Greetings Peter, comments are inline. On Sun, 20 Dec 2020 00:32:15 +0100, Peter Kovacs wrote:
> I change subject since I venture to more generic topic. > > > On 19.12.20 22:15, Keith N. McKenna wrote: >> The Policy for the mwiki is and has been since the days of >> OpenOffice.org >> (OOo) to NOT delete pages from the wiki but mark them as outdated and >> be sure there is a link to any replacement document. > All I am attempting to do is to explain what longstanding policy has been for the wiki. If the community wants to change that fine I do believe it needs a [Discusstion] thread of it's own rather than just a change of topic in a related thread. > For me this rule does not add up. Marking pages out dated is not the > solution. We are not a museum. > These pages are so dire old, no body knows if that what the pages are > saying are any accurate, or what. That is why they were to be marked as outdated ank links to the newer documents provided. There is also a way to create internal redirects to the newer pages such that if the old document is clicked it automatically opens the newer document. > We should create an Archive section, and then create there a static html > site that preserves the state in order to honor history. That is another way to handle it that deserves to be in a [Discussion] thread for a policy change. > We can add some information maybe like contributors and stuff. If this > sentiment is important. But we should move pages that are confusing and > irrelevant to our work somewhere they are not in the way. > > I suggest we create a archive site (suggestion: archive.openoffice.org) > site, and move pages there, that have only historic value. Again should be in a [Discussion} thread devoted to a policy change. > > There is no rush, but cleaning up would help us to refresh our minds. > But to forget stuff is important or we run all the time with loads of > old baggage around. And we have difficulties to find the right > information. That is where we definitely agree. The mwiki has suffered from neglect for far to long and needs an overhaul. Whether that takes place here or in a thread of it's own is up to the community. Regards Keith > > just my 2 cents. > > [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_to_be_forgotten --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
