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> On Dec 20, 2020, at 9:58 AM, Keith N. McKenna <keith.mcke...@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> 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 (OOo) to NOT delete pages from the wiki but mark them as outdated and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 That is why they were to be marked as outdated ank links to the newer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.
I don’t think the effort to move obsolete Wiki pages to static html is worth
it. It’s better to label and point. Perhaps it can be done with a macro.
For obsolete html in www.OpenOffice.org we could mark and move to
Www.OpenOffice.org/archive/ rather than maintain yet another repository and
website.
I think though we can add metadata and a template to quickly mark pages as
obsolete. Redirection or inserted link using additional metadata is possible.
This is a few hours work to setup. I would volunteer to enable it.
Regards,
Dave
>
>>
>> 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
>
>
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