claims that AOO is dormant. I can't see where >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> they >>>>> >>>>>> have the information from. The sources they use don't say so. I think >>>>>>>> it's >>>>>>>> definitely bad for OpenOffice when people think no more is done about >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> it. >>>>> >>>>>> The problem is also that LibreOffice has just published its >>>>>>>> version 5.0 >>>>>>>> and >>>>>>>> is getting ahead of us. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> thanks for the alert. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Wikipedia is composed by a crowd of editors, and you can change the >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> entry >>>>> >>>>>> to reflect the facts. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> So can anyone on this list. 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