Suggestion

[Phill Whiteside]

We already have one

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Tag#Unsupported_Version

Regards,

Phill.


On 13 September 2013 21:34, Jonathan Aquilina <eagles051387 at gmail.com>wrote:

> I would then add another tag that End of life releases or something of the
> sort.
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 10:25 PM, Phill Whiteside <PhillW at ubuntu.com>wrote:
>
>> This is an amazing thread! Just as I had my break from things to
>> re-charge my batteries, we are now discussing how best to keep the wiki
>> areas updated and to ensure that new comers can be sure that the page that
>> they land on is relevant to their release. I've always been opposed to
>> deleting old wiki pages for older releases, as if some one is happy with,
>> say, 9.04, who are we to remove information that works for them. The 'tags'
>> can look after this issue, it is still a work in progress in my mind as to
>> how best to go about this. Throwing ideas around and reaching a consensus
>> will be good, not only for us as a team, but both for people who rely upon
>> the pages and also for new comers to let them 'cut their teeth'. A true
>> win-win scenario :)
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Phill.
>>
>>
>> On 13 September 2013 21:18, Tom Davies <tomdavies04 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi :)
>>> Yes, everyone sees tags.
>>>
>>> I think both ideas have merit.  I kinda wish the tag said
>>> *Unsupported Version:* This article appears to apply to unsupported
>>> versions of Ubuntu.
>>> or something else less definite that the way it is set at the moment.
>>>
>>> If something definitely only applies to unsupported versions then it
>>> should definitely be removed but i think there are a lot of pages where
>>> it's unclear or where just a bit of updating or pruning large chunks out
>>> might fix the page.  However, even so, i think it would be good to use the
>>> tag as it is to see if it helps shake things up a bit.
>>>
>>> I also quite like Jonathon's idea of listing some of the versions the
>>> page is known to work with.  I think there are dangers with it but even so
>>> it's worth considering imo.
>>>
>>> Regards from
>>> Tom :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   ------------------------------
>>>  *From:* Jonathan Aquilina <eagles051387 at gmail.com>
>>> *To:* Phill Whiteside <phillw at vpolink.com>
>>> *Cc:* Tom Davies <tomdavies04 at yahoo.co.uk>; Ubuntu Doc <
>>> ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>> *Sent:* Friday, 13 September 2013, 21:05
>>> *Subject:* Re: Suggestion
>>>
>>> will tags show up to those that visit the page? like me a reader and
>>> user of the wiki would it show the tags?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 10:05 PM, Phill Whiteside <phillw at vpolink.com>wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> having just had a new tag [1] added maybe we can use these?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Phill.
>>> 1. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Tag
>>>
>>>
>>> On 13 September 2013 20:06, Jonathan Aquilina <eagles051387 at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>> maybe so but it will give users a heads up hey maybe the doc team should
>>> be informed this page doesnt support the release that i am on
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 13, 2013 at 8:49 PM, Tom Davies <tomdavies04 at yahoo.co.uk>wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi :)
>>> I think we need to be wary of that sort of thing.  It can make a page
>>> appear outdated even if it's contents are still valid and just means people
>>> have to take care to edit every single page even if it's only for that 1
>>> thing.
>>>
>>> It has always been my worry that it's the only reason some of our
>>> current pages have a bad reputation for being old.  The advice might still
>>> be solid but the version numbers are so out of date that the page is in
>>> danger of getting deleted and the wisdom or cunning lost.  Since the move
>>> to Unity that has been a lot less of an issue and i am beginning to agree
>>> it would be good to just wipe out a large number of pages, or at least stop
>>> them from being publicly accessible, but probably just deleting would be
>>> best.
>>>
>>> Regards from
>>> Tom :)
>>>
>>>
>>>   ------------------------------
>>>  *From:* Jonathan Aquilina <eagles051387 at gmail.com>
>>> *To:* Ubuntu Doc <ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com>
>>> *Sent:* Friday, 13 September 2013, 19:12
>>> *Subject:* Suggestion
>>>
>>> Is it possible to put on the page a list of versions that the steps to
>>> setup something applies to that way if and when somethign changes then we
>>> know that hey these documents need to be updated to include said stuff for
>>> this particular version.
>>>
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