ubuntu-doc Digest, Vol 45, Issue 20

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> Message: 2
> Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 01:54:26 -0600
> From: Charles Davis <oldsoldier at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Maintenance Idea - Wiki
> To: Leo Iannacone <leo.iannacone at gmail.com>
> Cc: ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com
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> On Fri, 2008-06-13 at 09:41 +0200, Leo Iannacone wrote:
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> > Jonathan Jesse ha scritto:
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> > > On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 11:03 PM, <indigo196 at rochester.rr.com
> > > <mailto:indigo196 at rochester.rr.com>> wrote:
> > >
> > >     Hello all:
> > >
> > >     My first poke in the list...
> > >
> > >     I would like to discuss the need to make the wiki more easily
> > >     maintainable.
> > >
> > >     When I was first starting to use Ubuntu (and Linux seriously) I
> > >     had some issues with finding documentation that was out of date
> > >     due to it being for an old version.
> > >
> > >     I would like to suggest adding a category for the version of
> > >     Ubuntu that the documentation was created under or last reviewed
> > >     for. This would have the double benefit of making it clear to
> > >     users what version it was written for and making it easier for
> > >     maintainers to find pages that need 'checking' and/or revision.
> > >
> > >     Potentially this can be done by using the version name
> > >     "CategoryHardyHeron" or potentially it could be done by using a
> > >     more generic "CategoryLTS", "CategoryCurrentVersion",
> > >     "CategoryARchivedVersions"... or some other idea I have not
> > >     thought of.
> > >
> > >     Other than that - hello to everyone and please let me know how I
> > >     can assist.
> > >
> > >     Thanks,
> > >     PrivateVoid
> > >
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> > >
> > > I would vote for that idea as well.  There should be a way at look
> > > then at all CategoryArchivedVersions and removing pages that deal w/
> > > Breezy, etc
> > In italian wiki we have developed a new macro to include in the page
> > "the supported releases".
> > An example is here -> http://wiki.ubuntu-it.org/Programmazione/Java
> > (It's under TableOfContets (modified ;), you could read "Versioni
> > supportate" (tran. "Supported releases")
> > It's a nice way to control deprecated pages.
> > 
> > If you want, I can give the code of macro.
> > 
> > Leo.
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> Very nice. I'd like to see something like that implemented for our Wiki.
> 

I am glad to see that the idea was well received; is there a process for determining the 'official' categories to be used? Should there be a meeting in IRC to determine them? Please let me know how to proceed.

Thanks again,
PrivateVoid