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Discussions
- Mailing list:
- IRC meetings:
- Forum:
- Wiki:
Topics
Wiki software
ML
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meeting
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Forum
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Wiki
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Status quo
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- MediaWiki
- MoinMoin
- DocuWiki
- TWiki
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MediaWiki
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Mission
gentoo-wiki.com
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meeting
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Forum
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Wiki
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Status quo
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Reuse g-w.com
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- Incompatible licenses (both CC BY-SA, but g-w.com also NC)
- g-w.com owner Mike Valstar has no interest
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Seperated wikis
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Why new/duplicate effort?
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some g-w.com contributors are happy there
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some g-w.com contributors are happy there
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Spam protection
ML
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meeting
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Forum
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Wiki
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Status quo
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registration
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- (contra) not working (g-w.com expertice)
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- (contra) not working (g-w.com expertice)
- (pro) no email address needed
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Use capchtas
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- (pro) usability: no user registration
- (contra) not working
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- (pro) usability: no user registration
- (contra) not working
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Content / Scope
ML
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meeting
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Forum
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Wiki
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Which content?
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- dev space
- Move docus out of overlays
- brainstorming
- developing new documentation
- assembling upcoming meeting agendas
- GSoC ideas
- users docu collaborating
- host and maintain our existing documentation
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- draft guide-xml docu
- help offered
- see ML: docu team against it
- user docu
- writing agendas & summaries for meetings
- drafting news items
- event planning
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- sticky posts from forums
- anything
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anything
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Navigation
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Categories and project portals
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Categories suggested
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Multiple package versions
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- In-tree versions in one article
- Clean-off versions:
- deleting
- keeping, but not maintaining
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i18n
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- Seperated wikis
- cross linked
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"Translate" extension (so far unused):
- top->down approach (en->de/fr/...)
- All i18n articles in same wiki
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Help pages
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- Copying MediaWiki User's Guide:
- recommened by MediaWiki
- License OK
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Few custom help pages
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Policies
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meeting
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Forum
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Wiki
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Who can edit?
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- user registration requested
- Some articles restricted to devs/projects
- dev vs user namespace
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- Some articles restricted to devs/projects
- trusted user moderation
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user registration required
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Quality control
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Extension "Flagged Revisions"
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There should be reviewers
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User authentication
ML
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meeting
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Forum
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Wiki
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Status quo
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Reuse extisting accounts
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- Connect to developer LDAP
- OpenID connect
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