Please delete https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia/Nouveau

Hannie Dumoleyn lafeber-dumoleyn2 at zonnet.nl
Sat Aug 24 07:27:44 UTC 2013


Hi Phil,
Creating this tag "Needs Updating" is an excellent idea. I am quite sure
that it will be used a lot, because I often see wiki help pages that are
outdated. Let's hope that the tag will urge people to effectively update
the page.
Regards,
Hannie

Op 24-08-13 04:35, Phill Whiteside schreef:
> Hi Hannie,
>
> I've created the tag & asked on ubuntu-forum.
>
> to all others on the wiki team, we did have a discussion of a new tab
> stating 'this page needs updating'. It got somewhat mixed views, but
> over all as it was not a classification we had was sort of accepted
> for where it would be needed. I've created the tag [1] for this. I do
> not doubt I've not done it correctly :) 
>
> Regards,
>
> Phill.
> 1. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Tag#Needs_Updating
>
>
> On 22 August 2013 13:05, Phill Whiteside <PhillW at ubuntu.com
> <mailto:PhillW at ubuntu.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hi Hannie,
>
>     I'll add a tag stating it needs a re-work and ask the group on
>     ubuntuforum[1] to give it an edit. I don't have nVidea cards so I
>     feel it best that the guys from that area give it a tidy up. I'll
>     add a subscription to the page so that I am alerted as and when
>     they do the work so the tag can be removed.
>
>     Regards,
>
>     Phill.
>     1. http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=334
>
>
>     On 22 August 2013 07:41, Hannie Dumoleyn
>     <lafeber-dumoleyn2 at zonnet.nl <mailto:lafeber-dumoleyn2 at zonnet.nl>>
>     wrote:
>
>         Hi Phil,
>         Imho page [2] also needs some rewriting. In Raring there is a
>         tab "Additional drivers" in Software & Updates where you can
>         choose the nvidia driver. If you use the last LTS the page is ok.
>         Hannie
>
>         Op 21-08-13 19:22, Phill Whiteside schreef:
>>         It is my proposal that the page in question [1] have a
>>         re-direct to this page [2]. That is it's parent page and has
>>         the up to date information.
>>
>>         If I do not hear objections, I'll put the divert on in a
>>         couple of days.
>>
>>         Regards,
>>
>>         Phill.
>>         1. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia/Nouveau
>>         2. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia
>>
>>
>>         On 20 August 2013 12:57, Christopher M. Penalver
>>         <christopher.m.penalver at gmail.com
>>         <mailto:christopher.m.penalver at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>             Phil:
>>
>>             A redirect is the more wiser direction in comparison when
>>             available.
>>
>>             However, no redirect candidate has been found.
>>
>>             Given how Nouveau is the default driver for nvidia
>>             graphics cards,
>>             installation instructions for it is largely unhelpful,
>>             and misleading.
>>
>>             Ideally, it would nice if documentation exists that
>>             discussed this.
>>             However, like with other undocumented components of
>>             Ubuntu, it's not a
>>             requirement for one to use it successfully given how like
>>             with many
>>             things in Ubuntu, "It Just works."
>>
>>             Christopher M. Penalver
>>             E-Mail: christopher.m.penalver at gmail.com
>>             <mailto:christopher.m.penalver at gmail.com>
>>
>>
>>             On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 1:46 PM, Phill Whiteside
>>             <PhillW at ubuntu.com <mailto:PhillW at ubuntu.com>> wrote:
>>             > Hi Chris,
>>             >
>>             > sorry for the delay in answering. Is there a wiki page
>>             that is more up to
>>             > date to which I make a divert for when 'google' etc
>>             point them to that page?
>>             > I see it has the tags for out of date & deletion, but
>>             I'd much rather have a
>>             > divert put on it to a current page.
>>             >
>>             > Thanks for taking the time to report it.
>>             >
>>             > Regards,
>>             >
>>             > Phill.
>>             >
>>             >
>>             > On 14 August 2013 02:56, Christopher M. Penalver
>>             > <christopher.m.penalver at gmail.com
>>             <mailto:christopher.m.penalver at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>             >>
>>             >> Dear Ubuntu Documentation,
>>             >>
>>             >> Could you please delete
>>             >>
>>             https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia/Nouveau
>>             as it
>>             >> only covers releases that are EoL (Karmic and Lucid),
>>             discusses unsupported
>>             >> maneuvers via stale PPAs, and just adds another
>>             unhelpful entry when trying
>>             >> to search legitimate Ubuntu community articles for
>>             nouveau related
>>             >> information.
>>             >>
>>             >> Thank you for your time and consideration in this
>>             matter, and I look
>>             >> forward to your response.
>>             >>
>>             >> Christopher M. Penalver
>>             >> E-Mail: christopher.m.penalver at gmail.com
>>             <mailto:christopher.m.penalver at gmail.com>
>>             >>
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