Suggestion

[Jonathan Aquilina]

Tom older documentation we can move to a document archive.


On Sat, Sep 14, 2013 at 5:33 PM, Tom Davies <tomdavies04 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> Hi :)
> Ahhh, now i read some older posts i realise i misunderstood Hannie's
> suggestion.
>
> I think that when the "Unsupported" tag is used it might be good to give
> the last version number that the editor is aware of it working for.  People
> with more detailed knowledge could always fix that later if needed.  I
> think the one tag is enough to cover all unsupported versions jic anyone is
> try to create tons of tags.
>
> It's only the currently supported pages that i think should not have
> visible marks to age them but if there was a note that was "commented-out"
> then that might help reviewers and editors.
>
> I don't like the idea of losing old knowledge, like Phil, but i also think
> we have to find some way to separate out the old stuff from the new.  I
> think the perception people have of the wiki is due to older and current
> pages all being mixed in together.  I think the tag does a lot to solve
> that.
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
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>  *From:* Tom Davies <tomdavies04 at yahoo.co.uk>
> *To:* Hannie Dumoleyn <lafeber-dumoleyn2 at zonnet.nl>; "
> ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com" <ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com>
> *Sent:* Saturday, 14 September 2013, 16:13
> *Subject:* Re: Suggestion
>
> Hi :)
> That's where it gets tricky.  It means every single page would need to be
> updated every 6months otherwise it looks out-dated even if it is still
> current.  It's why very few web-sites give a date.  It just creates a lot
> more work per cycle without really giving much benefit.
>
> I think the tags work.
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
>   ------------------------------
>  *From:* Hannie Dumoleyn <lafeber-dumoleyn2 at zonnet.nl>
> *To:* ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com
> *Sent:* Saturday, 14 September 2013, 8:21
> *Subject:* Re: Suggestion
>
> Hi Phill,
> I really like this tagging system. This example of yours illustrates it
> very well.
> I wonder if it would be possible to mention at the top of every wiki
> page what version(s) of Ubuntu it is (re)written for.
> Hannie
>
> Op 13-09-13 22:12, Phill Whiteside schreef:
> > Hi Jonathan,
> >
> > yes, the tags show up at the top of the page. As I'm now going to
> > spend more time on wiki / docs, I will be tagging pages up. An example
> > of this can be seen via http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2169566
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Phill.
> >
> >
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